
Chong Lee Ling, a Malaysian female aged 51, is our Independent Non-Executive Director. She was appointed to our Board on 13 August 2025. She is the Chairperson of our Nominating Committee and the member of our Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.
She graduated with a Bachelor in Arts & Social Science, majoring in International Studies from University of Malaya in 1998.
In the same year, she commenced her career as a Purchasing & Shipping Executive in Tung Shung Machinery Sdn Bhd, a company specialising in film and plate processors for the printing industry. She was mainly in charge of the purchasing activities, material planning used in production and inventory management. She left Tung Shung Machinery Sdn Bhd in February 1999 and in the same year, she joined Gateway Sdn Bhd, a Fortune 500 company principally engaged in the build-to-order personal computers. She held the position as a Logistic Analyst where she was responsible for driving cost efficiency through meticulous analysis and recommendations to management. She resigned from Gateway Sdn Bhd in 2001.
In 2002, she joined Advanced Modules Sdn Bhd, a manufacturing company pioneering Malaysia-made memory modules for the international market, as a Sales and Marketing Executive, where she was involved in pricing analysis and distribution of products to multiple sales channels located both locally and overseas. She was also responsible for the logistics functions within the company. She left Advanced Modules Sdn Bhd in 2005 and ventured into the semiconductor industry by joining Ismeca Malaysia Sdn Bhd as a Logistics & Warehousing Manager for almost 10 years until August 2015. During her tenure with Ismeca Malaysia Sdn Bhd, she was mainly involved in warehouse management and ensuring stock accuracy, logistics functions, driving cost improvement on global logistics expenses and ensuring compliance of customs rulings and statutory requirements.
In September 2015, she joined Arm Strong Auto Parts Sdn Bhd, a company principally involved in automotive parts manufacturing, as Material Service Manager, where she was mainly responsible for ensuring seamless delivery schedules to customers. In 2016, she left Arm Strong Parts Sdn Bhd and in 2017, joined Cohu Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Cohu Inc, USA as a Global Spare Parts Manager. Cohu Malaysia Sdn Bhd is principally involved in the business of supplying test, automation, inspection and metrology products and services to the semiconductor industry. In 2024, she was promoted to Senior Customer Success Manager and holds the position till date.
In 2025, she was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director in Wegmans Holdings Berhad (a company listed on Main Market), an investment holding company with subsidiaries principally involved in home furniture manufacturing.