Ir. Prem Kumar A/L M Vasudevan, a Malaysian male, aged 61 is an Executive Director of the Company. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 15 May 2018. He is also a Director of SMHB Engineering Sdn Bhd responsible for Business Development.
He graduated from University Malaya, Malaysia with a Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1985. He is a Professional Engineer with the Board of Engineers Malaysia (“BEM”) and registered as Qualified Person with Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara. Mr. Ir. Prem was the President of the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia (“ACEM”) from 2014 to 2016. He was a Board member of BEM from 2012 to 2016, Chairman of the Professional Competency Examination.
Committee from 2016 to date, and serves in the Scale of Fees Committee since 2007, Engineer’s Act Committee since 2010, Management Committee since 2012, Professional Practice Committee since 2013, and Examination & Qualification Committee since 2014.
Mr. Ir. Prem has over 36 years of experience in mechanical & electrical engineering design, construction and supervision and project management, in particular within the water, wastewater and transportation industry. He has managed several mega projects, notably the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 Project and the Langat 2 Water Supply Project. He started his career with SMHB Sdn Bhd, formerly known as Syed Muhammad, Hooi dan Binnie Sdn Bhd, in 1985 and rose in ranks from Engineer to Associate Director, Technical Director and Executive Director, a position he still holds today. Other than the Company, he is not a Director of any other public company or listed issuer.
He has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder of the Group. He maintains a clean record with regard to convictions for offences (other than traffic offences, if any) within the past 5 years.