Dato’ Aaron Lim Ooi Hong
Group Executive Chairman
Aged 48, Male, Malaysian
Dato’ Aaron Lim was appointed as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Company on 30 August 2012. He was subsequently appointed as the Group Executive Chairman of the Company on 29 July 2021 and relinquished his position as Managing Director/CEO on the same date.
He obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Business (Business Administration) from RMIT University, Australia. He is also an alumnus of Tsinghua University, China, certificate number 131051004262. Additionally, Dato' Aaron Lim completed the 'Digital Disruption: Digital Transformation Strategies' program at the Cambridge Judge Business School, Executive Education, University of Cambridge in September 2021.
Dato’ Aaron Lim has decades of experience in business development, M&A, capital origination, business valuation, strategic planning, and investment banking, as well as more than 28 years of experience serving in directorship and senior leadership positions in both private and public companies in the Asia Pacific region, including as the former Executive Director and CEO of a public company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Throughout his professional career, Dato’ Aaron Lim Ooi Hong has consistently executed high-level transactions.
He was also appointed as a director of HWG Digital Investment Bank (Malaysia) P.L.C. on 1st April 2022, an investment bank incorporated in Labuan and licensed under the Labuan Financial Service and Security Act 2010. Under his leadership, the digital investment bank has embarked on a new phase of transformation in the digital era, focusing on digitalisation and introducing various innovations and disruptive solutions in fintech.
Dato’ Aaron Lim is deemed interested in the securities of the Company and its subsidiaries through Ho Wah Genting Holding Sdn Bhd, the major shareholder of the Company by virtue of Section 8(4) of the Companies Act, 2016. He also holds direct equity interest of 343,750 shares (0.17%) and 750,000 ESOS in the Company. He is the son of Dato’ Lim Hui Boon, the Group President of the Company, and the brother of Mr. Lim Wee Kiat, an Executive Director and a substantial shareholder of the Company. He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company and subsidiaries save and except for the transaction(s) disclosed in Note 32 to the Financial Statements.
He has never been convicted for any offences within the past five years and neither been imposed any public sanction or penalty by any regulatory bodies during the financial year.
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