Aik Sim, Tan was appointed as Group Managing Director on 1 January 2009 after serving as Chief Executive Officer since 1 September 2006. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 27 February 1992. He is also the Group Managing Director of Ekowood International Berhad (“Ekowood”) and sits on the board of various subsidiary companies of TSH. He obtained Bachelor’s Degrees in both Economics and Engineering from Monash University, Australia in 1988.

He joined the Group in 1989 and over the years was heavily involved in its various business units and their operations. He had a major hand in setting up CocoaHouse Sdn Bhd’s manufacturing facilities and its operations and played a leading role in the listing of TSH in 1994.

He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Ekowood in 1994 to spearhead the establishment of the integrated timber complex from a green field site. He was subsequently appointed its Group Managing Director in 2009 and played a pivotal role in its rapid growth, elevating it into an international and award-winning brand to be reckoned within the engineered hardwood flooring industry.

He has also played a big part in the development of the Group’s oil palm business, in particular, its expansion into Indonesia which has significantly enlarged the Group’s operations. In addition as Group Managing Director, he also charts the strategy for sustainable long-term growth of the Group.