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YBHG TAN SRI DATO' SERI DR. JEFFREY CHEAH

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah Fook Ling is the visionary Founder
and Chairman of The Sunway Group. The Group, a well-diversified Malaysian conglomerate with businesses abroad include civil engineering and construction; property development and investment; building materials; trading and manufacturing; information technology; tourism entertainment and hospitality; healthcare; and tertiary education. It comprises two public listed companies - Sunway Holdings Berhad and Sunway City Berhad.

An accountant by training, Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Jeffrey Cheah is actively involved in both governmental and non-governmental organizations. The Minister of Trade appointed him as the Director of National Productivity Centre in 1990. In 1995, the Prime Minister honoured him with the Chairmanship of the Malaysian Industry-Government High Technology for Construction and Housing (MIGHT). He was the EXCO member of the Malaysian Tourism Action Council, an appointment by the Minister of Tourism Malaysia in 1996. The following year, the Minister of Finance appointed him a Council Member of the Financial Reporting Foundation.

In recognition of his outstanding contribution to education, he was appointed by the Minister of Education to the Higher Education Council of Malaysia in 1996, a body responsible for formulating higher education policies in Malaysia. Tan Sri has been conferred eight honorary Doctorates by leading universities worldwide.

Other awards bestowed on him are the Paul Harris Fellow Award, Property Man of the Year (Malaysia) in 1993, CEO of the Year (Malaysia) in 1996, and Asia's Most Innovative Chinese Entrepreneur Award 2005, Fellow Australian Society of Certificate Practising Accountants, Fellow of Institute of Directors award.

In appreciation of Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah's immense contribution to Monash, the prestigious Monash University School of Medicine was named after him in 2007. He is the Chairman & co-founder of Asian Strategy And Leadership Institute (ASLI). He was appointed the Vice President of National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia in 2002; the Founding Trustee of Malaysian Liver Foundation since 1999; President of Malaysian Hakka Association 1997-2004; and the first non-Malay Honorary Member of Kuala Lumpur Malay Chamber of Commerce since 2002, among others.