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Ho Wah Genting redesignates ED Lim Wee Kiat as CEO

The Star·07/08/2025 11:18:00
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PETALING JAYA: Ho Wah Genting Bhd has redesignated executive director Lim Wee Kiat as its chief executive officer, effective July 7.

According to the group’s filing to Bursa Malaysia, Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Computing and Information Systems from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, and has over nine years of experience in the information technology sector with his last position as system engineer.

Lim is the son of Ho Wah Genting founder and group president Datuk Lim Hui Boon.

Directly holding 250,000 shares of the group and another 21.9 million shares indirectly through Ho Wah Genting Holding Sdn Bhd, Lim is a substantial shareholder of the company.

Hui Boon founded Ho Wah Genting in 1979, initially focusing on the transportation business before expanding into various sectors including hospitality, entertainment, large scale renovation and construction, mining, manufacturing, investment banking, payment solutions as well as healthcare.