Appointed as a Director on 5 November 1980. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive on 27 August 1981. He is a Barrister-at-Law trained in the United Kingdom. He is also a Non-Executive Chairman of George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad and Jacks International Limited.

Appointed as an Independent Director on 1 November 2003. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from University of Malaya in 1970, Master of Science from University of London in 1972 and Doctor of Philopsophy from University of Warwick in 1976. He was formerly the Lecturer (1974 - 1980) and Associate Professor (1981 - 1987) for Faculty of Humanities and Social Science of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He was also a Parliament Secretary (Ministry of Health)(1988 - 1989), Deputy Minister (Prime Minister's Department)(1989 - 1990) and Minister of Housing and Local Government (1990 - 1999) and Secretary-General (Malaysian Chinese Association) (MCA), (1990-2005) . He is also a Director of Pan Malaysia Capital Berhad, Puncak Niaga Holdings Berhad, Hua Yang Berhad and Pan Malaysia Corporation Bhd.

Appointed as an Independent Director on 4 July 2005. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts (Economics Honours) from University of Malaya. He was a Deputy Chairman of the Urban Development Authority (UDA) Kuala Lumpur from 1978 to 1981. He was subsequently appointed the Director-General /  Chief Executive and Board Member of UDA in 1981. From May 1986 to 1994, he held various senior management positions in the Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad Group and also a Executive Director of Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad from May 1986 to December 1987. He was a Vice President and a Director of HICOM Holdings Berhad from February 1995 to July 2000 and subsequently held the post of Group Director  in the DRB-HICOM Group. He remained on the boards of several companies ithe DRB-HICOM Group until March 2006. Currently, he is the Chairman  of Metrojaya Berhad and Director of  Boustead Properties Berhad.