Ms. Ng Phaik Lee (Carine) was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Dufu on 8 October 2024. She serves as the Chairman of both the Audit Committee and the Risk Management and Sustainability Committee, and is also a member of the Remuneration Committee, Nominating Committee, and Investment Committee of the Company.

Carine holds a Master of Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. She is a qualified accountant with a professional designation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and has been a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2001.

She has extensive experience in corporate exercises, compliance with various regulations, stakeholder relations, accounting, costing, customer networking, market research and penetration, as well as manufacturing operations.

Carine began her career in 1989 as an Accounts Officer at SDKM Sdn. Bhd. By 1995, she was promoted to Accounts Manager, and in 2001, she advanced to Corporate Finance Manager. She played a pivotal role in the company’s listing on Bursa Malaysia in 2001, which resulted in its transformation into a public company under the name SDKM Fibres, Wires &  Cables Berhad. After the listing, she was responsible for managing the operations of overseas branches and was promoted to General Manager in 2006. In 2007, she participated in a reverse takeover that changed SDKM back into a private entity. In 2008, as the company restructured its operations, Carine became the Managing Director of SDKM Technologies Sdn. Bhd., a position she continues to hold today.

None of the Directors has:
(i) any family relationship with other Directors and/or major shareholders of the Company, nor any conflict of interest with the Group except for Mr. Lee, Hui-Ta also known as Li Hui Ta is the spouse of Mdm Wang, Kuei-Hua, a major shareholder of the Company;
(ii) been convicted of any offence, other than traffic offences (if applicable) within the past five (5) years; and
(iii) been imposed with any public sanction or penalty by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year ended 31 December 2023.