A Malaysian aged 55, male, Dato’ Azahar was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 February 2010. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Company on 15 April 2013.

He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University in 1988 and a Master of Science Degree in Accounting from the University of New Haven, Connecticut, USA in 1990. He has over 26 years of experience in the field of corporate accounting, finance, banking and administration. His last employment was with Land & General Berhad as its Senior Manager for Administration and Finance until 1995, when he left to set up set up his own business. Dato’ Azahar also sits on the board of directors of Vivocom Intl Holdings Berhad.

Dato’ Azahar attended all Board meetings held during his tenure in office for the financial period ended 31 March 2017. He has no family relationship with any director or substantial shareholder of the Company.

Dato’ Azahar has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no conviction for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

A Malaysian aged 57, male, Mohammad Sobri is the Group founder and was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer/ Executive Director on 6 November 2009. He is responsible for the operations, strategic planning and direction of our Group. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree in Mathematics and Computing from The Polytechnic of Wales, Pontypridd, Wales, United Kingdom in 1984.

He started his career in various local corporations as well as multinational companies such as Harrisons Malaysian Plantation Berhad, Bank Simpanan Nasional and ESSO Malaysia Berhad who were users of ICT technologies like IBM, SAP and Oracle. He started a new phase of career to become a supplier of ICT technology by working and consulting in Infotech Consultants Pte Ltd, Singapore, Platinum Technology Inc, an US-based software company, Teliti Computers Sdn Bhd, Swift Applications Sdn Bhd and EASS. His experiences encompassed the usage of advance ICT technology supplied by IBM, Computer Network Technology Corporation, LANdesk Software Inc, ReadSoft and his clients comprised of large corporations in the banking industries, oil and gas, and utilities companies in Malaysia and the ASEAN region. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the subsidiary companies of the Group, namely EASS Sdn Bhd, EA MSC Sdn Bhd, Colwyn Bay Technologies Sdn Bhd and CSS MSC Sdn Bhd.

Mohammad Sobri attended all Board meetings held during his tenure in office for the financial period ended 31 March 2017. He has no family relationship with any director or substantial shareholder of the Company

Mohammad Sobri has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no conviction for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

A Malaysian aged 59, male, Basir was appointed as the Executive Director of EA Holdings Berhad on 22 February 2010. He is also the Chief Operating Officer for ICT Services of the Group. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom in 1982.

Basir has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, serving both local and multinational companies such as Malaysian Airline System Berhad, ESSO Malaysia Berhad, IBM Singapore Pte Ltd, SHELL Refining Company (Federation of Malaya) Berhad, IBM Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Petronas Group of companies and iPerintis Sdn Bhd. He has also consulted for various financial institutions in Malaysia including Bank Simpanan Nasional and Permodalan Nasional Berhad. He started as a systems programmer, moving on to IT systems management to become a consultant specialising in ITIL. He has also managed large IT infrastructure projects for a petrochemical complex and a government agency. He is an accomplished system architect specialising in IT infrastructure. He is also a Director of DDSB (M) Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary company of the Group.

Basir attended all Board meetings held during his tenure in office for the financial period ended 31 March 2017. He has no family relationship with any director or substantial shareholder of the Company.

Basir has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no conviction for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

A Malaysian aged 60, male, Leou Thiam Lai was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of EA Holdings Berhad and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee on 27 July 2017. He is also a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Leou Thiam Lai is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Fellow member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK) and a Fellow member of the Chartered Tax Institute of Malaysia (formerly known as Malaysian Institute of Taxation). He was with Aljeffri, Siva, Heng and Monteiro from 1980 to 1981 and Baharom Hamdan from 1981 to 1984. He then set up his own Chartered Accountants firm, Leou & Associates, in 1988 and Leou Associates PLT, in 2015. He serves as a partner of both the firm. He also sits on the boards of directors of Degem Berhad, Asiamet Education Group Berhad, Sern Kou Resources Berhad and Menang Corporation (M) Berhad.

Leou Thiam Lai has no family relationship with any director or substantial shareholder of the Company.

Leou Thiam Lai has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no conviction for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.

A Malaysian aged 61, male. Abdul Fattah was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Director of EA Holdings Berhad on 22 February 2010. He was subsequently appointed as a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee on 13 August 2010. He is also a member of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company.

Abdul Fattah obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom in 1978. He practised engineering with the National Electricity Board (now known as Tenaga Nasional Berhad) where he specialised in engineering software development and simulation and long range transmission planning. From 1983, he served in professional and senior management positions in Esso Production Malaysia Incorporated, including a two year foreign assignment in Exxon companies in USA and UK. He then worked in System Consultancy Services Sdn Bhd from 1996 where he was a consultant to the Malaysian Armed Forces.

From 2003 to present, Abdul Fattah has been a consultant in several consulting companies providing ICT consulting services on various aspects of ICT such as, amongst others, application delivery, policy, security, project management, and business continuity planning, to clients in the public and private sectors. Presently he is a Principal Consultant in Teknimuda (M) Sdn Bhd and is a council member with the Institutions of Engineers Malaysia.

Abdul Fattah attended all the Board meetings held during his tenure in office for the financial period ended 31 March 2016. He has no family relationship with any director or substantial shareholder of the Company.

Abdul Fattah has no conflict of interest with the Group and has no conviction for offences within the past 10 years other than traffic offences.