Sponsor & Chairman of the Board of Directors
Larry Gan Nyap Liou is a visionary whose well-rounded and extensive experiences have made him one of Malaysia’s prominent business leaders in recent decades.
A Certified Chartered Accountant by way of the Association of Chartered Accountants UK, his experiences span across technology, media, IT, financial services, and real estate, leading to numerous corporate governance roles in various boards over the last three decades. His business acumen and accounting background has also led to Larry leading several public offerings and listings on international exchanges throughout the time.
Larry’s career saw him building his profile with Arthur Andersen and later Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) from 1978 to 2004. During this time, he also served on several external industry organisations, national consultative bodies, advisory boards of universities, and professional associations, such as PIKOM (The National Association of Malaysia) and MIMOS (Malaysia’s national Applied Research and Development Centre) Berhad.
Since his retirement from Accenture in 2004, Larry has been an active and strategic investor in eCommerce and digital enterprises over the last two decades, advocating disruptive business models, mentoring start-ups, and operating an extensive business network of entrepreneurs, incubators, consulting professionals, and investment funds.
In the technology and media, Larry served in various Board roles, including Redtone International Berhad iProperty Ltd Australia, Ambank Group, Hong Leong Insurance and Maybank Investment Bank Berhad, Tanjong PLC UK and Tropicana Corporation Berhad.
Larry’s leadership and wisdom has been recognized within the industry – he ran a leadership column in The Edge Malaysia for over two years and has been featured on various leading local and international TV programmes such as Asian Business News, Bloomberg News, Money Matters and Astro In Person.
Non Executive Director, Audit Committee Chairman
Peter Chia is an expert in securities and investments with a niche in alternative financing and creating new investment opportunities via strategic transformations and innovations.
A Bachelor of Accountancy (1977) from the University of Singapore, Peter began his career in securities with a low profile, before starting to make a name for himself at Stock Exchange of Singapore as a Public Affairs Manager.
From then on, he scaled the Singaporean corporate heights to become a member of the team for the merger of Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) to form SGX. This led him to become a consultant with SGX, then a board member of Philippine Dealing & Exchange Corp (PDEX), Philippine Depository & Trust Corp (PDTC), and the Philippine Securities Settlement Corp (PSSC), representing SGX. Peter’s sharp mind has seen him appointed in leadership roles in strategy and business development with SGX. His team led SGX through its own initial public offering (which transformed SGX from a utility into a commercial entity) and led the development of the SGX securities lending and borrowing business that provided new opportunities for arbitrage, covered short selling and increased liquidity.T
Non Executive Director, Audit Committee Chairman
Lim Tian Huat brings with him to DUET a wealth of experience in corporate restructuring, corporate financing and insolvency from a career spanning four decades, providing an assuring presence in our combinations and due diligence.
An economic graduate from the Manchester Metropolitan University and accountant by trade, Lim is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), a Member of Malaysian Institute of Accountants, and Malaysia Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He is also the Founding President of Insolvency Practitioners’ Association of Malaysia. After embarking in his audit practice with Arthur Andersen Singapore in 1979, Lim returned to Malaysia in the following decade to build his forte in corporate restructuring, corporate finance, and insolvency through tenures in Corporate Restructuring Global Council, Ernst & Young, Anglo-Eastern Plantation PLC (quoted on the London Stock Exchange), Bank of Yingkou, UEM Sunrise Berhad (quoted in Bursa Malaysia), and PLUS Malaysia Berhad amongst others. Most notably, Lim was appointed as Commissioner to the United Nations Compensation Commission and then a member of the Corporate Law Reform Committee under the Companies Commission of Malaysia that modernized the Companies Act 1967 into Companies Act 2016.
Non Executive Director
Hendrik “Erik” Stoel is a well-travelled subject matter expert on business growth strategies, business transformation and senior leadership development, well-versed in dealing with governments, media and investors.
A marketing and finance graduate from the Hanzehogeschool in Groningen, Erik obtained his MBA from the University of Northumbria soon after before embarking in a 30-year career with British American Tobacco in a multitude of countries.
In various Sales and Marketing Director roles across Asia and Middle East, Erik designed turnaround growth strategies while supporting organisational transformation and supply chain revisions. In his later years at British American Tobacco, he looked after P&Ls, corporate and commercial strategies while being a member of the board, audit committees, and risk committees, before serving as Chief Executive Officer.
