Dato’ Yau is a chartered accountant and has more than 30 years experience in auditing, corporate finance and general management. Prior to joining Tropicana as the Group Chief Executive Officer, he was with Hong Leong Industries Bhd where he served as group managing director since September 2011 and prior to that, he was Sunway Holdings Bhd managing director since April 2001. He has also served well in various Sunway Group Berhad.

1. Dato Yau | Tropicana CEO to retire at end-November

2. PETALING JAYA: Tropicana Corp Bhd has announced the retirement of its
CEO Datuk Yau Kok Seng, who has helmed the group since January 2013.

3. The property developer said in a statement that prior to this, the board had
been informed of Yau’s intention to retire at the end of 2017. However, due to
health reasons, the date has been brought forward to Nov 30, 2017. Tropicana
said it will continue to conduct a comprehensive search for his replacement.
Yau is a chartered accountant and has more than 30 years experience in
auditing, corporate finance and general management.
Dato Yau

4. Prior to joining Tropicana he was with Hong Leong Industries Bhd where he
served as group managing director since September 2011 and prior to that, he
was Sunway Holdings Bhd managing director since April 2001.

5. Meanwhile, Dion Tan Yong Chien has been redesignated as managing director
from executive director previously. Dion, 27, is the son of Tan Sri Danny Tan
Chee Sing, a major shareholder of Tropicana. His eldest brother Datuk Dickson
Tan Yong Loong is the deputy group CEO while another brother, Dillon Tan
Yong Chin is the executive director.