Chairman & Co-Founder
Ravi Markandu
Professional Experience
Group Financial Controller, Motor Division
UMW Motor Berhad
Jan 1977 – Jan 1987 (10 years 1 month)
Managing Director
Bright Packaging Industry Berhad
Dec 1993 – May 1998 (4 years 6 months)
ex-Independent Non-Executive Director/
Audit Committee Chairman
LTKM Berhad
Oct 2014 – Sep 2017 (3 years)
ex-Senior Independent Non-Executive Director/
Chairman Audit Committee
Tex Cycle Technology (M) Berhad
Mar 2007 – May 20211 (4 years 3 months)
Director
Markandu Holdings
May 1998 – Present (23 years 10 months)
Volunteer Experience
Vice President
Bukit Damansara House Owners’ Association
Sep 1999 – Present (22 years 6 months)
Social Services
Very involved in the security needs of the community and on a periodic basis raising funds for charity through resident activities.
Committee Member
ICAEW Members’ Society, Malaysia
Sep 2008 – Present (13 years 6 months)
Treasurer
St. George’s Institution Education Fund
Apr 2016
Education
The Fund provides scholarships to school leavers from low income households who have been admitted into a Malaysian university or vocational college.
Advisor
Bukit Damansara Organic Garden
Aug 2020
Environment
A start-up community garden with plans to cultivate vegetables, herbs, fruiting trees etc using modern farming technics
Chairman
Council of Residence Representative, Sub Zone 3, Segambut Constituency, Kuala Lumpur
2018 – 2020
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Chow Ka Mun
Professional Experience
Entrepreneur
Empire Media Holdings Sdn Bhd
2005-Present
Focus on out-of-home advertising which his company managed to secure many outdoor sites on the highways from the Ministry of Work Malaysia. The company won several prestigious awards recognizing his achievements in the local business scene.
In 2012, he was awarded the SME 100 Fast Moving Company and in 2018 the company was awarded the renowned Golden Bull Award in conjunction with the award’s 15th anniversary.
International Glove Exchange of Malaysia (IGEM)
2020 – Present
A Malaysian government acknowledgement of the establishment of IGEM via the Malaysia International Trade & Industry Ministry to firmly put Malaysia in the forefront as the largest glove trading exchange in the world. He firmly trusts that this effort will also assist gloves producing nations in the region to create a healthy trading ecosystem due to the unique proposition Malaysia has to offer with regards to location, language, legal, logistic, finance, policies and governance.
Volunteer Experience
Volunteer in various church based humanitarian efforts including supplying much needed PPE during the outbreak of Covid-19 and flood relieve by securing new mattresses and logistics flood victims at the east coast.
Chief Corporate Officer & Co-founder
Ronald Tan
Professional Experience
Corporate Lawyer
With over 20 years’ experience in top-tier corporate and cross-border projects, advised, strategized and structured Mergers & Acquisitions for blue-chip companies, Fortune 500 multinational corporations, public listed companies, and high net worth individuals.
Practiced in several international law firms, including with Baker & McKenzie, the Chicago-based law firm with over 75 offices worldwide. He is currently the Managing Partner of a leading Kuala Lumpur-based corporate law firm.
Is recognized as a leading Corporate Law expert by international publications including Euromoney plc’s International Financial Law Review and the Asia Pacific Legal500.
Ronald brings with him to Allegra his wealth of corporate experience, institutional network and strategic knowledge, coupled with legal foundations, ethics and strong governance.
Volunteer Experience
Served as a mentor to several start-ups and accelerator programmes including those initiated by the Ministry of Finance, Malaysia.