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Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (2445.KL)

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Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad

Wisma Taiko
No. 1, Jalan S.P. Seenivasagam
Ipoh 30000
Malaysia
60 5 240 8000
https://www.klk.com.my

Sector(s)Basic Materials
IndustrySpecialty Chemicals
Full-time employees48,487

Key executives

NameTitlePayExercisedYear born
Mr. Oi Hian LeeExecutive Chairman14.39MN/A1951
Mr. Jia Zhang LeeCOO & Executive Director5.24MN/A1983
Mr. Eng San OngChief Financial OfficerN/AN/A1983
Ms. Poh Poh LimHead of Investor RelationsN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Olivier MeurzecChief Executive Officer of Group ManufacturingN/AN/AN/A
Mr. Ah Kow YeowStrategy Advisor to the CEON/AN/A1954
Mr. Lim Hong JoonPresident Director of IndonesiaN/AN/A1968
Mr. Madhev Bala SubramaniamManaging Director of Oleochemical DivisionN/AN/A1961
Ms. Lee Wen LingManaging Director of Property DevelopmentN/AN/A1990
Ms. Miow Kien YapCompany SecretaryN/AN/A1969
Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in MYR.

Description

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad engages in the plantation, manufacturing, and property development businesses. The company operates through five segments: Plantation, Manufacturing, Property Development, Investment Holding, and Others. It is involved in the cultivation, processing, and marketing of palm and rubber products; extraction of crude palm oil; refining of palm products; and kernel crushing and trading of palm products. The company also offers oleochemicals, fatty acids and esters, fatty alcohols and derivatives, other chemicals, non-ionic surfactants and esters, and palm phytonutrients and other palm derivatives; specialty fat, shortening, and cocoa butter substitutes products; basic organic chemicals from agricultural products; alcohol ether sulphates, alcohol sulphates, and sulphonic acids; and rubber gloves, parquet flooring products, pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical intermediates, and fine chemicals. In addition, it engages in the provision of farming and management services; agronomic service and research business; operation of biogas capture plants; and placement of deposits with licensed banks, and investment in money market funds and quoted and unquoted corporations. Further, the company operates holiday bungalows; develops residential and commercial properties; stores and distributes bulk liquid; invests in, rents, and manages properties; manufactures jams and preserves; and offers offshore captive insurance services, as well as logistics services related to palm products. It operates in Malaysia, Far East, the Middle East, South East Asia, Southern Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Africa, and internationally. Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Ipoh, Malaysia.

Corporate governance

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad’s ISS governance QualityScore as of N/A is N/A. The pillar scores are Audit: N/A; Board: N/A; Shareholder rights: N/A; Compensation: N/A.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.