Tan Sri Datuk Paduka Dr. Hajjah Saleha Bte Mohd Ali, aged 84, was appointed as our Chairperson and Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. She is also a Director of HUC since 1 August 1987. She served as a teacher in 1942, as well as from 1945-1946. She also served as Selangor and Malacca State Welfare Officer between 1949 and 1953. She has served in many public, social and welfare organisations including as a member of the State of Selangor Legislative Council between 1950 and 1952, the Selangor Public Service Commission between 1960 and 1970, the National Council of Religious Affairs Malaysia since 1974 and a member of the National Welfare Council Malaysia. She is currently the President of the Institute of Management Consultants, Malaysia and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Genting Highlands College. She is also currently an adviser of the Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute Malaysia (ASLI) and Malaysian Strategic Research Centre (MSRC). She is presently a Director of Hirotako Holdings Berhad, Leong Hup Holdings Berhad, Lam Soon Berhad and Fitters Holdings Berhad. She also holds directorships in several other private limited companies. She graduated with a Diploma in Social Science and Economics from the LSE in 1949. In 1997, she was awarded the Doctor of the University from University of Southern Queensland.

Datin Low Kam Yoke, aged 62, was appointed as our Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director on 5 April 2007. She has been the Group Chief Executive Officer of HUC since October 1995. She started HUC in 1986 together with her husband, Datuk Dr. Chan Tuck Hoong and some professionals and academics. Initially she held the position of Administrative Director in charge of administration and corporate affairs at HUC. She has extensive experience in the field of education and has also rendered services as a Consultant to those setting up new colleges in Malaysia. Her contribution to worldwide education was recognised in 2001 when she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Education (honoris causa) by CSU. Prior to that in 2000, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration by the UEL. She held the post of Deputy Treasurer and Treasurer of the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges (MAPCO) during 2000-2001. In 2005, she was awarded the Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by President Jacques Chirac of France for her contribution to the development and promotion of educational and cultural collaboration between France and Malaysia. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in History and Geography, Diploma in Education and MEc from the University of Malaya in 1967, 1968 and 1985 respectively. She also studied at the University of Canberra for a Post Graduate Diploma in Library Science whilst working with the Australian Department of Education. In September 2005, she was awarded the prestigious Honorary Doctorate degree of the University from the renowned University of Queensland.

Datuk Dr. Chan Tuck Hoong, aged 64, was appointed as our Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He began his career as a lecturer and subsequently became an associate professor at the University of Malaya. He was also Chairman of the Division of Applied Economics during 1979-1986 at the University of Malaya and is one of the co-Founders and Executive Director of HUC. Datuk Dr. Chan is currently the President of HUC. He has set up and consulted for many private colleges in Asia particularly on accreditation exercises and quality assurance management processes. He has done this with international institutions and Government accreditation bodies for various colleges and universities. He has a distinguished academic career, publishing widely, teaching in many universities, and participating in numerous professional seminars. He is also an auditor of the Australian Universities Quality Agency. As an economist and educationist, he has consulted for various international organisations and Governments. He has contributed significant policy inputs to various Malaysian Government projects, including the Five Year Plans and the Industrial Master Plan. During 1984 -1989, he was on the Panel of Economists advising the Prime Minister's Department and is a member of committees that provide input for the Education Policy Malaysia. This includes the Malaysian National Service Curriculum Development Committee (Ministry of Defence) and the Committee for Marketing and Competitiveness (MOHE). In addition, he was the Chairman of the KLSE Composite Index for 10 years.

He is President of the ANU (Australian National University) Alumni and is also Chairman of the Malaysian ANU Alumni Scholarship Committee.

Datuk Dr. Chan obtained his BA (Hons) and MEc at the University of Malaya in 1966 and 1969 respectively, MA (Economics) at McMaster University, Canada in 1971 and completed his PhD at the ANU in 1974. He received Honorary Doctoral degrees from Oxford Brookes University and CSU. He is also a Distinguished Member of the ANU Alumni Hall of Fame.

Dato' Dr. Zakaria Bin Ahmad, aged 59, was appointed as our Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He is also a Director of HUC since 31 March 1986. He started his career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1970 and was a teaching fellow in McMaster University from 1970-1971, where he completed his Masters degree. He returned to Malaysia after completing his Masters degree and joined Universiti Sains Malaysia as an Assistant Lecturer. He continued lecturing in Universiti Malaya where he was a lecturer between 1972-1973, after which he left for the US to complete his PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was appointed as Head and Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia between 1978-1983 on his return to Malaysia. From 1983-1985, he was the Deputy Director-General (Studies) of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) in Malaysia. Dato' Dr. Zakaria returned to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 1987. He was appointed the Tun Abdul Razak Chair in Southeast Asian Studies by Ohio University, US from 2001 to 2003. He left Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and joined HUC in 2005. Dato' Dr. Zakaria graduated from the University of Singapore in 1970 with a Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) degree, obtained a Master of Arts in Political Science degree from McMaster University in Canada in 1971 and a PhD in Political Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.

Wen Chiu Chi, aged 50, was appointed as our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He is also a Director of HUC since 11 April 1994. He began his career as Junior Executive of SPB in 1978. Subsequently, he served as an Executive Director of SPB from 1979 to 2000. In 2000, he was appointed as Managing Director of SPB, a position which he holds until today. He is also a Director of various companies such as Kayin Holdings Sdn Berhad and a number of companies under the SPB group. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of SPB. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia in 1977.

Chong Koon San, aged 40, was appointed as our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He is also a Director of HUC since 9 October 2000. A lawyer by training, he is currently the Corporate Affairs Manager of SPB. He started his career as a litigation lawyer before moving on to banking and thereafter as an in-house legal advisor to Malaysian French Bank Berhad (now known as Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad), Hume Industries (Malaysia) Berhad, Mah Sing Group Berhad and Johan Holdings Berhad. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Malaya in 1991 and was called to the Malaysian Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya in 1992.

Ng Teh Kha, aged 57, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He is also a Director of HUC since 9 May 1986. Mr. Ng is an entrepreneur. He is the Managing Director of Koong Phin Corporation (M) Sdn Bhd since 1978, a company involved in marketing, manufacturing and design in fashion line business. In 1988, he joined Kangzen-Kenko Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd as the Managing Director. Mr. Ng has a keen interest in education and has actively supported HUC since 1986.

Ong Seng Pheow, aged 58, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. He has over 34 years experience in public practice with an international firm of accountants. He started his career in 1969 in Turquand Youngs & Co. (now known as Ernst & Young) as an articled/ audit clerk. He worked as manager and principal with Lim Ali & Co./Arthur Young between 1975 to 1984. Mr. Ong was the National Director of Assurance and Advisory Business Services of Ernst & Young Malaysia from 1994 until 2003. He presently sits on the Board of Directors of Daiman Development Berhad, George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad, LCTH Corporation Berhad and Litespeed Education Technologies Berhad. Mr. Ong is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).

Dato' Dr. Thong Kok Cheong, aged 61, was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 5 April 2007. Dato' Dr. Thong worked for Shell for 19 years, gaining considerable experience in upstream business of exploration, production of oil and gas, and downstream oil business in refining, supply and trading. He was appointed Chief Corporate Planner for Shell Group of Companies in Malaysia from 1991 to 1993. After that he left to start his own business in property development, manufacturing and trading. Dato' Dr. Thong was appointed to the Board of Directors of Jasa Megah Industries Bhd and Insas Bhd in 1993. He retired from the two companies in 2000. His current interest is in consultancy, property development and investment. He graduated from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London with First Class Honors in Chemical Engineering in 1968 and obtained his PhD in 1971. He received the RH Gummer prize for 1969/70 for his research work in combustion and had published papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, UK, Institute of Chemical Engineering, UK and Journal of Physics, UK. He was also the founding member of Imperial College Alumni Malaysia and a past President of the Alumni.