Ms. Ng Phaik Lee (Carine) was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Dufu on 8 October 2024. She serves as the Chairman of both the Audit Committee and the Risk Management and Sustainability Committee, and is also a member of the Remuneration Committee, Nominating Committee, and Investment Committee of the Company.

Carine holds a Master of Business Administration from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. She is a qualified accountant with a professional designation from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and has been a Chartered Accountant registered with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA) since 2001.

Carine began her career in 1989 as an Accounts Officer at SDKM Sdn. Bhd. By 1995, she was promoted to Accounts Manager. In 2001, she advanced to the role of Corporate Finance Manager of SDKM Fibres, Wires & Cables Sdn. Bhd. She played a pivotal role in the company’s listing on Bursa Securities Malaysia Berhad in 2001, which resulted in its transformation into a public company. After the listing, she was responsible for managing the operations of overseas branches and was promoted to General Manager in 2006. Subsequently, after the completion of the Group’s restructuring exercise and management buy-out in 2009, Carine became the Managing Director of SDKM Technologies Sdn. Bhd., a position she continues to hold today.

She has extensive experience in corporate exercises, compliance with various regulations, stakeholder relations, accounting, costing, customer networking, market research and penetration, as well as manufacturing operations.