| Working experience and occupation |
Juan was previously the CFO and Assistant Regional President for the Malaysia region of Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. ("CG"). He rose through the ranks of the company with merit, during his five (5) years stint with CG between 2014 - 2019. Juans roles and responsibilities were mainly overseeing the Finance and Treasury function of the Malaysia region, with direct reporting to the Regional President and CG headquarters. He played an instrumental role in CGs fast growth within Iskandar Malaysia and Klang Valley, such as the development of Country Garden Danga Bay, Diamond City, Forest City, Central Park and Lake City projects. He managed to assist CG in building a well-diversified funding sources, as well as a strong network with various financial institutions, rating agencies and investors base in the region. This includes the recognition of CG as the 1st Chinese corporate to set up the award-winning RM1.5billion MYR Sukuk programme, with few tranches issued since 2015.
Prior to that, Juan was with CIMB Investment Bank Bhd (CIMB) for around seven (7) years since 2007. His last held position was as the Associate Director of Investment Banking division, mainly involved in driving key leads, managing and execution of equity / debt capital markets deals, banking and treasury, as well as myriad of universal banking products. Juans client base were mainly local private / public listed companies, and multinational corporate clients.
During the early years of career development between 2002 - 2005, Juan was in assurance services with Deloitte and Ernst & Young. He worked as the external financial auditor for interim and final audits engagements involving various industries such as banking, real estate, manufacturing and trading. He was also involved as the due diligence auditor for M&A exercises, as well as the Reporting Accountant for IPOs. |