Liang Kai Chong

Mr. Liang Kai Chong was appointed to the Board on 21 January 2011. Mr Liang was the Executive Director of WCT Berhad before the WCT Group undertook an Internal Restructuring exercise where WCT Berhad had ceased listing on the Main Market in July 2013. Currently, he is a Director of WCT Berhad. He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics from the University of Malaya and holds a postgraduate Diploma in Quantity Surveying from the Royal Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia. He is a member of the Royal Institution of Surveyors, Malaysia and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyor, United Kingdom.

Mr. Liang has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He spent his early career with a prominent Malaysian construction group, where he was actively involved in the negotiation, tendering, construction and completion of many challenging projects in Malaysia. He was its Head of Contracts before he left to join WCT Group in 1997.

He started his career in WCT Group also as its Head of Contracts. With his extensive experience and in-depth knowledge in the construction industry, his role in WCT Group quickly expanded and he was entrusted with more and more responsibilities, first as General Manager in 2001 and not long thereafter as Executive Director of WCT Berhad in 2004. Presently he is responsible for WCT Group’s Engineering & Construction Division operations for all local and overseas projects, ranging from contracts procurement to project implementation, execution and delivery. He also sits on the Executive Committees of all construction projects and is a member of the Management Committee of the Company.