KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 25): Datuk Seri Robin Tan Yeong Ching has been appointed as the chairman of 7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd, a filing on Thursday (Nov 25) with the bourse showed, after the position was left vacant since Tan Sri Abdull Hamid Embong’s resignation in May this year.

Robin, who is the son of tycoon and 7-Eleven major shareholder Tan Sri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun, is also currently the executive chairman of Berjaya Sports Toto Bhd, a non-independent and non-executive deputy chairman of Berjaya Corp Bhd and a director of Atlan Holdings Bhd.

He is also present on the boards of Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Berjaya Hartanah Bhd, Bukit Kiara Resort Bhd and Staffield Country Resort Bhd, and KDE Recreation Bhd, as well as several other private limited companies in the Berjaya Corp group.

In a separate filing, the group also announced the appointment of former Cahya Mata Sarawak Bhd (CMSB) group managing director Datuk Richard Alexander John Curtis as its independent and non-executive deputy chairman.

He served as the group managing director of CMSB until his retirement on Dec 31, 2017, and was then appointed as a non-independent, non-executive director of the group until his resignation on Dec 31, 2018.

Besides that, the group has also appointed Aaron Ng Wei Ee as finance director. Ng, who previously served as the finance director of Tupperware Brands Malaysia, is replacing 7-Eleven chief financial officer Wong Wai Keong.

7-Eleven closed unchanged at RM1.50 on Thursday, giving it a market capitalisation of RM1.85 billion.