• Sandy Tan
    Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian
  • Pang Woei Yaw
    Chief Financial Officer, Malaysian
  • Dr. Stephen Chung
    Senior Medical Director , Malaysian
  • Dr. Chuah Kay Leong
    Senior Medical Director , Malaysian
  • Dr. Lam Hee Hong
    Medical Director (Southern), Malaysian
  • Ang Chian Yen
    Chief Operating Officer, Malaysian

Sandy Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian

Sandy Tan

Chief Executive Officer, Malaysian

Sandy Tan, a Malaysian, is our Promoter, Non-Independent Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. She was appointed to the Board in December 2019. Sandy Tan obtained her Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Northumbria University, Newcastle in June 2007.

She began her career as a capital market executive in CIMB Bank Berhad in early 2008, where she worked in the capital market division. In late 2008, she joined Colour Me Beautiful HK, Ltd as an image consultant, where she was in charge of improving the personal and professional images of her clients.

In 2010, she pursued a fashion design course at Istituto Marangoni, London and obtained a Diploma in Fashion Design in 2011 . Subsequently, in 2011, she joined British India, Malaysia as a product executive in the merchandising department.

Sandy Tan joined OESC as a customer service executive in 2012. She was then re-designated as a human resources executive in 2013, where she was exposed to various type of works relating to human resource management of our Group. In March 2014, she was promoted to the position of marketing director and took charge of sales and marketing activities of our Group. Since 2014, she has contributed in the marketing of our services by organising various promotional campaigns and roadshows, as well as participating in corporate social responsibility programmes. She was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer in January 2017, where she is in charge of overseeing the daily operations of our Group.

Since joining our Group in 2012, Sandy Tan has been responsible for developing and implementing marketing strategies to elevate our Group's branding with the aim of increasing market share in the eye specialist industry. She is also responsible for developing new business opportunities, particularly in promoting our Group's business and services in the eye specialist industry. It is anticipated that going forward, she will continue to plays similar role within the Group.

Dr. Stephen Chung
Senior Medical Director , Malaysian

Dr. Stephen Chung

Senior Medical Director , Malaysian

Dr. Stephen Chung, a Malaysian, is our Substantial Shareholder and Senior Medical Director and has been with our Group since 1995. Dr. Stephen Chung obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from University of Mysore, India in 1984 and his Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology from National University of Malaysia in 1993.

Dr. Stephen Chung started his career as a houseman in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital in 1985. In August 1986, he was registered as a medical practitioner in Malaysia under Section 14 of the Medical Act, 1971. He was posted to Tawau Hospital as a medical officer in 1987. In 1989, he was transferred to Penang General Hospital as a medical officer under the Department of Ophthalmology, where he was providing eye-related treatments.

In 1990, Dr. Stephen Chung left Penang General Hospital and joined the Ophthalmology Department of the National University of Malaysia and was then based in the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital while pursuing his Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology. Dr. Stephen Chung was transferred to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (then known as Ipoh General Hospital) as an eye specialist in 1993, where he was primarily in charge of diagnosing, examining and treating visual diseases and disorders.

In 1995, he left Ipoh General Hospital and established his own private clinic, treating patients with general eye-related problems. In the same year, Dr. Stephen Chung joined OESC as a consultant ophthalmologist and underwent trainings with eye surgeons from Optimax UK for the then revolutionary Photo refractive Keratectomy (PRK) refractive laser procedure. He then performed the first PRK operation in OESC in 1995.

In 2001, Dr. Stephen Chung ceased his own private clinic business to fully dedicate his time to OESC. He took the initiative to enhance his skills by adapting and mastering the latest innovations and evolutions of laser technology in the field of ophthalmology by carrying out the femtosecond assisted laser in-situ (FemtoLASIK) procedure in 2005, and the Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE®) procedure in 2013, and expanding the specialist services that our Group could offer to existing and potential customers.

To date, Dr. Stephen Chung is mainly stationed at our eye specialist centre located at Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur and further provides his services at our eye specialist centres in Kuching and Ipoh on an as-needed basis by performing refractive surgeries. Dr. Stephen Chung is also primarily responsible for providing refractive surgeries training to our doctors. He is the Chairman of our Group's Medical Committee, which is primarily responsible for introducing rules and standard operating procedures to be adopted by our specialist hospital, ambulatory care centres and clinics and applied by our doctors. It is anticipated that going forward, he will continue to play a similar role within the Group.

Dr. Chuah Kay Leong
Senior Medical Director , Malaysian

Dr. Chuah Kay Leong

Senior Medical Director , Malaysian

Dr. Chuah Kay Leong, a Malaysian, is our Senior Medical Director and has been with our Group since 2002. Dr. Chuah obtained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Obstetrics from Queen's University of Belfast Medical School, United Kingdom in 1992. He started his career as a houseman in Royal Victoria Hospital, Northern Ireland in 1992. Subsequently, he pursued four years of postgraduate training in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Northern Ireland from 1993 and completed his residency in ophthalmology in 1998. While undergoing postgraduate training in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Dr. Chuah also obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, United Kingdom in March 1996. He then pursued a clinical fellowship to sub-specialise in the areas of Cornea and External Eye Diseases in the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Toronto, Canada from 1998 to 1999.

Dr. Chuah returned to Malaysia in 1999 and began his career as a lecturer and Consultant Ophthalmologist, Head of Cornea Service in the National University of Malaysia Medical Centre (now known as Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM) ("HUKM"), where he worked as a specialist doctor in the Department of Ophthalmology. During his tenure with HUKM, Dr. Chuah was primarily responsible for lecturing and supervising trainee specialists and he started HUKM's cornea transplantation programme.

Dr. Chuah left HUKM in 2002 and joined OESC as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in 2002. He has been working closely with our Group until to-date and is primarily responsible for providing technical and clinical leadership support and mentorship to the cataract surgeons and ophthalmic nurses. He sits on our Group's Medical Committee, which is primarily responsible for introducing rules and standard operating procedures to be adopted by our specialist hospital, ambulatory care centres and clinics and to be applied by our doctors.

Dr. Lam Hee Hong
Medical Director (Southern), Malaysian

Dr. Lam Hee Hong

Medical Director (Southern), Malaysian

Dr. Lam Hee Hong, a Malaysian, is our Medical Director (Southern) and has been with our Group since January 2018. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from University of Malaya in September 2002.

Dr. Lam started his housemanship in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah in September 2002. Upon completing his housemanship in September 2003, he was transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu as a medical officer under the Anesthesiology Department in October 2003 and admitted to the Malaysia Medical Council (MMC) in the same year

Subsequently, he furthered his studies by commencing studies for Master of Ophthalmology in University of Malaya and pursued five years of postgraduate training in the Ophthalmology Department of the University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur from 2007 to 2011. While undergoing the five years' masters programme, he was transferred from the Anesthesiology Department to Ophthalmology Department of Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu in 2007 and was transferred back to UMMC in 2009. During his tenure with Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, he was involved and participated in community services and non-government organisation activities, which included the Sabah Mission for Vision (SMFV), a project to screen and carry out cataract operations in all districts in Sabah, from 2006 until 2009 and various eye camps.

In June 2011, he joined Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah, Muar as a specialist in its Department of Ophthalmology. He was then promoted to the position of Head of Department and Consultant Ophthalmologist in January 2012, where he was responsible for overseeing the performance of the department. He left Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah in May 2013 and joined LaserPro Eye Centre, Seremban as a Consultant Ophthalmologist in June 2013 and treated patients with general eye-related problems. He left the centre in November 2014 to establish his own clinic. He incorporated Lam Eye Specialist and Laser Center Sdn Bhd to provide eye specialist services in April 2015. The business and assets of Lam Eye Specialist and Laser Center Sdn Bhd were acquired by OESC Muar in 2016 and Dr. Lam joined our Group as an Ophthalmologist in January 2018. He has contributed to the expansion of our Group in the Southern region by, among others, being involved in the process of setting up of our branches in Segamat and Kluang. Dr Lam is responsible for monitoring the performance of the specialist doctors within our Group by coordinating and obtaining feedback from customers and thereafter communicating the responses and assessments to our doctors. He also contributes to the implementation of marketing strategies to strengthen the presence of our Group in the Southern region and also regularly conducts seminars and talks. He sits on our Group's Medical Committee, which is primarily responsible for introducing rules and standard operating procedures to be adopted by our specialist hospital, ambulatory care centres and clinics and to be applied by our doctors.

Pang Woei Yaw
Chief Financial Officer, Malaysian

Pang Woei Yaw

Chief Financial Officer, Malaysian

Mr. Pang Woei Yaw, a Malaysian, is our Chief Financial Officer and has been with our Group since September 2018. He graduated from the University of Malaya with a Bachelor of Accounting in 2010. He was admitted as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) in 2014. Mr. Pang has been a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants since 2014 and a fellow member of ACCA since 2019.

Mr. Pang began his career as an audit assistant with Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG) Malaysia in June 2010, where he was involved in audit work and subsequently promoted to the position of audit manager. In November 2015, he left KPMG Malaysia and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Singapore in December 2015 as an audit manager, where he was also involved in audit work. During his employment with KPMG Malaysia and PwC Singapore, he was primarily responsible for preparing and finalising audit reports, reviewing and ensuring the financial statements are compliant with applicable accounting standards.

In September 2017, Mr. Pang left PwC Singapore and joined Sena Diecasting Industries Sdn Bhd as a corporate finance manager, where he was primarily responsible for the financing and accounting matters of the company, including preparing monthly management accounts and financial reports and identifying areas for improvement in finance operations. During his employment with Sena Diecasting Industries Sdn Bhd, he was seconded to OESC and placed in charge of reviewing the financial statements of our Group and providing related financing advisory services.

In September 2018, Mr. Pang left Sena Diecasting Industries Sdn Bhd and joined OESC as the Group Accountant. He is responsible for accounting and tax related matters of our Group, including reviewing the financial statements and audit reports of our Group.

In May 2022, Mr. Pang was promoted to the position of Chief Financial Officer

Ang Chian Yen
Chief Operating Officer, Malaysian

Ang Chian Yen

Chief Operating Officer, Malaysian

Ang Chian Yen (“Ang”) joined our Group in October 2012. Ang began her career with the Group as an Optometrist in OESC (TTDI branch), where she was primarily responsible for performing vision tests on customers using optometric equipment and diagnostic machines.

Ang was transferred to the operations department as an Operations Executive cum Optometrist and was subsequently promoted to the position of assistant operation manager. She was then promoted to the position of operations manager, where she has been responsible for ensuring that all our branches, doctors and nurses hold and maintain the requisite licenses and certificates for the purpose of complying with the MOH’s requirements as well as adhering to ISO standards with regards to clinical matters.

In May 2023, Ang was promoted to the position of Chief Operating Officer.