Mr Cheah Kok Hoong | CIO, Group IT
Sunway Group

Cheah Kok Hoong started his service in The Sunway Group as the Head of IT Shared Services Centre (IT SSC) in 2003. Recognized as a high potential executive, his portfolio has evolved and grown – today, Cheah is the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Sunway Group, the Director of Sunway Shared Services Centre as well as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sunway E-Systems Asia. Cheah has more than 20 years of experience across technology, business strategy, industry development and services globalization including policy development for various large regional conglomerates. His principal expertise lies in in business process reengineering, strategic planning, IT direction and policy, finance transformation, system integration, IT & finance operational processes and supporting regional manufacturing operations. His experience across both manufacturing and services sectors has immensely contributed to a breadth of capabilities that he continues to leverage as he creates value for both his customers and the industry in general. Cheah plays an active role in industry development particularly as it relates to enabling Malaysia transform itself into a knowledge economy through development of capabilities spanning information technology and communications such that higher value-added services and products are developed in Malaysia. He is the Deputy Chairman for both PIKOM [The National ICT Association of Malaysia] and Outsourcing Malaysia, a not-for-profit consortium of service providers. He also sits on the Industrial Advisory Panel for Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), the ICT Panel for Malaysia Productivity Corporation (MPC) and as a member of the Siemens PLM Asia Pacific Partner Advisory Council (apPAC) for the FY2011/12 years. He actively leads and manages a variety of initiatives aimed at creating the next-generation of knowledge-enabled talent in the country. Cheah is a regular speaker at both local and regional events on topics surrounding Shared Services and Outsourcing, CIO challenges, Knowledge Management and Business & IT Alignment. Cheah holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Physics from Campbell University, USA.