Apex Healthcare Berhad announced appointment of Leong Khai Cheong as Independent Director. Working experience and occupation: Mr. Leong Khai Cheong ("Mr Leong") is a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of UK and a Certified Public Accountant of Singapore. Mr. Leong has worked in professional firms and public listed companies and has diverse knowledge and experience in auditing, finance & accounting and general management. Mr. Leong was employed in George Kent (Malaysia) Berhad, a company listed on Bursa Malaysia, in various positions including that of General Manager - Finance and Control between 1975 to 1988. He was with United Engineers Limited ("UEL"), a company listed on Singapore Stock Exchange from September 1988 to August 1996 holding the positions of General Manager - Group Finance and Administration, Company Secretary and Head of UEL's Malaysian Operations. He later became a Corporate Consultant to UEL from September 1996 to February 1998. While in UEL, he sat on the Boards of various subsidiaries of UEL involved in health care, property development, engineering & construction and manufacturing & trading based in the ASEAN region and China. He was also the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Ogawa World Berhad from 2007 to 2013. Mr. Leong was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Apex Healthcare Berhad ("the Company") in 2000 and as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director in 2005 and retired as a Director of the Company on 23 May 2019. He currently holds directorships in various private companies in Malaysia.