This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on August 3, 2018

KUALA LUMPUR: Scomi Group Bhd announced yesterday that its chief executive officer (CEO) Shah Hakim @ Shahzanim Zain had resigned “to focus on other business commitments”.

Consequently, his board position as executive director has been redesignated as non-independent non-executive director. Shah Hakim currently still sits on the board of Scomi Energy Services Bhd, Scomi Engineering Bhd and KMCOB Capital Bhd.

To replace Shah Hakim, Scomi announced in a separate bourse filing it had appointed Sammy Tse Kwok Fai as the new CEO.

According to the filing, Tse holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) in Geography and Geology from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Business Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a fellow member of the Institute of Directors, the UK and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Tse started his career at IFS (HK) Ltd in 1990 before joining the Hong Kong Telecom Group (now known as PCCW Ltd) in 1992 where he held various positions culminating in the position of general manager of Fixed Mobile Integration.

In 2004, he took up the position of chief operating officer of entities within the South China Group before leaving in 2007 to take up the position of executive director and CEO of EPI Holdings Ltd, a company listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He resigned from these positions in 2016 but continues to provide consultancy services to this company.