
Advisory Board
Dato’ Seri Lee Kah Choon
Dato’ Seri Lee Kah Choon is the Special Investment Advisor to the Chief Minister of Penang.
As a Director of Invest-in-Penang Berhad, Penang Development Corporation and Penang Hill Corporation, Dato’ Seri Lee is actively involved in deciding the policy direction of these government linked corporations for the State of Penang since 2008.
Dato’ Seri Lee is a member of the Investment Committee of Areca Capital, a licensed fund manager for individuals, corporations and institutions. He is also an adjunct Researcher of Penang Institute and writes regularly on subjects covering investment and economic development.
Additionally, Dato’ Seri Lee sits on companies listed on Bursa Malaysia as well as private companies. Industries covered by these companies/corporations include: manufacturing, packaging, logistics, research/ design/ development of electrical & electronics equipment, trading, food production, tourism, township & property development, wealth management & startups mentoring.
Being a former member of the federal legislature & the state local council, Dato’ Seri Lee has an in-depth understanding of the workings of the public sector.
Dato’ Seri Lee is a Barrister at Law of Middle Temple & a Certified Financial Planner.

Invest Penang
InvestPenang is the Penang State Government’s principal agency for promotion of investment. Its objectives are to develop and sustain Penang’s economy by enhancing and continuously supporting business activities in the state through foreign and local investments, including spawning viable new growth centers. To realize its objectives, InvestPenang also runs initiatives like the SMART Penang Center (providing assistance to SMEs) and Penang CAT Center (for talent attraction and retention). For more information, please visit https://investpenang.gov.my/. Do follow us on InvestPenang’s social media channels: Facebook ; LinkedIn
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Amkor Technology, Inc.
Jennifer Zhao
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Vincent DiCaprio
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Bernard Lim
Appscard Groups AS
CJ Hsieh
Aspeed Technology
Wei Wang
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Dr. Xiaoxin Qiu
Axera Technology Co., Ltd
Dr. Marnix Tack
BelGaN
Ralf Bornefeld
Bosch
Arjun Kantimahanti
Broadcom
Martin Weigert
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Dr. Yuan Yuan Zhou
DuPont Electronics & Industrial
Najwa Khazal
Edwards Vacuum
Dr. Alex Lidow
EPC
Amy Leong
FormFactor
Dr. Qingchun Zhang
Fudan University
Andy Chuang
GaN Systems
Jim Witham
GaN Systems
J Philip Vincent
GSH
Farhat Jahangir
GS Microelectronics
Vance Wang
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Dr. Yongxiang Wen
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Dr. Rainer Kaesmaier
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Chang Fu
HLMC
Prof. Shaojun Wei
IME, Tsinghua University
Noorazidi Che Azib
Inari Technology
Denis Marcon
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AK Chong
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Prof. Tianchun Ye
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Ray Yang
ITRI
Yaojian Lin
JCET Group
Oreste Donzella
KLA Corporation
Ian Hsu
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Dr. Akshay Singh
Micron
Thy Tran
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JY Zhang
MooreElite
Marco Giandalia
Navitas Semiconductor
Carlos Castro
Nexperia
Jian Zhang
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Edward Wei
Realtek Semiconductor Corp
Santosh Kumar
Reliance Industries Ltd
Dr. Avinash Kashyap
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Tomomitsu Maoka
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Dr. Tim Yeh
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