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Profiles taken from the original PIPS website. Be wary of the positive writing and the hype.
Bryan Marsden
Founder and CEO of PureInvestor
Born in England, Bryan was trained and qualified as an Electrical Engineer in 1967. Working for the General Post Office, he developed his knowledge and skills in the areas of facilities Management until 1970 when he joined the Royal Air Force for a period of 5 years.
On leaving the Royal Air Force, Bryan continued his Facilities Management career with the National Health Service and various Facilities management organisations in the private sector. In 1986, Bryan established a Facilities Management partnership which successfully undertook major projects for corporate and public sector clients including IBM, LIFFE, London Stock Exchange, Credit Suisse First Boston Bank, Texaco and British Railways.
In 1994, he ventured into Malaysia to develop Facilities Management business inetrest and undertook Consultancy / Project Management projects at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Guthrie and IOI in the palm industry. Utilising the finance, analytical and business skills gained through many years in the Facilities Management industry, Bryan began the process of designing the Pure Investor model and initiated its launched in 2002. Bryan's experience and expertise in wide variety of businesses and industry sectors has been the guiding light for the growth and development of the Pure Investor Group.
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Phan Sew Ken
Director of PureInvestor
Phan is a Malaysian born of Chinese parentage. She undertook her teacher training at the Malayan Teacher's College and spent 10 years teaching young children in Goverment Schools.
In 1986, she undertook a number of business courses and ventured into the business world, taking up posts in the roles of secretary, administration and office manager with various international companies in the construction, development and infrastructure industries.
Her love for teaching young children saw Phan establish her own preschool company in 2000, providing education through nurseries, kindergartens and day care centres.
Phan's knowledge and expertise in administration has been invaluable in the setting up and operation of the PureInvestor offices.
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Alan Foo Ming Lam
Executive Director of PureInvestor
A qualified accountant by training and profession, Alan is also a graduate of Food Science from Wyoming University, USA. His initial years as an accountant, between 1989 and 1994 with Tor & Cp, a Kuala Lumpur-based public accountants, exposed him to auditing, accounting, taxation and financial consultancy.
Moving from an audit trainee to general manager of Tor & Co, Alan took on more complex tasks, includinf financial consultancy for SMIs in multiple industries. Five years later he joined as a business partner in Cheng & Co, another Kuala Lumpur-based public accountant and was primarily involved in business development activity of the firm, adding new top-notch companies to its portfolio of clients.
In 1996, Alan was appointed executive director of Top Assignments Consulting and since then he has been actively involved in the development of SMIs in Malaysia between 1997 and 2000. Alan has successfully assisted in securing close to RM90 million in loans for more than 20 companies from major commercial and goverment banks in Malaysia. As the executive director of consulting frim for SMLs, Alan holds regular dialogue with Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara), Credit Guarantee Corporation, Goverment Development Banks, the Malaysia Economic Planning Unit, under the Prime minister's Department, the Ministry of Finance in Malaysia and Commercial Banks, including offshore banks.
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Gary J Nichol
Director / General Manager of PureInvestor.Com Inc
A result oriented leader with proven success in managing and controlling multimillion dollar companies with diverse interests, ranging from golf course development to investment and finance, Gary joined PureInvestor.Com late 2003 after three years as regional director of Asiatic Investments Ltd, an international offshore investment group with offices in Hong Kong and Seychelles.
A skilled negotiator with sharp business acumen, Gary has track record of bringing companies fron the brink to profitability and implementing drastic corporate alignment programs which positively contributed to profitability ahead of targets or doubling of the share price within a short time. With a strong background in and a passion for landscaping.
Gary set out early in his career as general manager with Suncoast Greens Pty Ltd, a golf course renovation and contracting firm in Brisbane. Six years later, he left to lecture at Queensland TAFE, Nambour, Australia in golf course management and horticulture. Gary is credited with being the first Australian lecturer to design study modules in gold course design.
He left lecturing for better prospect with Rodger Davis Golf Course Design in Queensland as its chief executive officer and moved to Malaysia in 1991. Before taking up this international posting, Gary,who studied civil engineering and landscape architecture at Queensland University of Technology, was national sales and marketing manager for a year with one of Australia's largest resort developers, RoachProperty & development.
A year earlier, he held a similiar position atHome Corp Pty Ltd, also in Sydney where he boosted bottom line profits and transformed company business in two years by the use of technology to re-engineer financial and investment products.
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Mohamad Ayub Abdul Malek
Director / General Manager of PIC Capital Sdn Bhd
Mohamad Ayub is a Corporate Banker and as Director-General Manager of PIC Capital, he is responsible for the Portfolio Team looking after investments in various hire purchase and leasing activities of the fund. He brings with him more than 15 years experience in risk assets.
Mohamad Ayub has held a number of roles during his 20-odd years in corporate banking, credit & marketing and venture capital. He was previously AFFIN Finance Berhad's (AFB) Assistant General Manager of Marketing & Business Development. Besides ensuring AFB's risk assets, he monitored the effectiveness of the credit and marketing terms and personally veted all corporate proposals prior to presentation to AFB board of directors for approval.
A Hartford University MBA graduate, Mohamad Ayub started his career in 1977 with pharmaceutical manufacturer, Inchcape Group of Companies Malaysia, as a production executive tasked with the smooth running of the production lines.
Seven years later, he left to join IBM World Trade Corporation as marketing representative. Between 1986 and April 1990, Mohamad Ayub served with Chase Manhattan Bank N.A, Kuala Lumpur and Oriental Bank Berhad as credit & marketing officer. In May 1990 he was appointed Assistant Vice President (credit & marketing) of Security Asian Bank Ltd in charge of maintenance of corporate loans portfolio and business development.