KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Chan Ah Chye, the single-largest shareholder of Talam Transform Bhd
, died at the age of 78.
In a bourse filing, Talam announced that Chan died on Tuesday (June 11).
Chan was formerly the executive chairman of Talam prior to his re-designation as non-independent non-executive director on Jan 22, 2009.
He was also a member of the nomination committee of the company. The tycoon owns a stake of 23.46% in Talam.
Chan graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Malaya in 1970 and was a member of the Institution of Engineers, Malaysia since 1974.
He has over 50 years of experience in the property and construction industry since he started his career with Messrs Binnie & Partners (M) Sdn Bhd and later joined Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor in 1971 as a project manager handling project designs, management and property development.
He was formerly the executive director (president/chief Executive) and former major shareholder of Kumpulan Europlus Bhd (now known as WCE Holdings Bhd).
WCE is the concessionaire of the West Coast Expressway.
