A Director’s Perspective On Integrated Reporting

Dr. Damien Lim, who has been Independent Non-Executive Director of EG Industries Bhd. since 2009, is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant, Masters in International Logistics Management, and a MBA in ICT. He is also an International Registered Certified Auditor (IRCA) for ISO, EN and HACCP standards and has planned and implemented ISO QMS and EMS systems from foundation, documentation to designing custom internal controls.

He has served as the management representative and is a certified lead auditor and is well versed in implementing and training ISO based EMS and QMS requirements as well as HACCP and OSHA for service, manufacturing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and medical, biotechnology industries. He is also an accomplished and experienced forensics and fraud investigations consultant specializing in fraud and dispute settlements. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is a certified forensics accountant and investigator.

As a Senior Accountant in a multinational company, Damien was responsible for the overall implementation of the company’s new accounting system and MRP system and he has a MBA in ICT and is familiar with Business Intelligence Systems. He performed internal operational audits on all other departments and production areas and was responsible for the overall financial health of the company compliance, public relations, accounting and taxation matters.

Extensive experience in various diverse industries such as oil & gas, shipping, property development, retail & hypermarket, plantations & mills, investment holding, hospitality, casino, finance & leasing, heavy engineering & fabrication, food & beverage, mining, electronics, various manufacturing and recreational clubs through considerable involvement during the statutory auditing, due diligence and consulting process of these public listed, private or government linked organizations offers varied viewpoints of strategies that work, a unique perception on critical matters an and an insight into many common misconceptions and thus mistakes that are made by management.