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IKATAN AWANA SDN. BHD.

Ikatan Awana Sdn Bhd is a joint venture between KHSB Equity Sdn Bhd, a member of the Bukhary group of companies related to Tan Sri Syed Mohktar Al Bukhary and Wirawasa Sdn Bhd, a company owned by Ooi Poay Lum who’s previous corporate career included 21 years with public listed IJM Corporation Berhad

Tan Sri Syed Mohktar’s wide business interests include the control of a number of public listed companies in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange such as Malaysian Mining Corporation Berhad, Pernas International Berhad, IJM Corporation Berhad etc. and is also known for many charitable and public interest activities such as the Bukhary Foundation and the International Islamic Arts Museum in Kuala Lumpur.

Ooi Poay Lum is a Chartered Engineer by profession who started his career with the international French construction conglomerate Dragages in 1976 as Site Engineer on a deep water wharves project in Butterworth, Malaysia and later as a Design Engineer in Bangkok on a major bridge construction project with Italian-Thai as JV partners.

In 1980, he returned to Malaysia to join Jurutama Sdn Bhd as Project Manager in Kedah responsible for a wide range of construction contracts from roads, bridges, complexes and housing to prefab schools. Jurutama was one of the pioneer companies that was merged in 1984 resulting in the creation of IJM Corporation Berhad for listing in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Following the listing of IJM, he set up the IJM Regional Office in Penang to start the property development arm for the group. For the major part of his 21 year career with the IJM group, he had overseen the growth and development of IJM’s property division which has earned a strong reputation for good design, workmanship and responsible property management services in a wide range of property projects. These projects range from the very successful Sri Pangkor and Sri York condominiums in Penang to the very popular Riana Green condominiums in Petaling Jaya. Other notable quality projects include the education township of Bukit Jambul Indah in Penang which boasts other successful apartments projects such as Lakeside and Parkview condominiums and a quality benchmark project called Taman Utama housing estate in Sandakan, Sabah. Whilst heading this division, more than RM1.2 billion ringgit worth of developments ranging from major government privatization property based projects to condominiums, landed properties, low cost housing, commercial and industrial projects have been successfully completed throughout the country in various states stretching from Kedah, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Johore, Sarawak to Sabah.

A firm believer in the value of innovation, organizational learning, research and development in the strive for continuous improvements in planning, design, quality control, technology competency and services in the property business, he holds a business doctorate degree (DBA) from the University of South Australia after completing his research thesis entitled "Market Orientation : Fact or Fiction - An Exploratory Study of Publicly Listed Malaysian Property Companies."