KUCHING – Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus recently appointed six entrepreneurs as Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Teaching Fellow.
They were recently presented with a letter and certificate of appointment by Professor Anthony Cahalan, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Swinburne Sarawak at the university’s “Entrepreneurs Week”.
The Adjunct Professors are Dato Sri Effendi Bin Norwawi, executive chairman of Encorp Berhad; Datuk Philip Ting Ding Ing, a director at Encorp Berhad and Ibraco Berhad Group; Barry Lim Sun Heng, an entrepreneur from Penang; and Derek Goh Bak Heng, executive director of Serial System Limited, Singapore.
John Jong Ching Nien, managing director and chief creative officer of Thinkscape Group, and Ir. Sr. Alex Ting Kuang Kuo, a consulting engineer of WTS Konsultant Sdn Bhd, were appointed Adjunct Teaching Fellow.
Effendi, who earned his degree in Development Administration from the University of Tasmania, founded Encorp Berhad in 2000. Three years later, the construction management and property development conglomerate was listed on the Main Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.
PhilipTing holds an accounting degree from Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He sits on the board of directors at Swinburne Sarawak, and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He is Australia’s longest serving honorary consul, commencing in 1989.
Ting initiated Swinburne Sarawak’s recent Entrepreneurs Week, where five of his counterparts were guest speakers, for the benefit of students.
Barry Lim is a prominent Swinburne alumnus who started his career as a plantation manager, and later ventured into agriculture research and development. Lim, who prides himself as an inventor and innovator, has more than 40 years’ experience in business and agriculture technologies.
Goh, of Serial System Limited, listed his electronic components distribution company on the Singapore Stock Exchange two decades after its establishment, and later on the Main Board. Established in 1988, the company is today one of the largest in Asia, and is reputed to have one of the biggest distribution networks in the region.
John Jong, founder of Thinkscape Group, has vast experience in architecture, brand and visual identity design, digital communication, retail and experiential design, and marketing. He has worked with clients from a range of industry including property, banking, finance, and oil and gas.
Thinkscape has delivered projects to major cities including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Hanoi, Kuwait, London, New York, Paris, and Singapore.
Registered with the Board of Engineers Malaysia as a professional engineer and a corporate member of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia, Alex Ting has handled major projects in Sarawak. He is also a corporate member of the Institution of Engineering Malaysia and the Institution of Surveyors Malaysia. For his many contributions to NGOs, he was awarded the Ahli Bintang Sarawak in 2006 and the Johan Bintang Kenyalang in 2009.