MP Evans Group welcomes Lee Yuan Zhang to its Board as Non-Executive Director

– UK, Royal Tunbridge Wells –  M. P. Evans Group PLC (LON: MPE), the producer of sustainable palm oil, today announced the appointment of Lee Yuan Zhang to its Board as a non-executive director effective from 1 February 2023.

 “We are delighted to be welcoming Yuan Zhang to the board. We have no doubt that, given his extensive plantation and wider corporate experience, he will contribute very significantly to the Group’s affairs”, said Executive Chairman, Peter Hadsley-Chaplin.

About

Lee Yuan Zhang is the Regional Director Plantations of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad, Malaysia. He was also the President and Director of PT KLK Agriservindo, Indonesia. He was previously responsible for the management of 140,000 hectares of oil palm plantations across five Indonesian provinces.

Yuan Zhang has also held senior marketing and sales roles within the KLK Group, as well as a number of other senior head office roles at KLK.

In addition, he is a non-executive director of Batu Kawan Berhad, Malaysia. BKB holds a controlling shareholding in KLK and the Lee family, of which Yuan Zhang is a member, holds a controlling interest in BKB. KLK owns a 23% shareholding in M.P. Evans.

For more information: https://www.mpevans.co.uk/

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