ELK-Desa Resources Berhad appoints Datin Gan Kok Ling Age 46, as Independent and Non Executive Director, effective 19 Aug. 2022. Qualifications:- Degree LAW University of Nottingham, England, LLB/Certificate in Legal Practice.

Working experience and occupation: Datin Gan Kok Ling is a Partner in the banking and finance department of Messrs. Adnan Sundra & Low, Kuala Lumpur since January 2008. In the first 2 years of her practice, she was extensively involved in corporate work including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate restructuring exercises, as well as real estate matters.

Since 2002, she has been primarily involved in banking and finance and debt capital markets. Some of her notable banking and finance and debt capital markets experience includes advising on the issue of debt securities for the financing of several infrastructure and energy projects in Malaysia, including light rail transit, monorail, highways, telecommunications, gas and coal fired power plants and solar plants, private finance initiative fundings and the privatisation of water supply in Malaysia; government guaranteed debt issuances by various government agencies and government-linked companies; the securitisation of staff loans originated by a corporation and the corresponding issuance of asset backed securities; the issuance of stapled income securities; issuances of structured products and structured warrants, several issuances of conventional and Islamic convertible securities; several issuances of perpetual securities; issuances of exchangeable bonds and Sukuk; real property securitisation exercises, issuances of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) Sukuk and Asean Bonds and Sukuk (including Green, Social and Sustainability issuances) and issuances of notes and Sukuk by real estate investment trust issuers in Malaysia.