Speaker

John Cheong

CFO
STM LOTTERY AND SPORTS TOTO BHD

John is an experienced financial professional with 27 years of working experience in multi-national and local corporations across multi-disciplinary functions in financial management, accounting, investor relations, and performance management. With fundamentals in management consulting, auditing and corporate finance, he has spearheaded finance transformation in major industries comprising fast moving consumer goods, industrial products and manufacturing.

Currently, he is the CFO of STM Lottery and Sports Toto Bhd, the leading lottery operator in Malaysia. He leads the strategic and financial controllership of two main businesses comprising lottery operations in Malaysia and luxury motor distributorship in the UK.

He is qualified as an accountant from CPA Australia and is a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He graduated with a degree in Accounting and Finance from University of Southern Queensland in Australia in 1996 and completed the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) Global Leadership Development Program in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2013.

John joined STM Lottery as the General Manager of Finance responsible forfinancial accounting, treasury, strategic finance, and planning and analysis function to support the gaming operations.