(English) Next of Kin – is it really a solution to One Person Company OPC Continuity under Companies Act 2016 ? by Johari Low (Group Chairman of Rockwills)

Johari Low is a Fellow CPA and Chartered Accountant double award winner and member of Mensa International.

He has been involved in the corporate world for over 40 years, initially as auditor and then as executive director of the AmBank Group, group managing director of Berjaya Group, CEO of KFC Malaysia and deputy chairman of Anglo Eastern Plantations PLC.

He was involved with Prudential Malaysia as director from 1989 to 1992 and was the co-founder of BHLB Pacific Management Trust (now part of CIMB), which became one of the largest unit trust companies in the country.

He is currently the Chairman of the Rockwills International Group, an independent director of Malpac Holdings Berhad and adviser to the Amcorp Group.

He has been an active community worker in the past, having served in the council of MICPA (Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants), MIA (Malaysian Institute of Accountants), FPLC (Federation of Public Listed Companies), MICG (Malaysian Institute of Corporate Governance), Lions Club Host and Red Crescent as well as member of the La Salle PJ School board of governors. He has also been the recipient of the Young CPA award in 1989, Selangor Club Snooker Champion from 1988 to 1993 and composer of the ‘Smile’ song sponsored by Malayan Banking, TDC and RTM in the 90s.