Tengku Zatashah has been Make-A-Wish® Malaysia’s Royal Patron since 2015. She is an active social advocate and environmental activist, having founded several high-impact campaigns, including #sayno2plastic (2016), #zerofoodwastage (2016), and #NoMoreLitter #BecauseWeCare (2020). She has received numerous local and international accolades for her work. In 2020, she was invited to speak at the world’s largest sustainability expo, the ChangeNOW Summit, in Paris.

She currently serves as chairperson and trustees to other reputable charitable organisations in Malaysia, Board Director of InNature Berhad, and President of Alliance Francaise Kuala Lumpur.

Ms. Chow is a prize-winning ICAEW Chartered Accountant with over 2 decades of middle and senior management experience.

She was appointed Senior Vice President– Financial Advisory & Portfolio Planning of Sapura Energy Berhad on 1 June 2016.

Ms. Chow joined the Board of Make-A-Wish® Malaysia in and was Treasurer from 2015-2017 and is now the Chairman.

Linda Ngiam spent 26 years with the Star Media Group, where she honed her skills in media, advertising and marketing.

She helmed The Group as its Group Managing Director/CEO for 3 years before her retirement in 2011. She continued with the Group as a Board Director and stepped down in June this year.

She now serves on the Boards of Heineken Berhad, Hong Leong Assurance and MUI Property. She also serves as a Trustee of Yayasan Sin Chew.

Richard has held several senior management and corporate roles within the Oil & Gas sector and is currently the Vice President, Business Acquisition of Sapura Energy.

Originally from the UK, he has spent the last 10 years with his family in Malaysia. ​​

He has been a strong supporter of our work since our organisation started in 2010; and constantly promotes our mission.

With over 20 years’ experience in the construction industry and currently a construction/ project manager for Turner International, Mr DeFonzo is proud to be involved with bringing Hope, Strength and Transformation to as many children as he can.

With his broad experience in construction, 9 years internationally, Andrew adds a different approach to our Board.

Ho Say Keng is Group Company Secretary/ Accountant of the YTL Corporation Berhad Group of companies. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (F.C.C.A.) and is a registered member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She is also an affiliate member of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. She obtained her Diploma of Commerce (Financial Accounting) from Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman in 1981. She joined the YTL Corp Group in 1986 and her responsibilities include coordination and overseeing YTL Corp Group's treasury, banking, financial accounting and corporate financial matters.

Peter has 29 years of experience in the field of project and construction management, having led work on some of the most prestigious, large-scale developments in the world, from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai to the recent Menara Etiqa and Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur.

He is the longest-serving Project Director of Turner International (Malaysia) and was made Company Director in 2019. Peter has been a steadfast and unwavering supporter of Make-A-Wish® Malaysia since 2012, and joined the Board in 2020.

Having worked 30 years in Drilling and Completions (Old and Gas) across four continents, David is currently Senior Manager at Roc Oil Kuala Lumpur and a self-employed consultant.

A firm believer in giving back to society, David helped send disadvantaged students to university during his time in Jakarta, Indonesia, by raising funds with The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and joined the Board of Make-A-Wish® Malaysia in 2020.