YBhg. Datuk Michael Kang Hua Keong
National President
SME Association of Malaysia
Datuk Michael Kang Hua Keong is the National President of the SME Association of Malaysia, and the Executive Director of Asia Media Group Bhd. Director of SMB Connection Sdn Bhd focus agri and online business.
He has been in ICT industry involving in hardware manufacturing, distribution and retail including software business, e-commerce and international trade business since 1985.
A keen promoter of Malaysia’s SME sector, Datuk Kang has worked tirelessly to develop the SME landscape and encourage business owners to transform their business to keep up with goal markets. He was a member of the digital economic task force where he served to bridge the communication between SMEs and the authorities.
Amongst his current roles include the board member of SME Corp Malaysia, Council Member of Council of Federal Datuks Malaysia, member of the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health under the Ministry of Human Resource (since 2013-2018), board member of HRDF (2014 – 2019) and member of the incubator program DRIVERS under the Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation (since 2013), China Asean SME Development Council Co-chair (since 2017), ASEAN SME Chapter Co-chair, BNM FX sub-committee (since 2017), Advisory Panel for Dong Jiao Zong Higher Learning Centre (2018-2022), Vice President of Machinery & Engineering Industries Federation (MEIF) and Malaysia – Fosan Chamber of commercial.