Karen Khoo Kah Mei

Karen Khoo Kah Mei is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Advance Synergy Berhad. She was appointed to the Board on 16 December 2024.

Karen holds a Bachelor of Business Management (Hons) in International Marketing from Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom. 

Karen has extensive experience in corporate sales across the hotel and advertising industries, managing projects involving over 100 multinational corporations in Malaysia, Singapore, and Dubai. She began her career at Eastin Hotel, Petaling Jaya and progressed through roles at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, GHM Hotels, Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa, Novotel Kuala Lumpur, and Thinkscape AMPS Sdn Bhd from 2001 to 2003. In 2012, she founded Kalex Enterprise, a creative agency, followed by Racing Creatures Sdn Bhd, now a holistic marketing agency specializing in brand development, place making, and community building.

She is also a Director and Co-Founder of Coffee Art Fringe Festival Asia Sdn Bhd and Kakao Ventures Sdn Bhd. Additionally, she serves on the board of Osteria Gamberoni Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Advance Synergy Berhad.

Karen is a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Management and Sustainability Committee, and Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Advance Synergy Berhad.

She does not have any family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of Advance Synergy Berhad, nor has she any conflict of interest with Advance Synergy Berhad. She has no convictions for any offences within the past 5 years and no public sanction or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.