OUR LEADERSHIP
Key Management Team





Zen Chan
Zen Chan is the Chief Executive Officer of Gac Biotech Holdings Sdn Bhd, bringing over eight years of executive experience across agricultural engineering, biotechnology
and business development.
He leads the Group’s global strategy, corporate development and stakeholder relations, and has played a key role in building Gac Biotech’s integrated ecosystem — from cultivation and raw material development to commercialisation and market expansion.
Prior to leading Gac Biotech Holdings, Zen held key leadership roles across Gac Fruit Asia Pte. Ltd., Gac Fruit Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Gac Fruits Plantation Sdn Bhd, where he was involved in the development of new Gac fruit varieties, public education on its nutritional value, and strategic partnerships across Asia.
His leadership approach combines long-term vision, agile execution and a strong focus on innovation, resilience and sustainable growth.
Meda Saw Poh Leng
Product Innovation & R&D Director
Meda Saw Poh Leng is a Product Innovation and R&D leader with over 20 years of experience across the wellness, health, beauty and lifestyle industries. Her expertise spans product innovation, R&D, regulatory affairs, commercialisation and professional training, with experience contributing to the development of more than 700 SKUs across diverse categories and markets.
As Product Innovation & R&D Director of Gac Biotech Group, Meda leads innovation direction, product portfolio strategy and long-term development opportunities, while overseeing multidisciplinary teams, strategic partnerships and development standards.
She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Malaya and received the Best Thesis Award in 2003 from the Malaysian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She is also a Certified Beauty Therapist.
Professor Dr Koh Chong Lek
FASc, PhD (London), DIC (Imperial College)
Chief Scientific Officer
Professor Dr Koh Chong Lek is a distinguished scientist and academic with extensive experience in genetics, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology. Widely recognised as the “Father of DNA in Malaysia,” he is a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia and holds a PhD from the University of London.
Over the course of his academic career, he held professorial and research appointments across Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan, including serving as Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at the University of Malaya and Director of the DNA Centre at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
As Chief Scientific Officer of Gac Biotech Group, he provides scientific leadership and guidance across the Group’s research, technology and innovation initiatives.
Wei Min
Group Legal & Secretariat
Wei Min is a corporate and commercial lawyer with over 15 years of experience advising listed companies, multinational groups, investors and founder-led businesses across Malaysia and the region. He is a Partner at Messrs Foong & Partners, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, capital markets, joint ventures, fundraising, corporate governance and regulatory compliance.
Within Gac Biotech Group, Wei Min supports the Group’s legal, corporate governance and secretarial matters, including regulatory and commercial advisory as the business grows.
Paul Chong
Corporate & Business Development Director
Mr. Paul Chong has been involved in business dealings with the Gac Biotech Group since May 2024 and officially joined as the Director of Corporate & Business Development in December 2024. He works closely with the Group’s Chief Executive Officer to accelerate growth and maximise the value of each company within the Group.
Mr. Chong brings over 30 years of experience in corporate and financial management and business strategy. Prior to joining the Group, he had been serving as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly listed company in Singapore since 2018, a role he continued to hold until mid-2025, overseeing corporate matters, business growth, and financial and accounting functions. Mr. Chong began his career at KPMG, an international accounting firm, and has since worked with various corporations and public listed companies across Singapore and Malaysia. Mr. Chong holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy.





FROM OUR FOUNDER & CEO
A Message From Zen Chan
Dear Shareholders, Partners, and Friends,
We live in an era of unprecedented progress, yet our modern lifestyle has severed a critical connection—the one between our cellular biology and the natural world. Every day, our bodies are subjected to an invisible onslaught: the constant glare of artificial blue light, environmental toxins, and the chronic oxidative stress of a fast-paced world. As our lifestyles continue to evolve, concerns once associated mainly with ageing—such as declining eye health, fatigue, and cellular stress—are increasingly part of the modern wellness conversation.
When I first encountered the Gac fruit (Momordica cochinchinensis), known for centuries in Southeast Asia as the “Fruit from Heaven,” I was captivated not just by its vibrant, blood-red colour, but by its extraordinary, almost miraculous molecular composition. Here was a fruit naturally rich in lycopene, beta-carotene, and other valuable nutrients—a remarkable nutritional composition hidden within an unassuming Southeast Asian fruit. Yet, for generations, its seasonal nature and extreme perishability made it difficult for the fruit’s nutritional potential to travel far beyond the regions where it was grown.
I founded Gac Biotech Group to shatter that barrier.
Our journey began with a singular, uncompromising vision: to marry the ancient heritage of this superfruit with the cutting-edge precision of modern biotechnology. We didn’t want to be just another supplement company sourcing random ingredients. We chose a harder, more profound path. We became an integrated smart-farming and life-sciences ecosystem.
Through years of rigorous scientific research collaboration with universities, we developed the “Noah” cultivar—a proprietary breed that stands as a symbol of agricultural salvation, optimised to thrive under the intense equatorial sun of Malaysia. We didn’t stop at farming; we built our own state-of-the-art vacuum freeze-drying and supercritical extraction facilities to ensure that every milligram of Gac nutrients harvested from our soil reaches the consumer with its biological integrity fully intact.
When you partner with or consume Gac products from Gac Biotech Group, you are investing in a “Farm-to-Formula” promise of absolute transparency, clinical efficacy, and uncompromising quality. We are not just preserving a fruit; we are pioneering a new paradigm in preventative wellness and lifestyle.
Thank you for walking this transformative path with us. Together, we are unleashing nature’s most potent shield to protect humanity’s tomorrow.
In health and vision,
Zen Chan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
GAC BIOTECH GROUP
A message from our chief scientific officer
FROM OUR FOUNDER & CEO
A Message From Meda Saw Poh Leng
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In health and vision,
Meda Saw Poh Leng
Product Innovation & R&D Director
A message from our chief scientific officer
IN HEALTH & SCIENCE
A Message From OUR CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
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Academician Dr Koh Chong Lek FASc, PhD (London), DIC (Imperial College)
Chief Scientific Officer
Gac Biotech Holdings Sdn Bhd
A message from our chief scientific officer
FROM OUR FOUNDER & CEO
A Message From Wei Min
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In health and vision,
Wei Min
Group Legal & Secretariat
A message from our chief scientific officer
FROM OUR FOUNDER & CEO
A Message From Paul Chong
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In health and vision,
Paul Chong
Corporate & Business Development Director
A message from our chief scientific officer