Datuk Cheah Jit Peng was appointed as Chief Operating Officer on 1 March 2021.

Datuk Cheah obtained his Bachelor in Civil Engineering from Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom in 1991 and Master in Business Administration from University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has over 30 years’ experience in both construction and property development with regional working experience which spans across South East Asia and China including working in multinational corporation. Datuk Cheah has successfully completed numerous projects e.g. township development, plant construction, commercial building etc throughout his career. Datuk Cheah is also familiar with various form of contracts and project delivery methods e.g. EPC, EPCM, turnkey and conventional design-bid-built. Before joining Melati Ehsan Group, Datuk Cheah was the General Manager (Construction) for Tan Chong Group involved in land matters, construction and plant expansion across South-East Asia. Prior to this, he was involved in the township development in Rawang, Selangor.