[PODCAST] Ep. 2: On-Air with LHAG ft. Dato’ Thomas M L Lee

August 12, 2020

It was while he was in his mid-teens, during a conversation with his father (the late Tun H S Lee) that Dato’ Thomas M L Lee first has an inkling of his future career path. In this segment of “On-Air with LHAG”, Dato’ Lee shares snippets of his childhood, how the firm was established 27 years ago, and his thoughts on the challenges amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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