He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
[2] Kluang-born Gan Ping Sieu comes from a family with a long tradition of serving the community in the town and its surrounding areas.
Ping Sieu's late father was a pioneer MCA member and a well-respected figure within Kluang Chinese society circles.
He was appointed Special Officer to the Johor Menteri Besar for DUN Mengkibol in 2008, a post that allowed him to bridge the community and government agencies more effectively.
Ping Sieu is now heading a law firm with seventy-eight offices across the country, dealing in diverse areas such as corporate restructuring, conveyancing, civil and criminal litigation, land matters, and retail banking, among others.