Board Of Directors

Mr. Tan Cher Liang is our Independent Chairman. He joined our Company as Lead Independent Director on 22 October 2015 and was redesignated as Independent Chairman on 1 February 2017. Mr. Tan was last re-elected to the Board on 31 January 2023. Mr. Tan has more than 40 years of experience in corporate advisory and general management. Currently, he also serves on the boards of various public and private companies in Singapore including being an Independent Chairman of Vibrant Group Limited, and an Independent Director of Kingsmen Creatives Ltd, Food Empire Holdings Limited, Wilton Resources Corporation Limited and IPC Corporation Ltd. He is also a Trustee of Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and a Director of D S Lee Foundation and EtonHouse Community Fund Ltd. Mr. Tan is a qualified financial professional from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. Mr. Tan was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1996.

Mr. Ang Kiam Meng is our Group CEO and Executive Director. He was appointed to our Board on 4 February 2015 and was last re-elected on 31 January 2023. Mr. Ang has been serving with our Group for over 30 years. Mr. Ang is responsible for the overall management, operations, strategic planning, and business development of our Group. He has been, and continues to be, instrumental to our Group's continued success and growth. He is responsible for, inter alia, setting and executing our Group's vision, mission, core values and goals, driving the operational efficiency of our Group's work processes, monitoring the development and performance of our Group's business and identifying new opportunities for our Group's expansion domestically and internationally. Prior to joining our Group, Mr. Ang worked with Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (formerly known as Singapore Electronic & Engineering Limited) from 1986 to 1993, holding various positions such as Software Engineer and Product Manager. Mr. Ang currently also serves as Chairman of the Technology Committee and Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, as well as Committee Member of the Restaurant Association of Singapore. Mr. Ang is currently a board director of the Chinese Development Assistance Council and Nam Hwa Opera Limited. Mr. Ang obtained a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the Singapore Institute of Management in 1991 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in Computer Science) from the University of Texas at Austin (USA) in 1985.

Mrs. Christina Kong Chwee Huan is our Executive Director. She was appointed to our Board on 22 October 2015 and was last re-elected on 28 January 2022. Since joining our Group as Manager of Human Resource and Corporate Affairs in 2008 until the beginning of 2023, Mrs. Kong oversaw our Group's operations, human resource and learning and development divisions. Leveraging on her extensive experience, Mrs. Kong was promoted to Chief Operating Officer on 13 February 2023. In her current capacity, she oversees our Group's operations and marketing divisions, taking charge of aligning and executing marketing strategies to maximize the potential of our brands. Mrs. Kong maintains a close collaboration with the Human Resource Director to ensure the fulfilment of our operational human resource requirements.

Mrs. Kong joined our Group as a purchasing executive from 1993 to 1994. Between 1995 and 2000, she provided educational services, before joining the Ministry of Education as a teacher from 2001 to 2007. Mrs. Kong obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Education from the Nanyang Technological University in 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom) in 1991. She also obtained a Human Resource Graduate Certification from the Singapore Management University in 2014.

Ms. Sim Yu Juan Rachel was appointed as our Non-Executive Director on 17 February 2020 and was last re-elected on 29 January 2021. She was previously our Alternate Director to Mr. Ron Sim Chye Hock when he was a Non-Executive Director of our Company.

Ms. Sim is currently Deputy Managing Director at TWG Tea Co Pte Ltd ("TWG Tea"). She is responsible for overseeing business objectives, focusing on corporate communications, digital expansion, strategic growth and overall performance of the TWG Tea business.

Prior to her current role, Ms. Sim headed the global marketing team at TWG Tea. She helped raise its international brand profile through strategic partnerships and driving the company's global marketing strategy. She managed the TWG Tea brand's portfolio of digital marketplace brand stores and was responsible for driving growth in third party online channels. She joined the global marketing team in September 2014 as a marketing executive focusing on developing partnership and advertising campaigns.

Between November 2012 and September 2014, Ms. Sim was part of the local sales team of TWG Tea managing corporate accounts and was part of the regional sales team (North Asia) assisting with opening of new stores in Taiwan and PRC including overseeing sales in the Hong Kong market. Ms. Sim continues to support the growing North Asia team through her current role.

Mr. Seah Hai Yang is a chartered accountant with over 30 years of experience in both public and private companies in a wide range of industries covering manufacturing, construction and engineering, trading and distribution, printing in both MNCs and SMEs. He is a co-founder and director of Raintree Corporate Services Pte Ltd and Van Der Broeck's Consultancy Pte Ltd, both of which are specialist providers of corporate secretarial and listing compliance services and consultancy, with focus on providing advisory and corporate support services to listed companies and aspir-ing public companies.

Hai Yang is conversant with IPO process, Listing Rules compliance and Code of Corporate Governance matters, having been involved in successful IPO exercises, serving as Company Secretary for several listed companies and being an independent director as well. He was the Chief Financial Officer cum Company Secretary with Mun Siong Engineering Limited (listed on the SGX Mainboard) from 2013 to 2017 and the Head of Corporate Advisory with RHT Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd (a professional services provider) from 2017 to 2019.

Hai Yang graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor's degree in Accountancy and is a fellow with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He is also a member and Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).