Board of Directors
Mr. Tan Ngee Teck was appointed as the Executive Chairman of the Company on 19th May 2006. He is responsible for the overall management, corporate strategic planning, operations and marketing of the Group. Mr. Tan had been actively involved in the steering of the strategic direction of the Group and provides the leadership in charting the course of business initiatives. Prior to joining the Board, he has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for AMS Group, a company which he held privately serving the semiconductor industry in equipment design & assembly and consumable materials. Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor Degree major in Finance & Banking and minor in Accountancy from the Northeast Louisiana University, USA.
Mr. Adam Lau Fook Hoong @ Joe lau, the founder of JEP Precision Engineering Pte Ltd joined us as the Executive Vice Chairman on 1 October 2007. With more than 20 years experience in the precision engineering industry, he will drive all operational matters for the Group. Mr. Joe Lau was also recipient of the 2006 Entrepreneur Award and the EYA Innovation Award 2006. He has successfully built JEP Precision Engineering Pte Ltd in becoming one of the winner of the Enterprise 50 award in 2007. These awards speak loudly of his capability in building a successful business.
Ms. Tay Lay Hoon is our AC Chairman. She has extensive experience in matters relating to accounting, financial administration, compliance and reporting requirements and is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Amanda Group Service Pte Ltd Ms. Tay was the Chief Financial Officer of Avalon Worldwide Group Pte Ltd from 2000 – 2004. Prior to that, she was with FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd for 4 years as divisional director of regional finance. She was involved in the preparation of the company for its listing in 1996. Ms. Tay acquired the bulk of her experience as financial controller of Angliss Singapore Pte Ltd (formerly known as The Malayan Refrigerating Co (Pte) Ltd) where she worked for 15 years, moving from accountant to chief accountant and eventually the financial controller of the company. Ms. Tay holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore, and is a non-practising fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Singapore and a member of the Singapore Institute of Director.
Mr. Wong Gang, a partner in law firm Shook Lin & Bok since 2002, joined us as an Independent Director. He has more than 10 years’ professional experience advising ona wide range of corporate finance and securities transactions, including stock market flotations, rights issues, securities regulation for public listed companies, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, as well as general corporate advisory work. He is also a member of Shook Lin & Bok’s China practice group and has advised multinational corporations and Singapore companies on cross border transactions in China, as well as on public offerings of securities in Singapore by companies from China. He is currently also an independent director of Jishan Holdings Limited which is listed on the SGX Mainboard.
Dr Ng Pock Too joined us as our Independent Director since July 2008. Prior to joining the board, he also held important positions as the Deputy Director of Economic Development Board, the Group Chief Executive of Sembawang Group, Chairman of Jurong Engineering Limited as well as the Chairman of Board of Director of NTUC Income. Mr Ng was a former Political Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew (now Minister Mentor) and formerly, President of Hamilton Sundstrand Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Mr. Ng also serves as an independent director of Kikkoman Singapore and Chiwan Wharf Holdings in Shenzhen, a listed company on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. He had also set up his own consulting company called New Board Aerospace Technology Pte Ltd on 22 June 2007. He graduated in 1968 with a B. Sc Division One Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering and was awarded the Lieutenant Governor General Medal when he topped his graduating class.