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Executive Team
Mr. Sneah Kar Loon - Chairman
Mr. Sneah Kar Loon was the chief financial officer of the Company from May 2007 to July 2007, the business development executive of the Company from July 2007 to October 2007, and the chief executive officer of the Company from November 2007 to November 2008. Mr. Sneah had a bachelor’s degree in Asian studies from Lawrence University, Wisconsin, the United States of America, and a master’s degree in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, Arizona, the United States of America. He had held senior management positions in a global financial institution, and had over 20 years of experience in investment banking, corporate finance, and private venture capital business. He is currently the group chief executive officer of Weike (S) Pte Ltd in Singapore.
Mr. Sik Siu Kwan - Executive Director
Mr. Sik Siu Kwan received his Bachelor of Arts degree in engineering science and Master of Arts degree from University of Oxford. He is also an associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountant. He has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and finance. He has held senior positions with a number of major international investment banks. Mr. Sik is an independent non-executive director of China Glass Holdings Limited, a company listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange. He is also an independent director of Simcere Pharmaceutical Group and China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd., both are listed on New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Sik was formerly an independent non-executive director of Dawnrays Pharmaceutical (Holdings) Ltd, which is listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange until his resignation with effect from 9 July 2010. Mr. Sik was a non-executive director of the Company since 1 September 2009 until his resignation on 16 November 2009. He was also the Company Secretary of the Company since 8 April 2011 until 6 October 2011. Mr. Sik was also an independent non-executive director of Duoyuan Printing Inc., a company listed on New York Stock Exchange, since 27 September 2010 until his resignation on 13 June 2011.
Mr. Ng Kwok Lun - Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ng Kwok Lun was the chief financial officer of the Company from July 2008 to December 2008. Mr. Ng obtained a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the City University of Hong Kong in 1991, and obtained a master’s degree in business from Graduate School of Business, Strathclyde University in 2006. He is also an associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Institute of Chartered Secretary and Administrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries. He is also a fellow of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. Mr. Ng served as chief financial officer in various companies listed on the Stock Exchange, including TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited, Genvon Group Limited (formerly known as Wang Sing International Holdings Group Limited) and Applied Development Holdings Ltd. (formerly known as Applied International Holdings Limited). He has extensive experience in corporate finance and management from professional accounting, banking, international retailing and manufacturing industries. He is currently the chief financial officer of Clickoo Limited.
Mr. Io Rudy Cheok Kei - Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Io Rudy Cheok Kei was the chief financial officer of the Company from July 2007 to March 2008. He is currently a corporate consultant in corporate strategy, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions and direct investment in China. Mr. Io has extensive knowledge in retailing, media and the energy industries. He has over 20 years of experience in managing the overall finance of large listed group in the greater China region. He had been the greater China chief financial officer of JC Decaux (China) Holding Limited, a worldwide out of home media group listed in France and the chief financial officer of China Power International Development Limited, a state-owned power company listed on the Stock Exchange. In the mid-1990s, he worked for the Henry Fok Yin Tong Group in the "Nansha New City" project in Panyu, Guangdong, China as a senior finance executive. Mr. Io is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in administrative studies from York University, Toronto, Canada and a master’s degree in business (information technology) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia.
Mr. Lai Hock Meng - Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Lai Hock Meng has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge in England, majoring in economics. He is also a chartered financial analyst with the CFA Institute in the United States of America and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of marketing in the United Kingdom. He spent more than 26 years in financial industry, including central banking, investment banking, private banking, stock broking and private equity. The key positions he held include Managing
Director (Singapore) of Morgan Grenfell Asia & Partners Securities, Managing Director (Asia Pacific) of SocGen-Crosby Securities, Director and Senior Private Banker (Singapore and Indonesia) of Citigroup Private Bank and Regional Market Manager (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand) of OCBC Private Bank.
Mr. Lai is currently the Chairman of Singapore-based corporate advisory firm HML Consulting Group. He is also a non-executive director of Champ Buyout III Pte Ltd, as well as a member of the investment committee of Tembusu Partners Pte. Ltd., both companies are involved in private equity investment. Mr. Lai currently serves on the editorial board of the CFA Digest. He is a member of Singapore Institute of Directors, an inquiry panel member of the Law Society of Singapore and a member of the Academic Board, East Asia Institute of Management, Singapore. Mr. Lai is the independent director of various companies listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX Stock Exchange"), including China Energy Limited, China Essence Group Ltd., China Oilfield Technology Services Group Limited, Delong Holdings Limited, Xpress Holdings Limited, Metax Engineering Corp Limited, WesTech Electronics Limited and ASTI Holdings Limited. He is also the non-executive director of PureCircle Limited, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. He was the managing director of Morgan Grenfell & Partners Securities Pte. Ltd. from 1993 to 1996.
Mr. Law Chiu William – Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Law Chiu William graduated from Ryerson Polytechnic University in Canada with a bachelor's degree of technology in 1984. He obtained his master’s degree in business administration in 2001 from the University of Canberra in Australia. Since 2000, Mr. Law has been a director of Talent Construction Limited. Mr. Law has extensive experience in civil engineering field. He worked as the engineering manager in Abatement Engineering Limited in Canada from 1986 to 1990, as the technical coordinator in Roads Department, Municipal Government, Town of Markham, Canada from 1990 to 1993, as the project manager in Universal Dockyard Limited in Hong Kong from 1993 to 1995 and as the site agent in Aoki Corporation in Hong Kong from 1995 to 2000.
Mr. Balakrishnan Narayanan – Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Balakrishnan Narayanan obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics in Amherst college, Massachusetts, the United States of America in 1978 and obtained his master’s degree in journalism in Columbia University in New York in 1980. Mr. Balakrishnan has been a director of The Cool Invester Limited, a company specialises in outsourcing editorial services to scientific, medical and technical journals and books since 1996. Mr. Balakrishnan worked as the federal reserve board correspondent in CNS News Services from 1980 to 1982, as the assistant to editor in Singapore Press Holdings from 1982 to 1986, as the research manager from Bankers Trust Brokerage from 1986 to 1989, as the specialist writer on finance in Far Eastern Economic Review from 1989 to 1994, and as the manager in Value Partners Fund Management from 1994 to 1996.
Mr. Yong Peng Tak - Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Yong Peng Tak has been the chief executive officer in Fortress Capital Asset Management (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia since 2002. Mr. Yong obtained his bachelor’s degree in accountancy in Nanyang Technological Institute, The National University of Singapore in 1990. He started his career as an audit assistant in PriceWaterhouse Coopers in Singapore in 1990, and left PriceWaterhouse Coopers as a supervisor in 1993. He then furthered his studies in the United Kingdom and obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the University of London in 1994. In 1995, Mr. Yong joined BHLB Asset Management Sdn. Bhd. as manager and he left BHLB Asset Management Sdn. Bhd. as senior manager in 2000. He was the chief investment officer in Pacific Mutual Fund Bhd. from 2000 to 2002. Mr. Yong is also a chartered financial analyst and a certified public accountant in Singapore.
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Executive Team
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