Directors
HH Prince Hakeem Jefri Bolkiah
Chairman & CEO
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HH Prince Hakeem is the Chairman and CEO of the Company. In his late 30's, Prince Hakeem is the eldest son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah. Prince Hakeem brings a unique perspective as Chairman into the Board of the Company and with his networking and unique business experience, will guide the Company in its pursuit of creating value in today's corporations. Prince Hakeem was Chairman of one of Asia's largest corporations in the 1990's which included a diverse property portfolio. He was also CEO of GSM Telecommunication DST COM for five years and has had extensive experience in the media and sports industries. As a seasoned investor he has recently channeled his energies on clean technology projects globally.
Ricky Ang
Executive Vice-Chairman & Managing Director
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Mr. Ricky Ang is the Executive Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Company. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Ang was CEO of HB Media Holdings,a media company he helped established in early 1993. Before that, he was Senior Vice President at Times Publishing Limited, where he was head of its printing division and was instrumental in expanding its printing business worldwide, with manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom and sales offices in New York, San Francisco, London and Sydney. A graduate of London's College of Printing, Mr. Ang has been in the printing and publishing industry for more than three decades, and was for several years Chairman of the TDB-sponsored, Printing and Publishing Advisory Council.
Tan Choon Wee
Executive Director and Chairman of Investment Committee
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Mr. Tan Choon Wee, Non-Executive Director of the Group, has been re-designated as Executive Director of the Group and Chairman of the Investment Committee since 2 July 2007. Mr. Tan will oversee the Group's investment and merger and acquisition activities. Mr. Tan serves as a Director of Advance Capital Partners. Prior to that, Mr. Tan is the Head of Institutional Sales and Dealing in RHB Securities Sdn Bhd, Malaysia from 2004 to 2005. Mr. Tan has held several management positions in Banking and Stock broking industry since 1991. Mr. Tan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Second Class Honours (Upper Division) Degree in Engineering (Mechanical). Mr. Tan also holds a Diploma in Marketing from the Marketing Institute of Singapore.
Francis Xavier
Independent Director
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Mr Xavier is the Head of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group in Rajah & Tann LLP, one of the largest law firms in Singapore. Mr Xavier has been practicing for more than 20 years. Mr Xavier also specialises in aviation law and advised in the class-action suit resulting from the crash of the SilkAir fl ight in Indonesia in 1997 and the Taiwan SIA crash. Mr Xavier has also handled several international arbitration cases involving aviation, oil production, power generation and toxic wastes industries. Mr Xavier has been recognised as a leading lawyer by Asia Pacific Legal 500 (2001/2002, 2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2008/2009) and by AsiaLaw Profiles (2007) and was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2009.
Timothy Teo Lai Wah
Independent Director
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Mr. Teo served as Director in charge of foreign exchange, money market, gold and commodities management in Government of Singapore Investment Corp, Singapore from 1998 to 2007. Prior to this, he was the Director of Nuri Holdings (S) Pte Ltd, Singapore as consultant for risk management in Jakarta and Los Angeles from 1994 to 1998. Mr. Teo worked for JP Morgan for 20 years in various locations at senior management level (Managing Director) in Global Markets. Between 1980 to 1993, Mr Teo was based in Hong Kong, Taipei and New York. Mr. Teo holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Macquarie University. Mr. Teo is an Independent Director of Guoco Land Limited.
Bob Low Siew Sie
Independent Director
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Mr. Low is currently the Principal Consultant of Bob Low & Co. CPA and his area of expertise includes corporate assurance, corporate recovery and restructuring, judicial management, acting as receiver and manager, and as scheme manager, due diligence, liquidation and project evaluation. Mr. Low is also an Independent Director of Sino Construction Limited, Liang Huat Aluminium Limited, China Hongcheng Holdings Limited and Interra Resources Limited. Mr. Low qualified as a UK Chartered Certified Accountant in 1974 and holds a Bachelor of Laws with Second Class Lower Division Honours from the University of London in 1985. Mr. Low is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants UK, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, the Certified Public Accountants Australia, the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore Limited and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of Hong Kong and UK branches, and the Singapore Academy of Law.