Chua Keng Woon was appointed as the Independent Director of our Company on 1 May 2024. He is the Lead Independent Non-Executive Director, the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee of our Company.

Mr Chua has over 16 years of experience in the banking and finance industry. He served as an advisor to Secured Capital Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company engaged in mezzanine financing services, from January to November 2018. From 2008 to 2016, Mr Chua was with Canaccord Genuity Singapore Pte. Ltd. (formerly known as Collins Stewart Pte. Limited). He last held the position of Senior Director, Equity Capital Market and was primarily involved in corporate advisory and fund raising activities for companies. Prior to that, Mr Chua had held various posts as Associate Director of Capital Market Group in Phillip Securities Pte Ltd, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Finance in Hong Leong Finance Limited, Manager, Corporate Finance in UOB Asia Limited, Manager in Capital Equity Markets in DBS Bank Limited, as well as Senior Officer – Inspectorate Department in the Stock Exchange of Singapore.

Mr Chua graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Business Degree majoring in Financial Analysis in 1996. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute.

He is also an Independent Director of Asiamedic Limited and Lead Independent Director of Hai Leck Holdings Limited, companies listed on the SGX-ST.