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Tan Yee Ho was appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board since 8 April 2020 and is responsible for leading the Board and promoting corporate governance. He will ensure that the Board and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company plays a full and constructive part in the development and determination of the Group’s strategies and policies, and that the Board’s decisions taken are in the Group’s best interests and fairly reflect the Board’s consensus. He will also ensure there is effective communication with shareholders and major stakeholders of the Company.

Mr Tan has been the Executive Director of the Company since 18 December 2004, and has over 35 years of experience in the aluminium alloy products industry. He has been with our Group since we commenced our operations in 1984 and was primarily responsible for sales and procurement. He was instrumental in expanding our Group’s businesses in the various overseas markets and as our overseas market expanded, he relinquished his responsibilities in procurement to Mr Tan Yee Leong in 1995 to focus on sales and marketing; subsequently taking on the position of Sales Executive Director when the Group was listed in 2007.

Tan Yee Leong was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company since 8 April 2020. As CEO, he is responsible for the overall management, operations, charting and reviewing of corporate directions and strategies of our Group.

Mr Tan has been the Executive Director of the Company since 18 December 2004. He comes with over 35 years of experience in the aluminium alloy products industry and has been instrumental in managing operations of our Group. Mr Tan started his career with our Group in 1984, focusing on sales to local and overseas customers, and moving on to the procurement function in 1995; subsequently taking on the position of Procurement Executive Director when the Group was listed in 2007. While he oversaw the procurement of our Group, he also assisted our Executive Chairman, Mr Tan Yee Ho, in servicing the accounts of some local and overseas customers to keep abreast of the developments and trends in customers’ demands.

Yap Kian Peng was re-appointed as the Independent Director of our Company on 18 December 2020. 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 Yap is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jackspeed Corporation Limited, a company listed on the SGX-ST.

From 2005 to 2020, he has been the Executive Director of Capital Equity Holdings Pte Ltd, a private equity investment company. From 2004 to 2010, he was the Executive Director of CKG Chemicals Pte Ltd. He was employed by Maybank from 2001 to 2004, initially as a Senior Business Development Manager and subsequently promoted to be the team head of the Trade Finance Business Development Group in Maybank. From 1998 to 2000, Mr Yap was a Director of You Yi Glass Contractor Pte Ltd, a company engaged in the business of trading in glass sheets. He joined Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in 1992 and left as an Assistant Manager at the bank in 1998.

Mr Yap graduated from RMIT University, Australia, with a Bachelor Degree in Business (Business Administration).

He is also an Independent Director of Seroja Investment Limited and Huationg Global Limited, companies listed on the SGX-ST.

Chin Yew Choong David was appointed as the Independent Director of our Company on 1 June 2020. He is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of our Company.

Mr Chin is currently a Consultant at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. He was previously with Drew & Napier since 1985 and became a partner in 1992. Upon incorporation in 2001, he was a director of Drew & Napier LLC until 2012. He become a Consultant with Drew & Napier LLC from 2012 until 2015, after which he joined Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP.

He graduated with an honours degree in law from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Bar in 1985.

Mr Chin is an Independent Director of Jackspeed Corporation Limited, and Universal Resources and Services Limited, which are listed on the SGX-ST.

Lam Kwong Fai was appointed as the Independent Director of our Company on 22 June 2020. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee of our Company.

Mr Lam is a director of various companies engaged in the business of providing corporate finance advisory and compliance advisory in Singapore and the region. He started his career as a regulator before moving into investment banking handling a variety of IPO and other corporate actions. He then moved into Catalist regulation, working with a wide portfolio of listed companies, advising on the listing rules and corporate governance. In his various capacities, he has amassed almost 20 years of experience in the Singapore corporate finance and regulatory scene.

Mr Lam obtained a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University in 2002.

He is also an Independent Director of China Kunda Technology Holdings Limited, Capital World Limited and Katrina Group Limited all of which are listed on the SGX-ST.