Our Board of Directors

     
Mr Lim Chee San
Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director
 
Mr Lim has been an accountant, a banker and a lawyer at different times during the last 40 years. He has his own law firm, TanLim Partnership, now. Before he started his current law practice, he was the Head of Banking Operations in a large regional bank. He also has many years of experience as an auditor in large international accounting firms. He is a barrister-at-law, a chartered certified accountant, and a chartered information technology practitioner. He was among the top candidates in his accountancy and law examinations.
   
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Mr Eugene Cho Park
Executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer
 
Mr Park was appointed as an Executive Director and Chief Executive Director on 1 February 2006.

Responsible for the overall management of the Company, Mr Park is a co-founder of Parallax Capital Management Group. He has also spent more than 15 years as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston in London, Chase Manhattan Asia Ltd in Hong Kong and Banque Paribas in Singapore. He received a Bachelor of Arts (Chemistry) from Princeton University in the United States of America and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD in France.
   
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Mr Gianto Gunara
Executive Director and
Chief Operating Officer
 
Mr Gunara was appointed as an Executive Director on 8 November 2006.

Mr Gunara is the Executive Director/Group Chief Operating Officer overseeing the Group Operations. He started his career with Haagtechno BV-Den Bosch in Holland as a Management Trainee in 1984 and he currently sits on the Board of Director/Commissioner of several subsidiaries of the Group and in other private enterprises. He holds a Bachelor in Business Administration degree from Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada.
   
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Mr Choo Kok Kiong
Executive Director and
Chief Financial Officer
 
Mr Choo was appointed as an Executive Director on 30 April 2014.

Mr Choo is the Executive Director/Group Chief Financial Officer overseeing the Group and its corporate services. He is also appointed as a Group Risk Officer. Prior to joining the company, he held various management positions in the Sembcorp group. He has over 30 years of finance experience, having held the positions of Vice-President of Finance at Sembcorp Parks Management and Sembcorp Parks Holdings Ltd (now known as Sembcorp Development Ltd), Assistant Vice-President of Finance at Sembcorp Industries Ltd and Accounts Manager with Singapore Precision Industries Pte Ltd. Mr Choo also sits on the board of Singapore Kitchen Equipment Limited as non-executive independent director.

He holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Wales (UK)/Manchester Business School (UK). He had also qualifications from Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA, UK) and Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK).
   
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Mr Axton Salim
Non-Executive Director
 
Mr Axton was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 30 April 2014.

Mr Axton was first appointed as a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk based on the resolution of the AGM in 2009 with the latest re-elected in 2021. He heads the Dairy Division and is concurrently the Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, Non-Executive Director of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd and First Pacific Company Ltd, as well as Commissioner of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk and PT London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk. He started his career in PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur as a Brand Manager before appointed as an Assistant CEO of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk.

Mr Axton is also part of the United Nations Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Business Network Advisory Group, where he serves as a Co-Chair, and SUN Business Network Indonesia as a Coordinator, as well as Nanyang Business School as Advisory Board Member. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Colorado, USA.
   
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Mr Tan Boon Hwa
Non-Executive and Independent Director
 
Mr Tan was appointed as an Independent Director on 29 April 2024.

With more than three decades of experience in global banking institutions such as ABN AMRO Bank, Bank of America, and Standard Chartered Bank, Mr. Tan has led senior teams in product and client coverage roles across Southeast Asia and Europe. He is a seasoned international banker with work experience in capital markets and corporate banking within investment and wholesale business units. Throughout his tenure at these institutions, he gained exposure across a broad spectrum of industries and fund-raising exercises for corporates, financial institutions and governments.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales. He is also a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.
     
   
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Mr I Gusti Putu Suryawirawan
Non-Executive and Independent Director
 
Mr Putu was appointed as an Independent Director on 29 April 2024.

Mr Putu has held several strategic positions in the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia, including as Director of the Electronics and Telematics Industry (2000-2004), Director of Metal Machinery and Maritime Industries (2004-2005), Director of Metal Industries (2005-2010), Director of Metal Base Materials Industry (2010-2011), Director of Industrial Facilitation Development for Region I (2012-2015), Director General of Metal Industries, Machinery, Transportation Equipment and Electronics (2015-2017), Director General of Industrial Resillience and International Access Development (Act. Director General of Industrial Zoning Development) (2017-2018) and Special Assistant to Minister of Industry for Investment and External Relations (2018-2019).

Currently, he is special assistant to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affair for Industry and Regional Development.

He holds a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology.
   
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