Our Board of Directors

     
 
Mr Lim Hock San
Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director

Mr Lim is presently the President and Chief Executive Officer of United Industrial Corporation Limited. He has a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Singapore and a Master of Science (Management) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr Lim also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and a Fellow and past President of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. He is also a recipient of the Singapore Government Meritorious Service Medal, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) and the Public Service Medal.
   
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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


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 is currently a Non-Executive Director of QAF Limited. He 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 Axton Salim
Non-Executive Director


Mr. Axton Salim was first appointed as Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk based on the resolution of the AGM in 2009 and re-elected in 2015 and 2018. He is concurrently Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, where he heads the Dairy Division; Non-Executive Director of Indofood Agri Resources Ltd; Director of Art Photography Centre Ltd; Commissioner of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama Tbk and PT London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk. He also serves as Global Co-chair of Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Advisory Group. Mr. Axton started his career in the Indofood Fritolay Makmur as a Brand Manager and was then after appointed as an Assistant CEO of Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from University of Colorado, USA.
   
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Dr Tan Chin Nam
Non-Executive Director


Dr Tan is currently a Director of Yeo Hiap Seng Limited and a Senior Adviser of Salim Group. He is also the Chairman of Global Fusion Capital Pte Ltd. He is a member of the Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Board, as well as Board of Trustees of BankInter Foundation for Innovation (Spain) and Eight Inc Advisory Board. Dr Tan had 33 years of distinguished service in the Singapore Public Service holding various key appointments before completing his term as a Permanent Secretary in 2007. He held various top public leadership positions including as General Manager and Chairman for National Computer Board, Managing Director for Economic Development Board, Chief Executive for Singapore Tourism Board, Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Chairman for National Library Board and Media Development Authority. He played a leading role in the information technology, economic, tourism, manpower, library, media, arts and creative industries development of Singapore. Previously, Dr Tan was also held various corporate appointments included Chairman of Temasek Management Services Pte Ltd and One North Resource Advisory Panel, Senior Adviser for Singbridge Corporate Pte Ltd and Zana Capital Pte Ltd, Board Member of Raffles Education Corporation Pte Ltd, PSA International Pte Ltd, Stamford Land Ltd and Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Investment and Development Co Ltd, as well as the member of International Advisory Board and Economic Development Board in Rotterdam. Dr Tan holds degrees in industrial engineering and economics from the University of Newcastle, Australia and an MBA from University of Bradford, UK. He also holds two honorary doctorates by both universities. He attended Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School and is an Eisenhower Fellow. He was awarded four Public Administration Medals by the Government of Singapore.
   
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Mr Foo Ko Hing
Non-Executive and Independent Director


After leaving Price Waterhouse Coopers in 1986, Mr Foo joined The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited ("HSBC") group in the Trust and Fiduciary Business in Singapore. He was later seconded to HSBC Bank Jersey C.I in 1989 and was subsequently promoted to Executive Director, covering fiduciary activities, private banking, compliance and investment functions. He returned to Singapore in 1991 and resumed responsibilities with the HSBC Investment Bank Group for Private Banking and Trust Services as an Executive Director and Head of Business Development. Mr Foo is also a co-founder and Director of Cerealtech Pte Ltd, a food technology company specialising in enzyme application and micro ingredient development for the industrial baking sector. He is also currently the Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of Amara Holdings Ltd. He has over 15 years of experience in investment origination, structuring, monitoring and strategic growth assistance, with emphasis on the private equity investment and capital markets. He has previously served on the boards of various companies in various sectors listed on the SGX-ST. He holds a BA Honours Degree in Economics and Accounting from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
   
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Mr Lim Chee San
Independent Non-Executive Director


Mr Lim has been an accountant, a banker and a lawyer at different times during the last 38 years. He has since 2004 been running his own corporate law firm. At his corporate law firm, he has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, amalgamations, restructuring capital reduction, drafting and merger acquisition, rental and other commercial agreements. He has also assisted companies in carrying out their amalgamation, and restructuring (including scheme of arrangement) exercises. Before he started his 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. Mr Lim Chee San is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK and a member of the Singapore Institute of Chartered Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Law Degree (Honours) from the University of London and is a Barrister-at-law, England.
     
   
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Mr Choo Kok Kiong
Executive Director


Mr. Choo is the Executive Director / Group Chief Financial Officer overseeing the Group and its corporate services. Prior to joining the company, he held various management positions in the Sembcorp group. He has over 20 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 was appointed as a non-executive director of QAF Limited. 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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Our Management Team

Our strong and reliable management team has the relevant experience and qualifications to manage the different functions of our businesses.

Sebas
Mook
AbdulWahab
Mr. Sebastian Koh Kay Siang
General Manager of Bintan
Resorts Ferries Pte Ltd
Mr. Mook Sooi Wah
General Manager of
PT Batamindo Investment Cakrawala
Mr. Abdul Wahab
General Manager of PT
Bintan Resorts Cakrawala

     
   
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