BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MR STEVEN LIM KOK HOONG
Chairman and Independent Non-executive Director
Mr Lim was appointed as the Chairman and
Independent Non-executive Director of the Manager
on 1 November 2010. He is a member of the Audit
Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration
Committee.
In addition to his appointment at the Manager,
Mr Lim sits as an independent director on the
boards of several publicly listed companies in
Singapore.
For over 30 years in his public accountancy career,
Mr Lim held top positions in a number of well-known
accounting firms. For example, at Ernst & Young in
Singapore, he served as Audit Partner for various
clients and assisted in managing the firm. He also
worked for 12 years as the Managing Partner at
Arthur Anderson.
Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from the University of Western Australia. He is a
member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
in Australia and the Institute of Singapore
Chartered Accountants.
Directorships
• Amtek Engineering Ltd
• B2C Network Pte Ltd
• Genting Singapore PLC
• Global Logistic Properties Limited
• Grande Rue Investment Pte Ltd
• Parkway Trust Management
Limited (Chairman)
• Sabana Real Estate Investment
Management Pte Ltd. (Chairman)
• Visionary Investment Holdings Pte Ltd
• YSL Starville Investment Holdings Pte Ltd
MR YONG KOK HOON
Independent Non-executive Director
Mr Yong was appointed as an Independent
Non-executive Director of the Manager on 1
November 2010. He is also the Chairman of
the Audit Committee and the Nominating and
Remuneration Committee.
Mr Yong was the Managing Director of InnoTek
Limited, a technology focused group of companies
listed on the main board of the SGX-ST. He was also
the Chairman and CEO of Mansfield Manufacturing
Co, Limited, a Hong Kong incorporated precision
engineering group with manufacturing facilities
in Donguan, Suzhou, Dalian and Wuhan, in the
People’s Republic of China and operations in
Netherlands and Czech Republic in Europe.
He retired from his active roles in May 2014.
Mr Yong is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore) and
a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (UK). He started his accounting and
auditing career with KPMG LLP and subsequently
spent more than 10 years in Ernst & Young until
1994; and thereafter, as Partner in Moore Stephens,
an international accounting firm. In his foray into the
corporate world, Mr Yong took on the position of
Group Financial Controller at QAF Ltd, a SGX-ST
main board listed FMCG group between 1996 and
1999. Since 1999, Mr Yong had been with InnoTek
Limited, and held key leadership roles which span
over 15 years, serving initially as Chief Financial
Officer (“CFO”), Executive Director and subsequently
as Managing Director.
With a robust background in accounting, auditing,
finance and, advisory services, Mr Yong played
pivotal roles in M&A transactions, strategic
investments and corporate functions in InnoTek
Limited to unlock shareholder value. He was also
the key driver for its strategic direction, operational
excellence, corporate governance compliance and
risk management. Under his leadership, InnoTek
Limited won the investor choice, “Best Corporate
Governance award (small cap, <S$300 million)”
for two consecutive years in 2012 and 2013.
Mr Yong also served as a member of the financial
statements review committee and was a member of
the China Committee of the Institute of Singapore
Chartered Accountants. He holds a Master of
Business Administration from the International
Management Centre, Europe.
Directorship
• Sabana Real Estate Investment Management
Pte. Ltd.
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