Gavin Mark McIntyre
Date of First Appointment: 23 November 2021
Member: Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee
Present directorships in other listed companies:
Don Agro International Ltd (SGX-ST)
VCPLUS Limited (SGX-ST)
Past directorships in other listed companies:
Nico Steel Holdings Ltd
Gavin is the Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Company. Gavin was appointed to the Board as an Independent Director on 23 November 2021, was redesignated as the Non-Executive Independent Chairman on 7 February 2022.
Gavin spent seven years based in Thailand and Singapore when he was with Deloitte as a project leader to lead restructuring projects in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis post 1997 and the Dot Com bust in the early 2000s. From 2013 to 2015, he worked as a practice director with a boutique valuation services firm with a strong regional presence in Asia. Prior to that, he was holding the position of Chief Financial Officer of a listed company in Singapore for five years where he worked closely with the board of directors to review projects in the fields of mineral extraction, telecommunications, and general manufacturing and distribution.
Between August 2016 and September 2023, Gavin was an independent director at Nico Steel Holdings Ltd and was the Chairman of their Audit Committee. In February 2017, he was appointed as an independent director of VCPLUS Limited and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Gavin became an independent director in Don Agro International Ltd in August 2023 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Gavin graduated from Curtin University, Australia in 1989 with a degree in Accounting and he holds the status of a non-practicing CPA with CPA Australia.
Song Tang Yih
Date of First Appointment: 1 September 2021
Present directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Past directorships in other listed companies:
Metech International Limited (SGX-ST)
Advance SCT Limited (SGX-ST)
Song is an Executive Director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He joined the Group in September 2021 and is responsible for the overall management, operations, strategic planning and business development of the Group.
Song previously served as the Vice President of Asia Pacific of three US technology companies listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ: A10 Networks Inc from 2015 to 2019, Palo Alto Networks Inc from 2010 to 2012, and F5 Networks Inc from 2002 to 2010. During his tenures, he led their Asia Pacific’s businesses and operations from start-up or developing stages and significantly expanded market share and presence.
He started his career at IBM and Lotus Development in 1991, where he grew to assume senior managerial position of its Asia Pacific software business in 2000.
Besides his experience in the technology industry, Song was previously also the Executive Chairman of Metech International Limited from 2012 to 2014, and the Executive Director and President of Advance SCT Limited from 2014 to 2015. He was also a Vice President at OWW Capital Partners, a venture capital firm, from 2000 to 2012.
Song graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Zhu Hua
Date of First Appointment: 1 December 2023
Present directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Past directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Zhu Hua is redesignated as the Executive Director of the Company on 11 April 2024, where previously he was appointed as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of the Company on 1 December 2023 following the completion of his subscription of the Company's Shares on 28 November 2023.
Zhu Hua currently holds various senior positions in investment, technology and internet-related companies. He has worked in several equity investment fund companies and has about 20 years of experience in investment management. In particular, he has more than 10 years of investment experience in the internet, mobile internet and multi-channel network industry.
Zhu Hua obtained his Master of Science – International Securities Investment and Banking from University of Reading. He also holds a Bachelor of Economics – Investment Economics from Lanzhou University of Finance & Economics.
Ian David Brown
Date of First Appointment: 14 June 2021
Chairman: Remuneration Committee
Member: Audit Committee and Nominating Committee
Present directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Past directorships in other listed companies:
Cygenics Limited (later renamed CordLife Limited) (Australian Securities Exchange)
Ian is an Independent Director of the Company. Since 2011, Ian has been the chief executive officer and managing director of Yallingup Ventures Pty Ltd (f.k.a. Ian Brown Group Pty Ltd), a Perth-based contract strategy training and consulting company, where he is contracted to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG) to design and facilitate their national science research translation workshops focused on project risk management and impact optimisation for internal projects and external programs.
From 2009 to 2011, Ian was the chief executive officer at RepRegen Limited, a spin-out novel ceramics and polymer technology company at Imperial College London, where he was responsible for the overall business. From 2007 to 2009, Ian was the chief executive officer and managing director of Avanti Capital Limited, a Melbourne-based boutique corporate advisory company, where he was responsible for the overall business. From 2001 to 2007, Ian was the chief operating officer and executive director of Cygenics Limited (later renamed CordLife Limited), a South-east Asian medical cryogenic storage company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, where he was responsible for the worldwide operations. He spent the early part of his career in the clinical diagnostic products industry.
Ian is currently the independent chairman of OxiDx Pty Ltd, a UWA spin-out company commercialising a novel oxidative stress test in sports injury and performance; Respiradigm Pty Ltd, a TKI spin-out company commercialising a novel asthma risk test; and REX Ortho Pty Ltd, a Curtin University spin-out company commercialising a novel surgical implant device.
Ian obtained his Executive Masters of Business Administration from the University of Queensland in 2007 and was awarded a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2002. Since 2010, he has been retained as an Entrepreneur in Residence (EiR) at INSEAD, Europe’s leading business school, where he mentors MBA students and alumni, serves as a co-facilitator and mentor at the school’s Sci-Tech Entrepreneur boot camps, role player at the Capstone course and a judge of the INSEAD Venture Competition.
Ch’ng Li-Ling
Date of First Appointment: 31 March 2023
Chairman: Nominating Committee
Member: Remuneration Committee
Present directorships in other listed companies:
LHN Limited (SGX-ST)
Past directorships in other listed companies:
Anchor Resources Limited (SGX-ST)
Declout Limited (SGX-ST)
Li-Ling is an Independent Director of the Company. She is a founding member of RHTLaw Asia, heading its Financial Services (Regulatory) and Technology (FSR and Fintech) Practice, and co-leads its Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice.
Li-Ling is a Council Member of RHT G.R.A.C.E. Institute, a non-profit organisation dedicated to training and development for Governance, Risks, Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance and Ethics, and is a co-anchor host of the podcast EthBeats: Lessons in G.R.A.C.E.ful Living.
Li-Ling is currently also the lead independent non-executive director of LHN Limited, a company listed on the SGX-ST, and is the Chairwoman of their remuneration committee. She was previously an independent director of DeClout Limited from September 2012 to April 2018 and an independent director of Anchor Resources Limited from December 2015 to January 2021, companies which are listed on the SGX-ST.
Li-Ling is currently a member of the Singapore Academy of Law, Legal Practitioner (non-practising) of New South Wales, Australia and qualified as a solicitor of England and Wales.
Li-Ling graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from NUS in 1994 and obtained her Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Master of Laws (Merit) from the University of London in 1995 and 2011 respectively.
Liew Yoke Pheng Joseph
Date of First Appointment: 27 November 2023
Chairman: Audit Committee
Member: Nominating Committee
Present directorships in other listed companies:
Grand Venture Technology Limited
Tianjin Pharmaceutical Da Ren Tang Group Corporation Limited
Past directorships in other listed companies:
Hoe Leong Corporation Limited
Innovalues Holdings Limited
Shanghai Turbo Enterprises Ltd
Joseph is the Independent Director of the company. He was the Executive Chairman and CEO of Hoe Leong Corporation Limited from 2019 to 2023. Joseph was the General Manager of business compliance and senior adviser on internal audit at Giti Tire (China) Investment Company Ltd from 2014 to 2018 and a Consultant with GT Asia Pacific Holdings Pte Ltd from 2018 to 2019.
Joseph began his career in 1980 as an auditor with Peat Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now part of KPMG). He then joined Caltex Asia Limited in 1982 as an internal auditor. From 1985 to 1988, Joseph was head of operations and information technology audit with Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited. Joseph then left to become Managing Director of Base Management Systems Pte. Ltd. in 1989, before returning to Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited in 1992 as head of internal audit. Subsequently, between 1995 and 2003, Joseph was a director of RSM Chio Lim Stone Forest Group of companies. Joseph joined Sunlife Everbright Life Insurance Company Limited in 2003 as its Chief Financial Officer, followed by Sage Software Asia Pte. Ltd, from 2006 to 2014, as its director and Asia regional Chief Financial Officer.
Joseph holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Nanyang University, Singapore. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and a Senior Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He is a director of Lew Foundation and Char Yong (Dabu) Foundation.
