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 the Executive Director and Chairman of the Company, 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.
Chen Lu
Date of First Appointment: 30 April 2024
Present directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Past directorships in other listed companies: Nil
Chen Lu was appointed as the Executive Director and President of the Company on 30 April 2024.
With the diversification of the Group's existing business to include the new business of technology-enabled entertainment business, which would involve the ownership, operation and management of live streaming social e-commerce platforms, Esports-related businesses and multi-channel network businesses (the "New Business"), it is the Company's intention to form a strong team with the requisite technical expertise to oversee and execute the operations of the New Business.
Chen Lu has previously served in senior management roles (such as Chief Technology Officer and General Manager) in various technology companies across Asia. Chen Lu has attained a Master of Engineering and Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
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 was redesignated as the Lead Independent Director of the Company on 18 June 2024. 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.
