BOARD OF DIRECTORS
TED TAN
CHAIRMAN
NON-EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr Ted Tan was appointed as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of CSE Global Ltd on 01 May 2023 and was last re-elected as a Director on 29 April 2024. Ted was formerly the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Singapore, a government agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, where he spent 18 years and is now an Enterprise Fellow and mentor to the organisation. Mr Tan is concurrently the Operating Partner of Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd, an investment arm of Temasek Holdings. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Nanyang Business School in Nanyang Technological University.
Ted has extensive experience in establishing strategic partnerships, building high-performance organisations and growing successful enterprises. He brings to boards more than 30 years of experience in leadership, profit and loss responsibility, governance, risk management and internationalisation. Ted spent 18 years in the private sector where he took on senior appointments as the CEO and Managing Director of U.S. and UK companies, before he joined the public service in 2003.
As the Chairman of IPI (a subsidiary of Enterprise Singapore), Ted helps companies in value creation through Intellectual Property and innovation. He is a board member of public and private-sector organisations including the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), SEEDS Capital and SGX-listed Q&M Dental Group. He is also an Advisory Board member of the Singapore Management University Academy and the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University.
Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. He has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, Senior Executive Programmes at Wharton School, Fudan and Tsinghua University in China and the International Directors Programme at INSEAD.
Mr Tan was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2012 by the Singapore government.
LIM BOON KHENG
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Lim Boon Kheng is the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of CSE Global Limited, was appointed as an Executive Director on 13 August 2013. His date of last re-election as a director is 29 April 2024.
Mr Lim Boon Kheng joined CSE Global Limited in 1999 as the Group Financial Controller. Prior to that, Mr Lim began his career in 1990 as an accountant with ULC Systems (FE) Pte Ltd. He then joined Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd in 1991 as an accountant and was promoted to various positions in the organisation. He is concurrently the Managing Director of CSE Global (Asia) Pte Ltd.
Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.
TAN CHIAN KHONG
LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr Tan Chian Khong was appointed as a Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company on 19 February 2019. His date of last re-election as a director is 20 April 2022.
Mr Tan has approximately 35 years of experience in the audit industry in Singapore. He joined Ernst & Young LLP (then known as Turquands Ernst & Whinney) in 1981 and was a partner for 20 years until his retirement in June 2016.
Mr Tan has served on the Board of several public, private, and not for profit organisations. He presently serves on the boards of SMRT Corporation Ltd, Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, Hong Leong Asia Ltd, The Straits Trading Company Limited, Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore and Banyan Tree Holdings Limited.
Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore, a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Australia and a Master of International Environmental Management from the University of Adelaide. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and a Fellow of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, and CPA Australia.
DR LEE KONG TING
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Dr Lee Kong Ting was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 1 February 2017. His date of last re-election as a director is 20 April 2022.
Dr Lee has been very active in the Process & Control industries for more than 40 years. He served 2 global companies in his working career during this period. He first served 23 years in The Foxboro Company USA, now is a Schneider Electric Company.
The last position he held was Group President/Managing Director for Asia Pacific and he was in that position for 10 years. Subsequently, he joined Yokogawa as Group President/MD for Asia Pacific and was then promoted to President & CEO of Yokogawa Electric International in charge of Global business outside Japan. In the same period, he was a Vice President and a Board Member of Management Board of Yokogawa Electric Corporation Japan. He was Chairman/Director of all Yokogawa Regional Headquarters globally including Europe, Americas, China, Russia, Australia and Asia Pacific during the same period. The last position he held was Consultant/Advisor for the Yokogawa Corporate Headquarters, and he was with Yokogawa for almost 20 years.
Dr Lee graduated from the National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and subsequently from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom with a Master of Science and a PhD, both in Control Engineering. He was a Chartered Engineer and Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers in the United Kingdom.
NG SHIN EIN
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Ms Ng Shin Ein was appointed to the Board in 1 July 2020. Her date of last re-election as a director is 20 April 2023. She brings with her a blend of legal, business and diplomatic experience.
Ms Ng is a legally trained private equity entrepreneur and co-founder of Gryphus Capital, a pan-Asian private equity firm. Prior to this, Ms Ng spent a number of years at the Singapore Exchange where she was responsible for developing Singapore's capital market and bringing foreign companies to list in Singapore. Additionally, she was part of the Singapore Exchange's IPO Approval Committee, where she contributed industry perspectives and acted as a conduit between the market and regulators.
Ms Ng Shin Ein was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court in 1998 and practiced as a corporate lawyer in Messrs Lee & Lee. Whilst at Messrs Lee & Lee, she advised clients on joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions and fundraisings.
Ms Ng has served on boards of companies listed on Nasdaq, the Singapore Exchange and the Australian Stock Exchange. She has steered some of these companies through their IPOs and seen others through their privatisations. She presently serves on the boards of Grab Holdings Inc, Starhub Limited, Avarga Limited and Singapore Land Limited. She is also on the Board of Governors of the Singapore International Foundation.
In 2015, Ms Ng was awarded the Friend of Labour award for her service as a board member of Fairprice.
Apart from corporate boards, Ms Ng serves as Singapore's Non Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. In 2021, Ms Ng was awarded the Commander's Cross, Order of Merit, the second highest civilian state award of Hungary.
Ms Ng holds a Degree in Law (LLB Honours) from the Queen Mary and Westfield College of the University of London. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Singapore Law from the National University of Singapore.
WONG SU YEN
NON-EXECUTIVE INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Ms Wong Su-Yen was appointed as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company on 1 July 2020. Her date of last re-election as a director is 20 April 2023.
Ms Wong brings over 25 years of experience in driving business strategy, strategic talent development, organisational transformation, operations re-design and risk management.
Ms Wong has served on the Board of several public, private, and not for- profit organisations in Australia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore and the United States. She is the Chairman of Nera Telecommunications Ltd and also serves on the board of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd, First Resources Ltd, NTUC First Campus and CPA Australia.
Previously, Ms Wong was the CEO of the Human Capital Leadership Institute, and prior to that, she was Chairman (Singapore) for Marsh & McLennan Companies and Senior Partner and Managing Director, Southeast Asia at Mercer. Before joining Mercer, she held various roles in leading strategy consulting firm, Oliver Wyman, and was the Asia Managing Partner for the Communications, Information and Entertainment practice.
Ms Wong holds a Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) in Music and Computer Science from Linfield University. She graduated with Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a Fellow and Chairman of Singapore Institute of Directors, and a member of the Women Corporate Directors, the Young Presidents' Organisation and the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors.
DEREK LAU TIONG SENG
NON-EXECUTIVE NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr Derek Lau was appointed as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director of the Company on 22 July 2020. His date of last re-election as a director is 20 April 2023.
Mr Derek Lau Tiong Seng joined Heliconia as CEO and Board member in April 2013. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director, Investment, with Temasek Holdings. In his 10 years tenor with Temasek, he headed the Industrials Cluster and also served as country head in Vietnam looking after investments in Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos.
Mr Lau has more than a decade of experience in investment banking before joining Temasek. He specialised in mezzanine debt, project finance, leveraged buyout and private equity investments.
He is currently a member of the Listings Advisory Committee of Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX) and a member of ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute's Board of Trustees.
Mr Lau holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.
TANG WAI LOONG KENNETH
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr. Kenneth Tang was appointed as a Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company on 29th April 2024.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1992. He also holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of London (King’s College) (1994), a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of London (Imperial College) (2003) and a Master of Science (Finance) degree from Baruch College, City University of New York (2009). He is an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore, a Barrister of the Middle Temple, a Solicitor (England and Wales), an Attorney and Counselor-at-law (New York), a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Mediator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr. Tang has been a senior partner of Chang See Hiang & Partners since January 2021 and was a partner in that firm from 2000 to 2020.
