Wee Siew Kim is our Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 8 June 2010. Mr Wee has been the group CEO of the NIPSEA group of companies (manufacturers of paints under the “Nippon” brand) since August 2009, and a non-executive director of SBS Transit Ltd (a company listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST) since April 2003. Mr Wee started his career in 1984, joining the aerospace arm (“ST Aero”) of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (“ST Engineering”) as an engineer. He was subsequently promoted to president of ST Aero in December 1997, a position he held until July 2001, when he became president of ST Engineering’s European operations. He was later appointed president of ST Engineering’s defence business from May 2002 to August 2009; before he went on to join the NIPSEA group of companies. Mr Wee obtained a Bachelor of Science (Engineering) from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, in 1984, and a Master of Business Administration from the Leland Stanford Junior University in 1991. In 2008, he was awarded a Fellowship by the Council of the City & Guilds of London Institute, a United Kingdom examining and accreditation body for vocational, managerial and engineering training. As part of his public service, Mr Wee has also been a Member of Parliament for the Ang Mo Kio Group Representative Constituency since 2001.

Ken Low Chee Wee is our Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 25 November 2009. His primary function is to formulate and oversee the corporate and strategic development of our Group. He started his career in 1995 as an audit assistant at Deloitte & Touche (now known as “Deloitte & Touche LLP”) and left in 1999 as an audit supervisor. From 1999 to 2001, he was the finance manager for Harringdale International Pte Ltd, a project management company, where he was in charge of the finance and accounting matters of the company. Mr Low joined our Group in 2001 as our CFO, and has had general oversight of all finance-related aspects of our Group from the time he joined our Group and to-date. Mr Low obtained a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore in 1994 and is a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore.

Christopher Low Chee Leng is our CEO and was appointed to our Board on 19 August 2004 and has overall responsibility for our Group’s day-to-day operations. He started his career by joining our Group in 1998 as a commercial executive, where he was responsible for project tenders. In 2000, he became our CEO and under his management the scope of our Group’s business eventually grew to include shipyard management and various offshore projects. Mr Low obtained a Bachelor of Commerce from Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia in 1998.

Eddy Neo Chiang Swee is our Executive Director (Development) and was appointed to our Board on 25 November 2009. He is responsible for overseeing and managing our Group’s information technology and receivables functions and heads up our business development department. Mr Neo joined our Group in 2000 as a commercial executive at Wang Fatt, where he was in charge of preparation of sales quotation and invoicing matters. In 2001, he became a commercial executive of Eng Soon (1999) where he was responsible for manpower and recruitment functions until 2004. He was promoted to business development manager in 2005 and assumed responsibility for our Group’s receivables functions. Mr Neo obtained a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore in 1997.

Tan Swee Ling is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 8 June 2010. Ms Tan was appointed as an Independent Director of Sinobest Technology Holdings Ltd (a company listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST) in 2009. She is also currently a director of Want Want Holdings Ltd (a company listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST from 1996 to 2007) as well as its subsidiary, Want Want Food Pte Ltd. Prior to joining Want Want Holdings Ltd, she was a treasurer at the investment banking arm of DBS Bank Ltd from 1994 to 1996. In 2000, she was also the group financial controller for JK Yaming International Holdings Ltd (a company listed on the Main Board of SGX-ST), a position she held until 2002 while remaining as a non-executive director of Want Want Holdings Ltd and Want Want Food Pte Ltd. Ms Tan obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1991 and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Jens Rasmussen is our Non-Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 1 January 2010. Since 2008, he has been the site manager for a new building project at Keppel FELS by Floatel International Ltd, an owner and operator of modern accommodation and construction support vessels. Mr Rasmussen has also been the owner of Raza Service, a consultancy firm, since 2006. Mr Rasmussen has 28 years of professional experience in the marine and offshore industry, having been involved in the management, engineering, certification and construction of various types of new building and conversion projects associated with offshore oil and gas exploration and development, as well as shipbuilding. From 1984 to 2006 he was a General Manager with GVA-Consultants AB, where he was responsible for sales, concept development of new oil and gas fields, deepwater drilling semi-submersibles, commercial and technical feasibility evaluation for floating offshore platforms. During the period between 2000 and 2004, he also held the position of Engineering Manager and Construction Manager (Korea) and Engineering Coordination Manager (Houston) at BP Exploration Company Inc. In 2006, he was a project manager with Frontier Drilling Inc., where he was responsible for overseeing the upgrade and refurbishment of a drillship in Keppel FELS. Mr Rasmussen obtained a Master of Science in Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen in 1980.

Certain Directors of our Company, namely Wee Siew Kim and Tan Swee Ling, have prior experience as directors of public listed companies in Singapore and are familiar with the roles and responsibilities of a director of a public listed company in Singapore. Our other Directors, namely Ken Low Chee Wee, Christopher Low Chee Leng, Eddy Neo Chiang Swee and Jens Rasmussen, have undertaken relevant training in Singapore by attending the training course on “Directors’ Roles and Responsibilities and Disclosure Requirements in a Listed Company – Understanding the Regulatory Requirements in Singapore” conducted by KCS Corporate Services Pte Ltd in January 2010 to familiarise themselves with the roles and responsibilities of a director of a public listed company in Singapore.