Board of Directors
Mr. Saw Boo Guan
Mr. Saw Boo Guan was appointed a Director of the Company on July 1, 2009 and assumed the role of President from Mr. Teo Tong Kooi on August 1, 2009. He has extensive experience in the automotive industry and his last position from 2005 to 2009 was as President of Cummins Westport Inc., a joint venture company between Cummins, Inc. and Westport Innovations, Inc., a position based in Vancouver, Canada. From 1989 to 2005, Mr. Saw held various positions in a number of Cummins entities in the U.S., Singapore, Hong Kong and China and his responsibilities included general management, marketing and distribution management for various Cummins entities in the U.S., Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Mr. Saw is a Malaysian Federal Government Scholar and received a Master’s degree in Public and Private Management from Yale University, U.S. in 1986 and a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Malaysia in 1979.
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Mr. Teo Tong Kooi
Mr. Teo Tong Kooi resigned as the President on August 1, 2009 but remains as a non-executive Director of the Company. He is also a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Asia as well as a Director of Hong Leong China, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, HL Global Enterprises Limited, Thakral Corporation Ltd and Isyoda Corporation Berhad. He is also an Executive Director of Tasek Corporation Berhad, where previously he held the position of Managing Director. Mr. Teo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing Management and a Master of Business Administration (both from Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California, USA). He has also completed the Executive Management Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and has a wealth of corporate and commercial banking experience with many years in senior management positions where he was Head of Corporate Banking, Deutsche Bank, Malaysia, and Chief Operating Officer of Hong Leong Bank Berhad, Malaysia.
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Mr. Gan Khai Choon
Mr. Gan Khai Choon is a Director of the Company, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, Grace Star, Venture Lewis, Venture Delta and Safety Godown Company Limited. He is also the Chairman of HL Global Enterprises Limited, an Executive Director of City e-Solutions Limited and Managing Director of Hong Leong International (Hong Kong) Limited. He has extensive experience in banking, real estate investment and development sectors and has been involved in a number of international projects for the Hong Leong group of companies, which include the management and development of the Grand Hyatt Taipei. He holds a Bachelor of Art degree (Honors) in Economics from the University of Malaya.
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Mr. Kwek Leng Peck
Mr. Kwek Leng Peck is a Director of the Company. He is a member of the Kwek family which controls the Hong Leong Investment group. He serves as an Executive Director of Hong Leong Asia and sits on the boards of HL Technology, Hong Leong China, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, City Developments Limited, Hong Leong Finance Limited, City e-Solutions Limited, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc and Tasek Corporation Berhad. He holds a Diploma in Accountancy and has extensive experience in trading, manufacturing, property investment and development, hotel operations, corporate finance and management.
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Mr. Tan Eng Kwee
Mr. Tan Eng Kwee was appointed as a director of the Company on February 2, 2010. Mr. Tan is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Hong Leong Asia Ltd with more than 20 years of corporate, accounting and financial experience. He has also worked in various capacities in financial management with Scomi Group Berhad, ABN Amro Bank, Insurance Corporation of Singapore Ltd., CS First Boston and Esso Singapore Pte Ltd. Mr. Tan received his Bachelor of Accountancy from The University of Singapore and an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management, UK. He is a fellow member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants (UK) and an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (UK).
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Mr. Neo Poh Kiat
Mr. Neo Poh Kiat is a Director of the Company and Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited. He is the Managing Director of Octagon Advisors (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and a managing director of Octagon Advisors Pte. Ltd.,a financial advisory firm in Singapore. Between 1976 and January 2005, he held senior managerial positions with companies in the Development Bank of Singapore group and United Overseas Bank Ltd, including as Country Officer (China), Head – Corporate Banking (Greater China) at United Overseas Bank Ltd. Mr. Neo is currently a director of Sing-Han Management Consulting (Shanghai) Limited and Asia Airfreight Terminal Co Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honors) from Nanyang University, Singapore. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Neo is independent within the meaning of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards, on the basis that the Company has no material relationship with him.
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Mr. Tan Aik-Leang
Mr. Tan Aik-Leang is a Director of the Company and Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited. He is currently an independent Risk Management Consultant to banks and other financial services institutions and is based in Hong Kong. Between 1973 and 2001, he has held various senior executive and managerial positions at the Dao Heng Bank Group in Hong Kong, the National Australia Bank Group in Australia and Hong Kong and The Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada. Mr. Tan is currently a Director of the Board of The Risk Management Association, Hong Kong Chapter (headquartered in USA) and a Fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, CPA Australia, the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance and the Institute of Canadian Bankers. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Tan is independent within the meaning of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards, on the basis that the Company has no material relationship with him.
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Mr. Matthew Richards
Mr. Matthew Richards is a Director of the Company. Mr. Richards is the General Counsel and a Director of Principia Management Pte Ltd, which provides advisory and management services related to corporate finance transactions and private equity investments. Previously, Mr. Richards was in private practice in Singapore as an international lawyer between 1999 and 2007, having worked on a variety of capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate finance transactions throughout the Asian region, particularly in Indonesia and India. From 2003 to mid 2006, Mr. Richards was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP, the international law firm advising the Company on US law matters. Mr. Richards holds a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Asian Studies from the Australian National University. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Richards is independent within the meaning of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards, on the basis that the Company has no material relationship with Mr. Richards.
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Mr. Ching Yew Chye
Mr. Ching Yew Chye was appointed as an independent director of the Company on February 2, 2010. Mr. Ching is currently an independent non-executive director of HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd and Avenue Invest Bhd and is also a member of the advisory board of Yorkville Advisors HK Ltd. He joined Accenture, a global management and technology consulting firm in 1982. From 1997 to his retirement in 2007, Mr. Ching assumed various regional senior management roles at Accenture, including Managing Partner of the Financial Services Industry Group (Asia), Geographic Council Chairman (Asia) and Managing Partner for South Asia Region. Mr. Ching graduated with a BSc (Hons) from the University of London in 1976.
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Mr. Yan Ping
Mr. Yan Ping is a Director of the Company and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited. Mr. Yan is also the Chairman of the Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Company Limited and Yuchai Marketing and Logistics Company Ltd since October 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Yan held various China-government related positions, including most recently as Deputy Secretary-General, Yulin Municipal Government, as Director, Yulin Municipal Development and Reform Commission and as Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway Company, Ltd. Mr. Yan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dalian Railway College and a Master of Economics degree from the East-North Financial and Economic University.
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Mr. Zhang Shi Yong
Mr. Zhang Shi Yong is a Director of the Company. He is also the Company Secretary of Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited and has been a Director of Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited since April 12, 2007. He also sits on the boards of the Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Company Limited, Coomber and Goldman. Mr. Zhang was a director of City Construction Investment Company of Yulin. He holds a Bachelor of Traffic and Transportation degree from Xinan Jiaotong University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Qinghua University.
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