BoardofDir

OUR COMPANY
Board of Directors




KWEK Leng Peck
Director





Mr. Kwek Leng Peck is a Director of the Company and GYMCL. He is also the Executive Chairman of Hong Leong Asia and an Executive Director of Hong Leong Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Hong Leong Corporation Holdings Pte. Ltd. He also sits on the boards of HL Technology, Hong Leong China, Well Summit Investments Limited and Hong Leong Finance Limited, as well as other affiliated companies. Mr. Kwek has extensive experience in trading, manufacturing, property investment and development, hotel operations, corporate finance and management. Mr. Kwek is related to Dato’ Gan Khai Choon.

  


GAN Khai Choon
Director





Dato’ Gan Khai Choon is a Director of the Company, GYMCL, Grace Star, and Venture Delta, as well as the Non-Executive Chairman of HLGE. He is also the Managing Director of Hong Leong International (Hong Kong) Limited and an Executive Director of Hong Leong Hotel Development Limited. Dato’ Gan has extensive experience in the 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 and the Beijing Riviera. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honors) in Economics from the University of Malaya. Dato’ Gan is related to Mr. Kwek Leng Peck.

  


Stephen Ho Kiam Kong
Director





Mr. Stephen Ho Kiam Kong is a Director of the Company, Grace Star, and Venture Delta. He is also the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Hong Leong Asia. He also sits on the boards of HL Technology, Hong Leong China and Well Summit, as well as other affiliated companies. Mr. Ho has extensive experience in finance, treasury and risk management from his executive positions previously held at Wilmar International Limited and a Dutch multinational corporate, Royal Philips. Prior to his financial management role, Mr. Ho worked for major international financial institutions in Singapore, Hong Kong and New York in the areas of corporate banking, global markets trading, marketing and sales. Mr. Ho holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration Degree from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and had completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, Boston, US.

  


HOH Weng Ming
Director & President





Mr. Hoh Weng Ming is the President and a Director of the Company as well as a Director of GYMCL and HLGE. Mr. Hoh has more than 35 years of working experience with extensive regional experience in Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and China. He was previously the Financial Controller of the Company from 2002 to 2003, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company from May 2008 to November 2011 and the Chief Financial Officer of Hong Leong Asia from 2011 to 2013. Prior to that, he had worked in various roles with companies including Johnson Electric Industrial Manufactory Limited as well as Henan Xinfei Electric Co., Ltd. Mr. Hoh has a Bachelor of Commerce Degree majoring in Accountancy from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand and an MBA degree from Massey University, New Zealand. He is a Chartered Accountant in New Zealand and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

  


XIE Tao
Independent Director






Mr. Xie Tao is an Independent Director of the Company and GYMCL. He is also an Independent Director of Zhengjiang Wanfeng Auto Wheel Co., Ltd and Gongniu Group Co., Ltd, a listed company in China, as well as a Non-independent Non-executive Director of Shanghai Vico Precision Mold & Plastics Co., Ltd. Mr. Xie has more than 30 years of experience in corporate management and financial advisory, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and transaction services. He has spent the major part of his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for nearly 23 years as a lead partner of the Advisory practice in PwC China and as the Senior Partner of Corporate Finance serving on the Executive Board of the China, Singapore and Hong Kong member firms of PwC. Between 2012 and 2014, he was a partner at Ernst & Young, then Deloitte, as a leader of transaction services and corporate finance business. Mr. Xie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Beijing University in China and was a member of the UK Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Xie is independent within the meaning of the NYSE’s corporate governance standards, on the basis that the Company has no material relationship with him.

  


NEO Poh Kiat
Independent Director





Mr. Neo Poh Kiat is an Independent Director of the Company and GYMCL. Between August 1976 and January 2005, he held various senior managerial positions with companies in the DBS Bank group and United Overseas Bank Ltd. Mr. Neo is currently also a director of Cambodia Post Bank Plc, Fullerton Credit group companies in China and CapitaLand China Trust Management Limited and Valuemax Group Limited. 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.

  

  

  


LI Hanyang
Director




Mr. Li Hanyang was appointed as Director of the Company on May 12, 2021. He was also Chairman of GYMCL’s Board and Chairman of the GY Group (a 17.20% shareholder of the Company). Mr. Li started his career with GYMCL as a production preparation section chief in 1993 and was gradually promoted to deputy general manager of GYMCL in 2000. He was transferred to GY Group in 2002 and since then he has served in various managerial position including chief engineer, director, chairman and party secretary of GY Group and its subsidiaries. Mr. Li holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical design and manufacturing from Tsinghua University and an MBA from the School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

  


WU Qiwei
Director





Dr. Wu Qiwei was elected as Director of the Company on July 23, 2021 after serving as Alternate Director of the Company to Mr. Yan Ping since 2012. Dr. Wu is also the President and a director of GYMCL. He previously served as one of the Deputy General Managers of GYMCL and was in charge of sales and marketing. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Hunan University, an MBA degree from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a Doctorate in Marine Engineering from Wuhan University of Technology.

  


WONG Hong Wai
Independent Director





Mr. Wong Hong Wai was appointed as a Director of the Company with effect from March 1, 2023 and was subsequently re-designated as an Independent Director with effect from April 21, 2023. He is presently an Innovation Advisor with Innovation Partner for Impact, a subsidiary of Enterprise Singapore, and an Associate Faculty Member with the Singapore Institute of Technology. Mr. Wong was with General Motors for 29 years and has extensive experiences in areas such as M&A, new business development, strategic alliance management, sales/marketing, strategic risk management, business strategy, product portfolio planning, global procurement, and business process re-engineering. Mr. Wong is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Production and Industrial Engineering) degree from the Ulm University of Applied Sciences in Germany and a Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. He has also completed an Executive Program at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, U.S.A. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Wong is independent under the rules of the NYSE.