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Power Plant Engineering Co. Ltd., a PRC company
which constructed thermal power plants. Mr Li has
been the President of the Zhejiang (S) Entrepreneurs
Association, a non-profit association for people with
links to the Zhejiang Province, since 2013. In addition,
Mr Li is recently appointed as a Director for Sanhua
International Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Sanhua
Holding Group, a leading manufacturer of HVAC&R
controls components and parts with a global footprint
and 30 years of experience. Sanhua Holding Group is
listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2005.
Mr Li holds a Bachelor Degree in Automation of Electrical
Power System from Shanghai Jiaotong University,
Shanghai, PRC, and a Master of Business Administration
from the National University of Singapore.
Mr Chia Yew Boon
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr Chia was appointed as Independent Non-Executive
Director on 21 June 2016. He is also amember of the Audit
and Risk Committee, and Nominating and Remuneration
Committee.
Mr Chia has more than 30 years of experience working in
various fields such as investments, business consultancy
and corporate finance.
He is the founding Managing Director of Catalyst
Advisors Private Ltd. and Catalyst Advisors International
Private Limited, which are both private equity
investment and venture capital business consultancy
firms. Concurrently, he is also a Senior Advisor of Atlas
Financial Solutions, a Paris-based corporate finance
advisory firm specialising in mid-cap company mergers
and acquisitions. In September 2011, Mr Chia was
appointed as an independent non-executive director of
Technovator International Limited, a leading company in
energy management systems, solutions and services; it
is part of the Tsinghua Tongfang group of companies,
whose ultimate controlling shareholder is Tsinghua
University.
From July 2005 to June 2007, Mr Chia was Director of
Business Development at Boustead Singapore Limited,
and concurrently the Chief Executive Officer of Boustead
subsidiary EasyCall International Ltd. Prior to that, from
January 1999 to June 2005, Mr Chia served as Senior Vice
President of GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd. (“GIC SI”),
the venture capital and private equity arm of GIC Private
Limited.
Mr Chia holds a Diplôme d’Ingénieur (equivalent to a
Master’s Degree in Engineering) from L’École Nationale
Supérieure de Chimie de Strasbourg, France.
Mr Lai Hock Meng
Chief Executive Officer and
Executive Director
Mr Lai was appointed as Director on 14 May 2015 and
appointed as the Chief Executive Officer on 1 October
2015.
Mr Lai spent more than 30 years in the financial industry
including central banking, investment banking, private
banking, stockbroking and venture capital. He has
extensive experience and expertise in corporate finance
and corporate investment across East and South-
East Asia. Prior to joining the Manager, he was the
Chairman and Chief Advisor of HML Consulting Group,
which provides corporate governance, investment
management and family wealth advisory services
across China and South East Asia to listed corporations,
private equity funds, family foundations and non-profit
organisations.
Mr Lai was formerly the Managing Director of Morgan
Grenfell & Asia Partners Securities and the Managing
Director of SocGen Crosby Securities. He was also a
senior private banker with the Citigroup Private Bank
and Regional Market Manager in OCBC Private Bank.
During the period from 2011 to 2016, Mr Lai was an
independent non-executive director of ASTI Holdings
Ltd and CFM Holdings Ltd. Both companies are listed
on the SGX-ST. Mr Lai was also non-executive director
of Senoko Power Ltd and City Gas Private Ltd, and
chaired the audit committee of the then Temasek-
linked companies during the periods from 2001 to 2005
and 2002 to 2006 respectively.
Mr Lai has a wealth of experience in initial public offerings,
corporate restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions
and corporate governance. Over the past 15 years, he
has sat on the boards of 19 public companies listed on
the exchanges in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and