COMPANY MILESTONES
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
COMPANY OVERVIEW
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
NAVIGATING CHALLENGES • EMBRACING DIVERSITY | ANNUAL REPORT 2015
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3. Tan ChowBoon
Non-Executive Director
TanChowBoon isaNon-ExecutiveDirector of our Companyand
wasappointedtotheBoardon26December2013.Hebeganhis
career inHewlett-Packardasanengineer andover sevenyears,
held key operational and managerial positions in engineering,
production, procurement andmaterialsmanagement. In1991,
he left Hewlett-Packard and together with a partner, founded
Omni Electronics, a Singapore electronic manufacturing
services company. In 1995, he founded Eteq Components,
a Singapore electronics components distribution company
to enhance the electronic manufacturing services offerings.
Between 1991 and 2004, he held various executive positions,
including that of Managing Director of Omni Electronics and
Eteq Components, Executive Director of Omni Industries and
Senior Vice President of CelesticaAsia. He is currently a director
of Credence Capital Fund II (Cayman) Limited (“Credence”), a
South East Asia private equity fund, providing growth stage
capital and expertise to SMEs within the Manufacturing,
Information Communication Technology, Services, Logistics
and Consumer sectors. Credence is managed by Credence
Partners Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based private equity firm led by
Koh Boon Hwee, Tan ChowBoon and SeowKiat Wang.
Tan Chow Boon obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the National University of Singapore in
1984 and his Executive MBA from the Golden Gate University,
California in 1992.
4. Douglas Owen Chester
Lead Independent Director
Douglas Owen Chester is the Lead Independent Director of our
Company and was appointed to the Board on 26 December
2013. He is also an independent director of Civmec Limited and
Stamford Land Corporation Limited. He has had an illustrious
career with the Australian Public Service for over 33 years
up until his retirement in 2012. His key appointments with
the Australian Public Service include Deputy Secretary of the
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)
(2003-2008), Australia’s Ambassador to Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (2005), Australia’s High Commissioner to Brunei
(2000) and most recently, Australia’s High Commissioner to
Singapore (2008-2012). Prior to joining DFAT in 1990, he had
an 11-year career with the thenAustralianPatent, TradeMarks
and Design Office as a patent examiner. Before that he worked
at the Australian National University as a research scientist.
Douglas Owen Chester graduated from the Australian National
University in 1976with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree.
