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Mr Ward is a full member of the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Australia
Institute of Refrigeration Air-Conditioning and Heating Engineers.
He was the president and chairman of the Commercial
Refrigeration Manufacturers Association of Australia from 1991 to
1997, where he (i) was responsible for implementing the Australia
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specifications for refrigeration equipment with regard to ratings,
temperature regulation for food storage, and health and safety
within the refrigeration industry. He is appointed as an Australian
Justice of the Peace by the Governor of New South Wales, which
is recognised in every state in Australia. He was awarded patents
in the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand as
inventor of drop-in refrigeration unit. He obtained his Diploma in
Mechanical Engineering (Major in Refrigeration) from the Unversity
of Technology, Sydney, in 1967 and the Advanced Heat Transfer
Design Certificate from McQuay/Muller Private Institute in 1974.
LOH PUI LAI, KAREN (Non-executive Director)
Ms Loh was appointed to our Board on 28 June 2011. She
commenced her career as a management trainee at our Company
in 1988. From 1992 to 1993, she was an accounts executive at
our Company responsible for the accounts of our Company’s
subsidiaries then. From 1993 to 1997, she was pursuing her studies
in Australia. From 1997 and 2000 till present, she is a director
of Old Far East Refrigeration (Hong Kong) Limited and Far East
Refrigeration Limited respectively, and is responsible for overseeing
the companies’ finance and accounts departments. She obtained
an Advanced Certificate in Accounting from Alexander College in
1994.
HEW KOON CHAN (Independent Director)
Mr Hew was appointed to our Board on 28 June 2011. He is
currently the managing director of Integer Capital Pte. Ltd., a
company which provides business consultancy services onmergers
and acquisitions. He was a process engineer at Texas Instruments
Singapore (Pte) Ltd from 1986 to 1988 before joining Seavi Venture
Services Pte Ltd, a private equity firm which is an affiliate of Advent
International Corporation as an investment director from 1988 to
2004. Mr Hew graduated from the National University of Singapore
with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Degree and also holds
a Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance conferred by the
Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and a Graduate
Diploma in Financial Management from the Singapore Institute of
Management.
MAK YEN-CHEN, ANDREW (Independent Director)
Mr Mak was appointed to our Board on 28 June 2011. He is a
practising lawyer with more than 17 years’ experience in legal
practice. He commenced his legal career as an associate with Lee
& Lee in 1995. Since then, he has been practising as a corporate
lawyer, with periods of practice in several prominent Singapore law
firms as well as the Singapore office of Denton Wilde Sapte, an
international law firm. He is currently a partner with Kelvin Chia
Partnership (a commercial law firm established in Singapore with
regional presence in several Asian cities including Bangkok, Hanoi,
Ho Chi Minh City, Yangon and Phnom Pen) and has been with
the firm since July 2006. His current legal practice is focused on
mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets, listed
company work, general corporate and commercial work and cross-
border transactions. He has also acted for both Singapore and
PRC-related companies seeking listing on the SGX-ST (including
reverse takeovers). His listed company work includes acting for
listed companies in mergers and acquisitions/joint ventures
transactions and fund raising and advising listed companies on
SGX-ST compliance. Mr Mak is an independent director of Leader
Environmental Technologies Limited, a company listed on the Main
Board of the SGX-ST. In addition, he also volunteers his time in
community service. Amongst other appointments, Andrew Mak is
a member of the Telok Blangah Citizens’ Consultative Committee.
He was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) by the President
of Singapore in the 2012 Singapore National Day honours list.
Andrew Mak graduated from the National University of Singapore
in 1994 with a Bachelor of Laws (Second Class Honours Upper
Division).
TAN HWEE KIONG (Independent Director)
Mr Tan was appointed to our Board on 28 June 2011. He has more
than 16 years of experience in HVAC&R industry. He was with
the Carrier Group from 1997 to 2003 where he served in various
capacities including country sales manager of Carrier Refrigeration
Taiwan branch, general sales manager of Carrier Refrigeration
Shanghai Co., Ltd. and director of the refrigeration division (ASEAN
region) in Carrier International Corporation (Singapore). During
the tenure of his position at Carrier International Corporation
(Singapore), he was awarded the 2003 Carrier President Award for
successfully achieving a revenue growth of 34% in the Asia Pacific
region.
From 2003 to 2004, he was the general manager of Qingdao
Haier Carrier Refrigeration (Qingdao, the PRC). From 2004 to
2005, he was a general manager (Asia) in Heatcraft Refrigeration
Asia (Shanghai, the PRC), which is the refrigeration division of
Lennox International Inc., responsible for manufacturing, sales and
distribution as well as services networks and developing overall
strategy in Asia Region. From 2005 to 2006, he was the managing
director of SPX Cooling Techologies Malaysia and Singapore,
responsible for developing SPX Cooling Technologies’ strategies
for Asia Pacific region. From 2006 to 2008, he was the managing
director of Asia Commercial Refrigeration (Singapore), responsible
for the regional profit and loss of South Asia region.
Since 2008, he has been the managing director of Snap-On
Tools (S) Pte Ltd as well as its regional director for SEA and
Korea, responsible for developing and implementing overall sales,
distribution and operational strategies of the company in SEA,
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. Mr Tan graduated from University
of London with a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree. He also
obtained his Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from
Singapore Institute of Management. He is an associate member of
Singapore Institute of Management.
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