Board Of Directors

Mr Tan has been providing leadership to the Board of Directors since April 2000. Mr Tan is the founder of the Group and has been instrumental in guiding the Group's business, including taking the company public in 2000. As Executive Chairman, Mr Tan is responsible for the achievement of the Group's long-term goals. His role includes providing strategic leadership and exploring business opportunities for the Group. A passionate believer in the power of brands, Mr Tan is actively involved in the marketing and branding activities across the Group.

Mr Tan has been active in the local grassroots community since 1990. He received the Service to Education Award in 2014 and 2020 from the Ministry of Education and was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2014 for his significant contributions to the society and the field of business. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. In 2018, he received the NUS Business School Eminent Business Alumni Award (Senior Alumni Category) for excelling in Singapore and beyond, as well as making contributions to serve the community. Mr Tan also served as Chairman of the School Advisory Committee of Woodgrove Secondary School from 2010 to 2020 and was awarded by Influential Brands in 2019 as Asia's Top Founder Chairman of the Year.

Mr Nair has been serving the Board as an Executive Director since July 2005. Mr Nair has been with the Group since 1993.

Prior to his appointment to the Board, he was primarily responsible for the launch and establishment of the Group's brands and businesses in Eastern Europe and CIS countries from 1994 to 2005.

In October 2012, Mr Nair was appointed as the Group CEO in addition to his continuing role as Executive Director. Since 2012, he is also responsible for the Group's diversification and growth strategy including overall oversight of its day-to-day operations. His role includes geographical expansion of business, as well as identifying new businesses and M&A opportunities for the Group. Mr Nair has over 30 years of experience in building and managing the Group's business.

Mdm Tan was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director in April 2000. Mdm Tan brings both financial and business expertise to the Board, having held both executive and non-executive directorships in listed companies with interests in property, hospitality and the food and beverage sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree (Second Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore and has numerous years of leadership experience in the fields of accounting and auditing.

Mr Koh joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in March 2007. Mr Koh has a distinguished career in business and is the Managing Director of Universal Integrated Corporation Consumer Products Pte Ltd and United Detergent Industries Sdn Bhd. He also sits on the Board of Directors of various companies within the Salim Group. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) Honours from the University of Manchester.

Mr Ong first joined the Board in April 2000 and served as an Independent Non-Executive Director until December 2021. He is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Nominating Committee. As a lawyer and corporate adviser, Mr Ong brings invaluable legal and business experience to the Board. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Singapore Bar the following year. In his more than 30 years of legal practice, he focused on corporate and commercial law such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and corporate finance. In addition to his legal practice, he is also the Managing Director of Kanesaka Sushi Private Limited, which invests in and operates Japanese fine-dining restaurants in Singapore.

In 1979, Mr Ong was awarded the President's Scholarship and Police Force Scholarship. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) external degree from the University of London and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree from the Imperial College of Science and Technology in England. Mr Ong was a Member of Parliament of Singapore from January 1997 to April 2011.

Mr Saw is currently the Lead Independent Director of the Board since January 2022, where he also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee since April 2020, and a member of both the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee. He was first appointed to the Board in April 2019. Mr Saw brings both Corporate Finance and Accounting experience to the Board, having worked formerly in industries with that domain and having started a firm of Chartered Accountants in 1999, EisnerAmper PAC, the Singapore member of EisnerAmper Global. He is currently the Managing Partner of EisnerAmper Singapore as well as a Director with EisnerAmper Global.

Mr Saw has been on the Board of Directors for other SGX mainboard listed companies and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University. His other professional memberships include: Fellow Chartered Accountant Singapore, Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore.

Mr Tan was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Independent Director on 24 April 2020. He is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. He has more than 40 years of experience in corporate advisory and general management.

Currently, he also serves on the boards of various public and private companies in Singapore including being an Independent NonExecutive Chairman of Jumbo Group Limited and Vibrant Group Limited, and an Independent Director of Kingsmen Creatives Ltd, Hiap Seng Industries Limited, IPC Corporation Ltd and Wilton Resources Corporation Limited. He is a Trustee of Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple and a Director of D S Lee Foundation and EtonHouse Community Fund.

Mr Tan is a qualified financial professional from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. He was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 1996.

Mr Adrian Chan was appointed to the Board as an Independent Director on 1 January 2022. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee.

Mr Chan is Head of Corporate at the law firm, Lee & Lee, and has been in legal practice for more than 34 years. He is Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Directors and serves on the Legal Service Commission of Singapore. He is an independent director on the boards of several listed companies on the SGX and the SGX has appointed him to its Catalyst Advisory Panel to review Catalyst Sponsor and Registered Professional applications.

He is the Honorary Secretary of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises and has been appointed to Singapore Management University's Enterprise Board and the Institutional Review Board of the Singapore Polytechnic. He has served on the Board of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore and is currently a member of its Corporate Law Advisory Panel.