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FOOD EMPIRE ANNUAL REPORT 2014
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MR HARTONO GUNAWAN
Non-Executive Director
Mr Gunawan was appointed to the Board as a Non-Executive Director
in September 2006. Mr Gunawan brings substantial international
business experience and expertise to the Board. Since 1990, he
has served as an Executive Director of the Salim Group and sits
on the Boards of several companies with the Salim Group with
responsibility for setting the overall direction and goals of those
companies. Mr Gunawan has spearheaded numerous investment
projects in Indonesia, Asia Pacific and Australia and holds principal
directorship in the corporate and other business entities overseeing
such investments.
He graduated from the University of Indonesia in 1979 with an
accounting degree (Sariana Ekonomi-Universitas, Indonesia).
MR LEW SYN PAU
Independent Director
Mr Lew has served as an Independent Director on the Board since
April 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee. He is currently
a Director of Capital Connections Pte Ltd, a financial advisory
consultancy firm. He is also a Director of several other Singapore
listed companies involved in a range of industries including palm oil,
logistics, property and precision machining. His previous positions
include Managing Director of NTUC Comfort and General Manager
and Senior Country Officer of Credit Agricole Indosuez.
Between 2002 and 2006, Mr Lew was the President of the Singapore
Manufacturers Federation. He was a Member of the Singapore
Parliament from 1988 to 2001, and served as the Chairman of the
Government Parliamentary Committees for Education, Finance, Trade
& Industry and National Development at different times during the
course of his tenure. A Singapore Government scholar, Mr Lew holds
a Masters Degree in Engineering from the University of Cambridge,
UK and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Stanford
University, USA.
