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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MR BOON YOON CHIANG
Independent Director
Mr Boon was appointed to the Board as an Independent Director in
December 2005. He is the Country Chairman of the Jardine Matheson
Group of Companies in Singapore, and Deputy Chairman of Jardine
Cycle & Carriage Limited. He also serves on the Boards of other
public companies including MNCs. He is a Board member of the
Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. He is a Director of
the Employment & Employability Institute Pte Ltd and is a Member of
the Competition Appeal Board.
MR ONG KIAN MIN
Independent Director
Mr Ong has served on the Board as an Independent Director
since April 2000. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and
a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees.
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 20 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 practicing as a consultant with Drew & Napier LLC, a leading
Singapore law firm, he is a senior advisor of Alpha Advisory Pte
Ltd (a financial and corporate advisory firm) and CEO of Kanesaka
Sushi Private Limited which invests in and operates Japanese
fine-dining restaurants.
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.
Food Empire Holdings Limited Annual Report 2014
