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Corporate Information
Board of Directors
Giok Lak Sim (Executive Chairman)
Kok Yew Sim (Group Chief Executive Officer)
Lim Bee Chun, Jenny (Executive Director)
Yian Poh Lim
Renny Yeo Ah Kiang
Stewart James Douglas
Dean Tai Chi-Shang
Kok Hwee Sim (Alternate Director to G L Sim)
Joint Company Secretaries
Jenny Lim Bee Chun
Gary Webster
Registered Office
38 Goodman Place, Murarrie, Queensland 4172 Australia.
Operations Head Quarters
29 Tuas Avenue 3, Singapore 639420.
Australian Company Number
009 816 871
Share Registrar
MUFG Corporate Markets (AU) Limited
Level 21, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
Locked Bag A14, Sydney South NSW 1235 Australia
Auditors
PKF Brisbane Audit
Level 6 10 Eagle Street Brisbane, QLD 4000 Australia
Principal Bankers
United Overseas Bank Limited
80 Raffles Place, UOB Plaza, Singapore 048624

Maybank Singapore Limited
2 Battery Rd, Maybank Tower, Singapore 049907.

Westpac Banking Corporation
260 Queen Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 Australia.
   

Company profile

Board of Directors

Sim Giok Lak 

Executive Chairman

 
Kok Yew Sim 

Executive Director and Group Chief Officer

Jenny Lim Bee Chun 

Executive Director

Yian Poh Lim 

Non-Executive and Independant Director

Stewart James Douglas

Non-Executive and Independant Director

Renny Yeo Ah Kiang

Non-Executive and Independant Director

Renny Yeo Ah Kiang

Non-Executive and Independant Director

Kok Hwee Sim

Alternate Director to Mr Giok Lak Sim

Joint Company Secretaries

Gary_webster

Jenny Lim Bee Chun 

Gary Webster

Registered Office

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Address:

 38 Goodman Place, Murarrie, Queensland 4172 Australia

Australia Company Number:

009 816 871

Operation Headquarters

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Address:

29 Tuas Avenue 3, Singapore 639420.

Share Registrar

Link Market Services Limited

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Address:

Level 21, 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

Facsimile:

+61 2 9287 0303

Auditor

PKF Brisbane Audit

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Address:

Level 6 10 Eagle Street Brisbane, QLD 4000 Australia

Principal Bankers

United Overseas Bank Limited

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Address:

80 Raffles Place, UOB Plaza, Singapore 048624

Maybank Singapore Limited

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Address:

2 Battery Rd, Maybank Tower, Singapore 049907

Westpac Banking Corporation

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Address:

260 Queen Street Brisbane Queensland 4000 Australia

Experience and Expertise
Appointed to the Board on 5 April 1995. Chairman and Managing Director of Zicom Group Limited till 31 December 2018. From 1 January 2019, stepped down as Managing Director and remains as Executive Chairman of Zicom Group Limited and all its subsidiaries. Experienced in public accounting, corporate development, strategic management as well as international trade.

Member of Strategic Advisory Panel, Diagnostics Development Hub, A*Star A*ccelerate
Member of Incubation Advisory Board, Singapore National Eye Centre
Member of Board of Governors, UOB-SMU Asian Enterprise Institute
Singapore Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Industrial Products), 2008

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Experience and Expertise
First appointed to the Board as Alternate Director to Mr Kok Hwee Sim on 5 July 2010 and made an Executive Director on 25 September 2014. Promoted to Group Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2019. For many years as the Chief Executive Officer of Sys-Mac Automation Engineering Pte Ltd (Sys-Mac), Mr Kok Yew Sim has been instrumental in Sys-Mac Group's growth journey, focusing on providing customised automation solutions, building capabilities and market penetration. As he gradually transits into his new role as the Group CEO, he will focus on strengthening and transforming the Group's existing core businesses to align with the technological age so as to enhance shareholders value. Mr Sim graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Michigan with Honours (Summa Cum Laude). He is the second son of the Executive Chairman, Mr G L Sim and Director of substantial shareholder, SNS Holdings Pte Ltd.

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Experience and Expertise

Ms Jenny Lim has been the Group's Financial Controller since 2005. She is responsible for accounting, financial, tax and corporate secretarial matters of the Group. Ms Lim also assumed the role of Joint Company Secretary since 6 June 2008. Before joining the Group, Ms Lim was with an international public accounting firm for more than 10 years specialising in audit and tax. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 24 July 2006. Mr Yian Poh Lim has more than 20 years of extensive experience in the banking and finance industry and is currently the managing director of Yian Poh Associates, a financial consultancy and investment firm. Since 2000, Mr Lim has been an Honorary Commercial Advisor to The Administrative Committee of Jiaxing Economic Development Zone, China. He is also an Expert Consultant to Suzhou Vocational University, China. Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Nanyang University, Singapore and a Master of Science degree from the University of Hull, UK.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 13 November 2019, Mr Douglas is an Audit Partner/Director of Bentleys Queensland, an Australian national firm of public accountants. He has over 20 years of audit and professional experience in London, Singapore and Brisbane. Mr Douglas possesses expert technical knowledge across all facets of audit and assurance and across a broad range of sectors. He also brings along extensive internal audit experience and has been responsible for a large number of internal audits including internal control reviews, payroll reviews and governance reviews. Mr Douglas holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Queensland University of Technology and is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He also chairs the Board of Bentley Australia.

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Experience and Expertise

Appointed to the Board on 13 November 2019, Mr Yeo has a distinguished career. He brings with him more than 40 years of working experience in the field of shipbuilding/repair, electrical engineering and cable industries. He sits on board of several companies, government boards and committees. Mr Yeo holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Southampton College of Technology, UK and a Master in Management (MBA) with High Distinction from the Asia Institute of Management, Philippines. Mr Yeo was conferred the Public Service Star (BBM) in 2018 and the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2000 by the President of the Republic of Singapore.

Chairman of Singapore Accreditation Council (Enterprise Singapore)
Emeritus President of Singapore Manufacturing Federation
SPRING Singapore Distinguished Partner Award, 2011
SISIR Standards Council Distinguished Award, 1994.

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Experience and Expertise
Dr Dean Tai is a founder, Chief Scientific Office (CSO) and Director of HistoIndex Pte Ltd ("HistoIndex"). HistoIndex is a medical technology company providing optical medical imaging systems and services to aid pathologists in diagnostics, clinical trials and research studies for the assessment and staging of liver diseases.

Dr Dean Tai's experiences include R&D, strategic product development and research collaborations with clinical key opinion leaders globally. He established HistoIndex's wholly-owned subsidiary in China, as its Managing Director to open up the Chinese market potentials for HistoIndex's technology. Dean has established strong clinical networks and collaborations globally in China, America and Europe as well as in Australia.

He has acquired management experiences of companies, board experiences, global marketing exposure and collaborations in addition to his strong attributes in innovation, research and development. Dean possesses deep knowledge in physics and machine learning using AI technology. The Board is of the opinion that Dean's expertise and experiences could contribute to the Group's perspectives in its pursuit of continuous transformation of its businesses to align with continuously evolving new age global economy.

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Experience and Expertise
Mr Kok Hwee Sim was appointed to the Board on 21 November 2007. Pursuant to the demerger of the medical technology businesses from the Group, he stepped down as an executive director and remains on the board as a Non-Executive Director. Mr Kok Hwee Sim is an experienced leader in both corporate and general management operations. His expertise includes treasury management, mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and fund raising. Mr Sim graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA with Honours (Magna Cum Laude) and a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, New York. He is the eldest son of the Executive Chairman, Mr G L Sim and Director of substantial shareholder, SNS Holdings Pte Ltd.

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