Board of Directors

Mr K T Ang was appointed an Executive Director of the Company in October 2000, and Chairman of the Board and Managing Director in January 2003.

Mr K T Ang has been with the Group for more than 15 years and has extensive knowledge and experience in the industry and is instrumental in developing the shipbuilding, shiprepair and shipchartering business of the Group. Mr K T Ang is in charge of the Group's business strategies and direction, corporate plans and policies as well as the general management of the Group. In particular, he is in charge of the shipbuilding and shiprepair divisions and is responsible for all aspects of the shipyard's operations, including estimations, negotiations and contract finalisation. Mr K T Ang began his career at Ang Sin Liu Hardware, handling administration, purchasing and marketing for the company. He graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 where he received his Bachelor's Degree in Science.

Mr A N Ang was appointed an Executive Director of the Company in October 2000 and Deputy Managing Director in January 2003.

Mr A N Ang, having been with the Group for more than 15 years, has extensive industry knowledge and experience and is instrumental in seeking new markets for the business. Mr A N Ang is jointly responsible for the Group's business strategies and direction, corporate plans and policies, and for the general management of the Group's shiprepair and shipchartering operations, including business development and operations.

Mr K E Ang was appointed an Executive Director of the Company in October 2002.

Mr KE Ang is responsible for developing marketing strategies, identifying new businesses/markets and customers for Asia. Mr K E Ang joined the Group on 1 December 1994 and was responsible for the operations of the shipyards in Batam, Indonesia and Guangdong, China. He is also in charge of the Group's management information systems. Prior to joining the Group, Mr K E Ang was the Product Manager of Navystar Industrial Co. Ltd, a toy manufacturing company based in Hong Kong and the PRC. He graduated from the University of Michigan, USA in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering.

Mr K L Ang was appointed an Executive Director of the Company in October 2002.

Mr K L Ang is responsible for developing marketing strategies, identifying new businesses/markets and customers for Europe, Middle East, Australia, South America and East Malaysia. Mr K L Ang joined the Group on 1 January 1995 as a Marketing Executive in the shipbuilding division. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Management.

Mr Yeap is currently a Senior Counsel at Rajah & Tann. Prior to joining Rajah & Tann in 2004, he ran his own practice under the name "Andre Yeap & Co". Mr Yeap had worked in various law firms in Singapore. He was a Senior Litigation Partner at Allen & Gledhill where he had worked from 1987 to 2000, before joining the partnership of Lee & Lee in 2001. His practice focuses on banking, commercial and corporate litigation with special emphasis on securities and stockbroking-related litigation as well as construction litigation, including ship and oil-rig matters, both in Court and in arbitration. He was appointed Senior Counsel on 4 January 2003. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor's Degree in Law and is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Mr Chong joined the Board in January 2006. Mr Chong is a partner and co-founder of ACH Investments Pte Ltd, a specialist corporate advisory firm in Singapore. He is currently an independent director of several listed companies including Koda Ltd, Lorenzo International Ltd, Sky China Petroleum Services Ltd and Xpress Holdings Limited on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, Koon Holdings Limited and GLG Corp Ltd on the Australian Stock Exchange and the Win Fund listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange as well as being a director/trustee of several private companies, trusts and funds.

Mr Chong has more than 20 years experience in financial investment. He was an award winning analyst and the managing director of HSBC Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd, formerly known as HSBC James Capel Securities (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and prior to this was an executive director of UOB Kay Hian Holdings Ltd, formerly known as Kay Hian James Capel Ltd.

Mr Chong holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics (First Class Honours) from the University College of Wales, a Masters in Business Administration from the London Business School and a post-graduate diploma Accountants of Scotland, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow of the Hong Kong Securitites Institute, a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors, a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a master stockbroker of the Securities and Derivatives Industry Association of Australia.

Mr Hong joined the Board in May 2003. Mr Hong is currently an external consultant to Allen & Gledhill and also sits on the Board of Eng Wah Organisation Limited, Riverstone Holdings Limited and Financial One Corp. as Independent Directors and Prima Limited as a non-executive Director. He lectures on a part time basis at Singapore Management University and is an Examiner of the Taxation Paper for ACCA.

Mr Hong was employed by the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore before joining KPMG in 1979. He retired from KPMG as Tax Principal in 1997. He graduated from University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Social Science Degree (Upper Class II Honours in Economics).