BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DANIEL CUTHBERT EE HOCK HUAT
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Daniel Ee was appointed as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 15 December 2017. Since 2015, Mr. Ee has been an independent director of Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd, the trustee manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust. He is also an independent director of Ascendas Funds Management (S) Limited, the Manager of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust. He is also on the board of the Singapore Mediation Centre. Since 1999, Mr. Ee has been on the boards of various companies as an independent director. He had served in various capacities in the public sector before moving to investment banking in 1985 where he held senior management positions. He was the Managing Director then Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Merchant Bank from 1994 to 1999. He and his wife, together with a priest from the Philippines, form the international leadership team for Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a non-profit Catholic Movement that conducts marriage enrichment programs in more than 90 countries. Mr. Ee graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) from Bath University in the United Kingdom in 1975 and has a Master of Science (Industrial Engineering) from National University of Singapore. He was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2003.
DANIEL LONG CHEE TIM
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Daniel Long is our Chief Executive Officer and was appointed on 1 January 2018. He first joined our Group on 29 July 2015 as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director. He was subsequently tasked with transforming the company and restructuring our business and was re-designated as our Acting Chief Executive Officer on 3 February 2016. Daniel Long is a Corporate and Securities lawyer by training. Having obtained his Bachelor of Laws in the United Kingdom, he obtained his post-graduate qualifications from the National University of Singapore and subsequently joined a leading corporate practice. He later entered the employment of Standard Chartered Merchant Bank Asia (“SCMBA”) and advised on initial public offerings, private-equity fund raisings, mergers and acquisitions etc. Mr. Long was instrumental in the initial public offering of MMI Holdings Limited (“MMI”) whilst he was at SCMBA and subsequently joined MMI to head its Technology and Strategic Investment division. During his time with MMI, he also established MMI TechnoVentures (“MMITV”), a joint venture private equity fund with Standard Chartered Private Equity (“SCPA”). In 2000, Mr. Long joined an investee of MMITV, Ecquaria Technologies Pte Ltd (“Ecquaria”) as Chief Financial Officer overseeing the company’s finance, human resource, administration and MIS functions. He was subsequently promoted to Deputy CEO and Head of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Long left Ecquaria in 2007 to co-found Providence Capital Management Pte Ltd (“PCM”), a registered fund management company regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. PCM currently manages and advises a number of umbrella funds and multiple special purpose investment vehicles across a range of asset classes. PCM’s clients and stakeholders include financial institutions, family trusts and high-net worth individuals.
SOH GIM TEIK
Independent Director
Mr Soh Gim Teik is a Partner of Finix Corporate Advisory LLP and has extensive experience in corporate advisory work. Mr. Soh serves as director on the boards of Wilmar International Limited, Farrer Park Hospital Pte Ltd, Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*Star), National Healthcare Group Fund, DigiAssets Exchange (Singapore) Pte Ltd etc. In addition, he is a board member of the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd and also serves as the Audit and Risk Committee Chairman of Ministry of Health (MOH) Holdings Pte Ltd, both these companies being subsidiaries of Singapore’s Ministry of Health. Mr. Soh was formerly the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of an SGX-listed company. Mr. Soh is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the then University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
ALAN CHEONG MUN CHEONG
Independent Director
Alan Cheong Mun Cheong is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Group on 3 February 2016. With over twenty years of real estate and financial sector experience, Alan is presently Senior Director of Savills Research & Consultancy, covering the local and regional markets in areas of market research, financial studies and holding seminars. Alan began his career in real estate research in 1990 with the Urban Redevelopment Authority focusing on property market forecasts and government land supply policy. Subsequently, he joined UOB where he was involved with project financing for large real estate deals. Alan was also the acting head of equity research for Prudential Securities, covering regional real estate and infrastructure companies before moving to the OCBC Group where he raised capital for companies and REITs during their Initial Public Offering. Alan also has experience in big data analysis – consumer risk analytics and was the head of portfolio analytics at DBS Asset Management. Alan is a triple-degree holder; a good honours degree in Estate Management from National University of Singapore, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the Open University (UK) and a Graduate Diploma in Statistics from the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) of which he is a Graduate Statistician. He is also an Honorary Advisor to the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore’s (Real Estate Consultancy sub-group).
MANAGEMENT TEAM
ALAN WONG TUAN KENG
Chief Financial Officer
Alan Wong is our Chief Financial Officer. He was appointed on 3 February 2020 and is responsible for the Group’s financial matters. Prior to joining us, Alan has held senior finance leadership positions in GMG Global, PT Telkomsel, Singtel and Neptune Orient Lines. He was also a nominee director on several subsidiary boards and joint venture companies in the emerging markets of Asia and West Africa. Alan holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Strathclyde and a Bachelor degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. He has also attended the supply chain management program with INSEAD, corporate finance program with Singapore Management University and IT project management program with the Singapore Institute of Systems Science. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia.
PAUL YANG
Country Director, Vietnam
Paul Yang was appointed as our Country Director of Vietnam in March 2019. Prior to joining the Group, Paul was involved with business consulting and real estate development companies in Vietnam. Born in South Korea but raised in Thailand, Paul’s rich experience in cross cultural settings across South East Asian countries, Korea and the United States is a tremendous asset to the Group as we go about executing on our social impact mission in emerging markets in the region. Since moving to Vietnam from the United States in 2014, Paul has actively immersed himself in Vietnam to better understand the complexities of cross-cultural differences and to discover effective connection points between Vietnam and other cultures/countries. Crucially, Paul has significant social impact domain experience and he used to work with a global NGO headquartered in the United States as its executive liaison and international development consultant across the non-profit and private sectors in South East Asia. He holds a Masters degree in Intercultural Studies from Nyack University, New York and a Bachelors degree in International Business from Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Theodore Teo
Director, Partnerships and Capacity Building
Theodore Teo joined us on 18 Oct 2021 as our Director of Partnerships and Capacity Building. He focusses on building collaboration with stakeholders in the Group’s ecosystem, leveraging the strengths of strategic partners to bring about positive social impact together. Theodore is passionate about equipping people to be the best versions of themselves so as to increase their sphere of influence in society. Theodore comes with a background from all three aspects of the Public, People and Private ecosystem of active citizenry; These areas include social impact volunteer-leader equipping, corporate philanthropy, institutional partnership for large scale social impact, non-profit management, national policy execution on youth development, university students’ social impact management and community development in ASEAN. Theodore also served in the Management Committee of the UN Global Compact Network, Singapore, for five years, supporting Singapore companies as they embark on their sustainability journeys. Theodore graduated with a B.Sc. in Anthropology and Human Geography from the University of Western Australia. His passion for intercultural work stems from his roots in Scouting where a Scout is a friend to all. He volunteers in the International Volunteerism Association, Safe Cycling advocacy, and in the Singapore University of Social Sciences’ Adventure and Experiential Leadership Resource Panel. He is also an adjunct lecturer in the Singapore University of Social Sciences and the Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
PETER WOO
Assistant Director
Peter Woo joined us in January 2019 as our Manager of Business Development and Special Projects. Prior to joining the Group, he was a private equity associate at Riverside Partners in Boston, Massachusetts, where he evaluated investments in growing healthcare companies. Peter began his career at William Blair & Company in Chicago, Illinois as an investment banking analyst, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
