Board of Directors

Mr Derrick Lee Meow Chan, Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Tan Cheng Soon Don, Managing Director
Mr Tan Cheng Guan, Executive Director
Mr Tan Cheng Kwong, Executive Director
Mr Leong Wing Kong, Non-Executive Director
Mr Teo Yi-Dar, Non-Executive Director
Mr Yeo Yun Seng, Independent Director
Mr Tan Keh Yan, Peter, Independent Director
Mr Renny Yeo Ah Kiang, Independent Director

Mr Derrick Lee Meow Chan
Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Lee joined us as our Non-executive Director on 18 July 2008 and was appointed Non-executive Chairman of our Company on 21 December 2009. Mr Lee has a wide range of experience in the financial industry. He is currently the managing partner of SEAVI Advent which provides fund management services to SEAVI Advent Funds. Prior to joining SEAVI Advent in 1984, he was the director of finance and administration at Scollay Trading Pte. Ltd., a food and trading company where he was in charge of finance and administration. Between August 1976 and April 1983, he was the group secretary and financial controller of New Zealand Milk Products (Pte) Ltd, a wholesaler, manufacturer and distributor of dairy products, where he headed the financial operation and administration of the company. In June 1975, Mr Lee joined Coopers & Lybrand, Singapore as a senior auditor. Mr Lee studied in South West London College in the United Kingdom in 1974 and graduated with a professional degree from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK. He is a Chartered Accountant with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK and a Non-practising Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

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Mr Tan Cheng Soon Don
Managing Director

Mr Tan joined us in 1989 where he started in various junior positions and worked his way up from a crane operator to a supervisor and eventually to being our Managing Director. He joined our Board in 1994 and was promoted to the position of Managing Director of our Group in August 2008. Mr Tan is responsible for our overall strategy, management and operations. Concurrently, as the head of our crane rental business, Mr Tan is in charge of identifying and developing new customers and maintaining relationships with our existing customers. Mr Tan has more than 20 years of experience in the business of rental and trading of cranes and other heavy equipment. Under his leadership, our Group has grown into one of the leading heavy lifting services providers in Singapore. Mr Tan obtained a Primary Education Certificate and he attended Seh Chuan High School for his secondary level education.

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Mr Tan Cheng Guan
Executive Director

Mr Tan joined us in 1993 where he started off in junior positions and worked his way up to his current position as an Executive Director of our Company. He joined our Board in 1996. Currently, Mr Tan is the head of our crane trading business. He is responsible for developing new procurement channels, promoting our sales, identifying new business opportunities and customers and managing relationships with our existing customers in relevant areas. Mr Tan has more than 16 years of experience in the business of rental, trading of cranes and other heavy lifting equipment. Through the efforts of Mr Tan, our Group has been able to expand the scope and revenues of our crane trading business. Mr Tan is also in charge of our maintenance service team. He graduated from Singapore Polytechnic with a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1990.

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Mr Tan Cheng Kwong
Executive Director

Mr Tan joined us in 1995 where he started off in junior positions and worked his way up to his current position as an Executive Director of our Company. He joined our Board in 1996 and was subsequently appointed to head the aerial lift business in 1999. Since then, he has been in charge of the management and operation of SHAL. Mr Tan has more than 14 years of experience in the equipment rental and trading business. Under the management of Mr Tan, our aerial lifts business has grown significantly and SHAL is now one of the leading aerial lifts rental companies in Singapore. Mr Tan attained the Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level Examination Pass in 1989.

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Mr Leong Wing Kong
Non-Executive Director

Mr Leong joined us as a Non-executive Director and Non-independent Director in July 2008. He is a member of our Audit Committee. Mr Leong has over nine years of experience in the areas of private equity, venture capital and direct investment. Currently, he is an investment manager with SEAVI Advent where his responsibilities include supporting SEAVI Advent’s investment business in ASEAN and China. Between November 1995 and March 2000, Mr Leong was an associate at the Capital Markets Department of DBS Bank Limited where he was involved in corporate advisory services and provided merger and acquisition advisory services to clients in various industries. Before joining DBS Bank Limited, he was an auditor at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Kuala Lumpur between July 1992 and December 1993, and he later became an audit supervisor at Price Waterhouse, Singapore from January 1994 and November 1995. Mr Leong began his career as an audit assistant at Azman, Wong Salleh & Co., Kuala Lumpur in March 1992. Mr Leong graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Business in Accounting in 1991 from Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Mr Leong is also a Certified Practicing Accountant registered with the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

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Mr Teo Yi-Dar
Non-Executive Director

Mr Teo joined us as a Non-executive Director and Non-independent Director in July 2008. He is a member of our Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee. Mr Teo Yi-Dar is currently an investment director of SEAVI Advent. Mr Teo Yi-Dar has more than 10 years of experience in the areas of private equity, venture capital and direct investment. His responsibilities include managing investments in ASEAN and China and fundraising from potential investors. Under his management, SEAVI Advent has invested in a number of companies in the electronics, chemical, engineering and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining SEAVI Advent in October 1999, he was an executive at the business development division of Keppel Corporation Limited, where his role primarily focused on investments in the engineering and marine sectors. Between June 1996 and June 1997, Mr Teo was a manufacturing engineer at SGSThomson Microelectronics Pte. Ltd. Mr Teo graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours in 1996 from the National University of Singapore. He obtained a Master of Science Degree in Industrial Systems Engineering in 1998 and a Masters of Science Degree in Applied Finance in 2000 both from the National University of Singapore. Mr Teo was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst by the CFA Institute in 2001.

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Mr Yeo Yun Seng
Independent Director

Mr Yeo joined us as our Independent Director with effect from 21 December 2009. He is the Chairman of our Audit Committee. He joined Turquands Ernst and Whinney in January 1973 as an audit clerk and promoted to audit assistant. He left the firm in January 1977 and joined France Scott Pte Ltd (a Sime Darby Group Company in Singapore) in February 1977 as its financial controller, where he was responsible for finance, administration, and human resources. Mr Yeo joined Nemic-Lambda (S) Pte Ltd (a Japanese company) in December 1980 as its finance and personnel manager. His main responsibilities were in the areas of finance, cost, internal control and human resources. In March 1983, Mr Yeo joined Airpax Components Far East Pte Ltd (a US company) as a finance and administration manager. In October 1986, he left to join Compaq Asia Pte Ltd as financial controller. During his time in Compaq, Mr Yeo started its Asia Pacific headquarters with the incorporation of Compaq Computer Asia Pacific Limited in February 1991 and became its chief financial officer and head of strategic investment. His responsibilities include strategic business planning and execution, information management, finance, human resources, and operations. He was also a pioneer member involved in Compaq’s start-up operations of its Singapore and China factories. He was also involved in setting up its Asia Pacific headquarters and sales operations offices in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, India and various other ASEAN countries. He left Compaq in September 1996 and started Plan-B Technologies Pte Ltd and became its shareholder, executive director and chief financial officer. He was responsible for driving its business development in the information technology sector. In September 1997, Mr Yeo divested his shareholding in the company. Thereafter, he started his consulting business under the entity of HT & BY Financial Management Consultants. Since 1997, Mr Yeo has been a business consultant providing services to small and medium enterprises and listed companies in the areas of developing its vision and strategies, driving execution, turning around and growing business units and grooming key executives including chief executive officers in preparation for listing and or overseas business expansion. In November 2000, Mr Yeo also incorporated Channel Consulting Group Pte Ltd which offers similar type services. Mr Yeo graduated with The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants in 1978 and was awarded a fellow (FCCA) in 1985. In addition, he was awarded a Fellow of the Singapore Human Resources Institute. He is the honorary treasurer of the Singapore Human Resources Institutes and has been in the council for over 20 years.

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Mr Tan Keh Yan, Peter
Independent Director

Mr Tan joined us as our Independent Director with effect from 21 December 2009. He joined DBS Bank in 1972 as a project analyst. During the period between 1972 and 2003, he held various positions based in Singapore, the United States of America, South Korea and Thailand with DBS Bank including general manager and subsequently executive director of DBS Finance Ltd. He last held the position of managing director, Enterprise Banking, where he was responsible for business development of banking solutions to small and medium enterprises. In early 2004, he joined Redwood Capital Pte Ltd, a wealth management and financial advisory firm as its managing director until 2005 when he left the company. Currently, Mr Tan sits as an independent director of two companies listed on the SGX-ST, namely Asia Enterprises Holding Ltd and CHT (Holdings) Ltd. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Singapore in 1972 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1985.

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Mr Renny Yeo Ah Kiang
Independent Director

Mr Yeo joined us as our Independent Director with effect from 21 December 2009. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee. He is also a non-executive director of Oakwell Engineering Limited, a company listed on the Catalist of the SGX-ST. Mr Yeo is currently a director of Singapore Cables Manufacturers Pte Ltd and a senior advisor to the chief executive officer of Draka Holding N.V., a provider of cable solutions. He has more than 30 years of working experience in the field of electrical engineering and cable industries. He started his career in 1972 as a production designer in Vosper Thornycroft (U.K.) Shipyard. He rose to become the chief electrical engineering design and estimating manager, and eventually deputy divisional manager of the Support Services Division of Vosper Thornycroft (Singapore), before joining Singapore Cables Manufacturers Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Draka Holding N.V. in 1983. He was responsible for building the business footprint and growth of the Draka Group in Asia-Pacific throughout the last 26 years. Mr Yeo is a full member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He currently sits on several government committees, including as the chairman of Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC), a council member of the Standard Council (SPRING), the deputy chairman of The Singapore National Committee of The International Electrotechnical Commission, the chairman of Electrical & Electronic Product Standards Committee (SPRING), patron of the Singapore Productivity Association, member of Water Network 3rd Panel, member of the Economic Strategies Committee (ESC) Subcommittee on Fostering Inclusive Growth, member of the Customs Advisory Committee. He is also the president of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMa), member of the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC) Founding Board and the council member of Singapore Business Federation. He served as a board member of the Building Construction Authority (BCA) from March 2005 to March 2007. Mr Yeo was conferred the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal) by the President of Singapore in 2000. He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Southampton College of Technology UK and a Master in Management (with High Distinction) from Asia Institute of Management, Philippines.

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