Board of Directors

Dr Cham Tao Soon
Chairman of Board of Directors   • Member of Nominating Committee  • Member of Remuneration Committee

Dr Cham Tao Soon was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 20 January 2007, and was appointed Chairman from 27 January 2007. He is a member of the nominating and remuneration committees. He is also a Director of WBL Corporation Limited. For over two decades until 2002, he was the President of Nanyang Technological University. He is now the Chairman of NATSTEEL Ltd and the Singapore Symphonia Co Ltd and the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. He serves as a Director at United Overseas Bank Ltd and SOUP Restaurant Group Ltd and was on the boards of Robinson & Company Ltd and TSH Corporation Limited. He is also a board member of the Land Transport Authority as well as a member of the Council of Presidential Advisers. He was conferred a Public Administration Medal (P.P.A), and the Distinguished Service Order (D.U.B.C.).

Dr Cham holds a BEng(Hons) from the University of Malaya, and a Bsc(Hons) from the University of London. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He also has several honorary degrees which were conferred on him by universities. These include the University of Strathclyde, the University of Surrey, Loughborough University and Soka University. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore; the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK and the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.

Pang Tak Lim
Managing Director   • Managing Director  

Pang Tak Lim is our Managing Director and a member of the special committee. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 2 August 2001 and was last re-elected on 26 January 2005. He has been a Director of MFSS since January 1995. He has more than 30 years of experience in the electronics industry, out of which 25 years were spent in the PCB and related industries. Prior to joining WT in 1990 as its Operations Manager, Mr Pang was the Operations Manager for a year for CTS Corporation, which is involved in the manufacture of oscillators and hybrid circuits. He has also worked for 2 major PCB plants in Singapore from 1978 to 1989, namely Motorola Electronics Pte Ltd and Printed Circuits International Inc. where he was responsible for both companies’ overall manufacturing operations. Mr Pang was the General Manager of MFSS from 1993 to 1996 before assuming the position of Managing Director in 1997. He is also a director of MFSM, MFS-PCB and HMFS. Mr Pang holds an honours degree from the University of Singapore, majoring in chemistry.

Reggie Thein
Independent Director   • Chairman of Audit Committee  • Member of Remuneration Committee
• Member of Special Committee

Reggie Thein is an Independent Director, the Chairman of the audit committee, a member of the remuneration and special committees. He is a director of several SGX listed public and private companies. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 2 August 2001 and was last re-elected on 19 January 2007. Mr Thein spent 37 years with Coopers & Lybrand, the legacy firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers and retired from the firm as a Senior Partner in 1999. He was a Vice Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand and the Managing Director of its management consulting services firm from its inception in 1972 until its global integration with the world firm in 1995. Mr Thein is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (“ICPAS”). He is also a member of the governing council of the Singapore Institute of Directors and is active in promoting and advancing the practice of corporate governance in Singapore. Mr Thein was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore in 1999.

Sin Boon Ann
Independent Director  • Chairman of Nominating Committee  • Member of Audit Committee  • Member of Special Committee

Sin Boon Ann is an Independent Director, the Chairman of the nominating committee, a member of the audit and special committees. He is currently a Director of Drew & Napier LLC. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 2 August 2001 and was last re-elected on 18 January 2006. He has been with Drew & Napier LLC since 1992. Mr Sin is principally engaged in corporate finance, banking, joint ventures, investments and acquisitions, and he participated in the establishment of Drew & Napier LLC’s Hanoi Office. Prior to joining Drew & Napier LLC, Mr Sin taught at the Faculty of Law of National University of Singapore from 1987 to 1992. He is also a Member of Parliament for Tampines Group Representation Constituency (GRC). Mr Sin received his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degrees from the National University of Singapore and his Master of Laws from the University of London.

Alexander Chan Meng Wah
Independent Director  • Chairman of Remuneration Committee  • Member of Nominating Committee 

Alexander Chan Meng Wah is an Independent Director, the Chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the nominating committee. He is currently an Executive Director of MMI Holdings Ltd. Its principal activities are contract manufacturing. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 2 August 2001 and was last re-elected on 18 January 2006. Mr Chan also serves as independent director on various public and private companies. He is also Chairman of the Singapore Sports Council and other public sector bodies. He was a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) in the 10th Singapore Parliament. Mr Chan holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Hons) degree from University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration degree from University of California, Los Angeles. Mr Chan was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore in 2007.

Lester Wong Hein Jee
Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director  • Member of Audit Committee  

Lester Wong Hein Jee is a non-executive and non-independent Director and is a member of the audit committee. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of our Company on 18 July 2003 and was last re-elected on 19 January 2007. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of WBL Corporation Limited. Prior to joining WBL in 1995, Mr Wong was a Senior Investment Officer at the Singapore office of the Investment Company of the People’s Republic of China in 1994. Mr Wong spent 4 years in Coopers & Lybrand (“C&L”), a legacy firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, first as a senior auditor in C&L’s Los Angeles office between 1988 to 1990 and then as a senior consultant in C&L’s management consulting services firm in Singapore between 1992 to 1994. He holds a MBA degree from the University of Chicago and is a member of the ICPAS.