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CORPORATE FUNCTIONS
. Irene Lye
Group General Manager,
Enterprise Risk Management
. Jane Lim
Group General Manager,
Corporate Development,
Communications and
Investor Relations
. Lim Khia Tat
Group General Manager,
Human Resources
. Tan Swee Hong
Group General Manager,
Group Company Secretary,
Legal and Compliance
. Tay Pi Lan
Group General Manager,
China Operations /
Chief Legal Representative
OPERATIONS
. Chan Hong Wai
Managing Director,
Manufacturing Services
. Dr Hong Decheng
Managing Director, China Property
. Leong Say Haur
Managing Director,
O’Connor’s Holdings
. Pang Tak Lim
Managing Director,
MFS Technology Ltd
. Reza Meshgin
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Multi-Fineline
Electronix, Inc. (MFLEX)
. Steven Ong
Managing Director,
Trading
Corporate Social Responsibility
Awards
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Irene Lye, Group General Manager, Enterprise Risk Management
Ms Lye is the Group General Manager for Enterprise Risk Management and she is responsible for developing and implementing an enterprise-wide risk management strategy. She brings to Wearnes more than 15 years of operational experience ranging from quality assurance, supplier management, security and industrial safety and environmental protection, export control to business continuity management, disaster recovery, crisis management and enterprise risk management. Prior to joining Wearnes, she was the Director, Risk Management for Systems at Silicon Manufacturing. Ms Lye holds an MBA (Banking and Finance) from Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Science in Chemistry from National University of Singapore. |
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Jane Lim, Group General Manager, Corporate Development, Communications and Investor Relations
Ms Lim is the Group General Manager for Corporate Development. Her responsibilities include exploring opportunities for mergers and acquisitions, new business initiatives and divestitures. She is also the Group General Manager for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations where she heads WBL’s branding, media relations and communication initiatives with the investment community. She also overseas the Group’s corporate social responsibility efforts. Prior to her appointment as head of Corporate Development, Ms Lim was the Group Treasurer, responsible for all treasury-related functions including cash, working capital and foreign exchange risk management. Ms Lim has more than 20 years’ experience working in multi-national corporations such as KPMG, Hewlett-Packard and Compaq. She obtained her law degree from the National University of Singapore and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. |
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Lim Khia Tat, Group General Manager, Human Resources
Mr Lim is the Group General Manager for Human Resources, managing the Group’s human resource strategies to meet the organisation’s needs. He has extensive regional experience in Asia working for US and European multinationals, primarily in the semiconductor, disk drive and telecommunications industries. He was previously the Regional Human Resources Director, Asia, for Kulicke & Soffa. Mr Lim holds an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a graduate diploma in Personnel Management from Singapore Institute of Management. He is the President, Management Committee of the Singapore Training and Development Association (STADA ) and a past chairman of the Human Resources Management Congress (HRMC). |
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Tan Swee Hong, Group Company Secretary and Group General Manager, Legal and Compliance
Ms Tan is the Group’s Company Secretary and has been in charge of all legal matters since 1994. In 2006, the Group moved to strengthen its compliance and governance functions and Ms Tan was appointed Group General Manager with special responsibility over these areas, in addition to her responsibilities over the legal and corporate secretarial matters of the Group. Ms Tan joined Wearnes in 1986, having previously worked as a Legal Manager for a publicly listed marine group in Singapore. Ms Tan graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the University of Singapore. |
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Tay Pi Lan, Group General Manager, China Operations and Chief Legal Representative
Mrs Tay oversees the development and marketing of Wearnes’ businesses in China as Group General Manager. She is also the President of Suzhou Future Agriworld and is responsible for the operations of Speedling China. Mrs Tay began her career at Wearnes in 1985 as a Marketing Executive, and became the Executive Assistant to the Group’s Executive Chairman in 1989. She was appointed General Manager in 2002 and has since supervised the Group’s China Operations. Before joining Wearnes, she worked at the Jurong Town Corporation and the National University of Singapore Society. Mrs Tay holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Singapore. |
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Chan Hong Wai, Managing Director, Manufacturing Services
Mr Chan is the Managing Director of Manufacturing Services. He manages component and contract manufacturing for the electronics industry and also precision-engineered components and sub-assemblies for the automobile and data storage industries in China, Malaysia and the UK. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a degree in Bachelor of Science (Physics). Mr Chan brings with him more than 22 years of manufacturing experience, in wide-ranging industries such as electronics, data storage, contract manufacturing, computers and precision engineering. |
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Dr Hong Decheng, Managing Director, China Property
Dr Hong manages the Group’s property developments and management operations in China as Managing Director, of China Property. This includes strategic planning, development, sales and property management for the Group’s varied property holdings in Shenyang, Suzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqing and Shenzhen. Prior to joining Wearnes, Dr Hong worked with Atkins Consultants in China on business development and project management. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Tsinghua University, China, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore. |
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Leong Say Haur, Managing Director, O’Connor’s Holdings
Mr Leong is the Managing Director of O’Connor’s Holdings, a Wearnes subsidiary that provides systems integration services. He leads all strategic and business expansion strategies into new markets and fields and joint product development with selected partners. Mr Leong is a board member of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS). He has more than 20 years’ experience in the technology, transport and logistics industries. Mr Leong obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Finance from the University of Western Ontario, Canada. |
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Pang Tak Lim, Managing Director, MFS Technology Ltd
Mr Pang became the Managing Director of MFS Technology Ltd in 1995, after joining the company as the operations manager three years earlier. He has more than 30 years of experience in the electronics industry, out of which more than 25 years were spent in the PCB and related industry. Before joining Wearnes, Mr Pang worked at Motorola’s PCB operations and supervised the factory operations for Printed Circuits International. Mr Pang has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Pure Chemistry from the University of Singapore. |
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Reza Meshgin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (MFLEX)
Reza Meshgin is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Multi-Fineline Electronix, Inc. (MFLEX). He joined MFLEX in June 1989 and was the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2004 to March
2008. He assumed his current position in March 2008 and became a Director in April 2008. Previously, he had also assumed various engineering positions and was also the Telecommunications Division Manager at MFLEX. Mr Meshgin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Wichita State University and an MBA from University of California at Irvine. |
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Steven Ong, Managing Director, Trading
Mr Ong joined the Group in 1984 as an accountant. He was then the General Manager for Finance and Administration and the Company Secretary of Wearnes International (1994) Limited. In 2007, he was appointed Managing Director of the Group’s engineering and distribution businesses, which includes equipment and gas distribution, applied engineering and mining. Prior to joining Wearnes, he worked in Pricewaterhouse, Singapore as Audit Senior. Mr Ong has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia and is a member of CPA(Singapore) and a fellow of CPA(Australia). |
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