Board of Directors

As Chairman and CEO, Mr Johnny Soon oversees our day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives. He was appointed to our Board on 26 September 2007.

From February 1991 to November 1996, Mr Soon was a partner in Jie Tong Engineering Works, serving customers like Keppel Shipyard in its piping business. Since November 1996, he has been a director of Jie Tong Engineering Pte Ltd, a company incorporated to continue the growing piping business started by Jie Tong Engineering Works.

Together with the other Founder Directors, he continued to run the business of Jie Tong Engineering Pte Ltd until the piping business of Jie Tong Engineering Pte Ltd was effectively transferred to Heatec (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd, which was renamed as Heatec Jietong.

From February 2002 to December 2005, he was a director in Transec Technologies Pte. Ltd., a consultancy services and engineering firm. From December 2002 to December 2005, he was a director in Lifeboat Services Private Limited, a company involved in the business of marine surveying services.

Mr. Jimmy Yong is our Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 26 September 2007. He is in charge of all aspects of our company’s piping and steelwork operations at Keppel Tuas Shipyard.

Mr. Yong Yeow Sin is our Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 26 September 2007. He is in charge of all aspects of our company’s piping and steelwork operations at Keppel Gul, Keppel Benoi, and ST Shipyards.

Mr. Richard Ong is our Non-Executive Director and was appointed to our Board on 22 June 2009. He is a member of our Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee. He is currently the group financial controller of Higson International Pte Ltd and director of Appleton Global Private Limited.

Mr. Seah Kian Peng is our Lead Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 22 June 2009. He chairs our Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee, and is a member of our Audit Committee. He is currently the Managing Director (Group Business) of NTUC Fairprice Co-operative Limited, and a Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC. He is also the Chairman of the Singapore National Co-operatives Federation.

Mr. Phillip Lee is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 22 June 2009. He is a member of our Audit Committee and Nomination Committee. He is currently the managing director of Phillip Lee Management Consultants Pte Ltd. He is also an independent director of a trustee-manager company for a business trust, a public trust company, five companies listed on the SGX-ST, as well as three companies listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange.

Mr. Michael Seow is our Independent Director and was appointed to our Board on 22 June 2009. He chairs our Audit Committee and is a member of our Remuneration Committee. He is currently the Associate Director at Engelin Teh Practice LLC, and has more than twenty years of experience in the areas of conveyancing and property law, landlord and tenant law as well as general corporate and commercial work.