Key Personnel
Management
Mr Ong Eng Keong
CEO
Mr Ong Eng Keong
CEO
Mr Ong Eng Keong started his career in corporate
banking with Citigroup, London in 2001. He moved to
BNP Paribas, London, where he traded Asian corporate
bonds from 2004 to 2009.
He moved back to Singapore with DZ Bank AG before joining Jefferies Singapore Limited to run the credit trading desk from 2010-2014. Mr Ong left the banking industry in 2016 to start his entrepreneur journey, running and advising multiple startups in the local startup space including Bondlinc Pte Ltd, Geko Life Pte Ltd and Crushmetric (SEA) Pte Ltd.
Mr Ong’s company responsibilities include exploring and advancing new business initiatives in the renewable energy space, as well as growing and scaling the existing trading business. Mr Ong was previously appointed as an alternate director to Dr Ong Hian Eng at Hwa Hong Corporation on 31st May 2021. On 25th April 2022, he was redesignated as a non-independent,non-executive director where he served till the company was successfully privatized on 1st August 2022.
Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree (Upper Second Class) from London School of Economics and Political Science and had on 21 October 2021 completed his LED (Listed Entity Director) programme organized by the Singapore Institute of Directors.
He moved back to Singapore with DZ Bank AG before joining Jefferies Singapore Limited to run the credit trading desk from 2010-2014. Mr Ong left the banking industry in 2016 to start his entrepreneur journey, running and advising multiple startups in the local startup space including Bondlinc Pte Ltd, Geko Life Pte Ltd and Crushmetric (SEA) Pte Ltd.
Mr Ong’s company responsibilities include exploring and advancing new business initiatives in the renewable energy space, as well as growing and scaling the existing trading business. Mr Ong was previously appointed as an alternate director to Dr Ong Hian Eng at Hwa Hong Corporation on 31st May 2021. On 25th April 2022, he was redesignated as a non-independent,non-executive director where he served till the company was successfully privatized on 1st August 2022.
Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree (Upper Second Class) from London School of Economics and Political Science and had on 21 October 2021 completed his LED (Listed Entity Director) programme organized by the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Mr Jaime Chiew
CRO
Mr Jaime Chiew
CRO
Mr Jaime Chiew joined the Group in 2014 as Chief
Risk Officer and is primarily responsible for overseeing
the Group’s risk management activities, forecasting/
budgeting and monitoring of key management
processes.
Mr Chiew started his career at Ernst & Young London in 1998 as an audit associate in Insurance/ Financial Services, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was promoted to manager within Ernst & Young London’s audit/regulatory advisory practice, a position he held until 2006. Between 2006 and 2014, he held various roles in Citibank Asia Pacific, primarily in financial control, planning and analysis.
Mr Chiew holds an Accounting and Finance degree (Honours) from University of Southampton, UK.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Mr Chiew started his career at Ernst & Young London in 1998 as an audit associate in Insurance/ Financial Services, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and was promoted to manager within Ernst & Young London’s audit/regulatory advisory practice, a position he held until 2006. Between 2006 and 2014, he held various roles in Citibank Asia Pacific, primarily in financial control, planning and analysis.
Mr Chiew holds an Accounting and Finance degree (Honours) from University of Southampton, UK.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Mr Chia Chin Hau
Head of Finance
Mr Chia Chin Hau
Head of Finance
Mr Chia Chin Hau joined the Group as Financial
Controller in 2008 and was appointed as Manager
(Special Projects) in 2012. He assists in the
implementation of risk management and internal
controls of the operations in the PRC.
Mr Chia Chin Hau was appointed Group Financial Controller with effect from 15 June 2020.
Mr Chia started his career as an audit assistant at Paul Chuah & Co in 1994. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as audit senior with Tay & Associates and Hals & Associates. In 2000, he joined Pembinaan Angkasan Holding Sdn Bhd as accountant. In 2002, he joined HHEO as a special project accountant and was seconded to the PRC subsidiaries of HHEO in the same year, including serving as Financial Controller to Mianzhu Norwest for the period from 2004 to 2008.
Mr Chia holds a Master of Economics from the Universiti Putra Malaysia
Mr Chia Chin Hau was appointed Group Financial Controller with effect from 15 June 2020.
Mr Chia started his career as an audit assistant at Paul Chuah & Co in 1994. Between 1995 and 2000, he served as audit senior with Tay & Associates and Hals & Associates. In 2000, he joined Pembinaan Angkasan Holding Sdn Bhd as accountant. In 2002, he joined HHEO as a special project accountant and was seconded to the PRC subsidiaries of HHEO in the same year, including serving as Financial Controller to Mianzhu Norwest for the period from 2004 to 2008.
Mr Chia holds a Master of Economics from the Universiti Putra Malaysia
Board of Directors
Mr Jeffrey Wong (Independent)
Board Chairman/Nominating Committee Chair
Mr Jeffrey Wong (Independent)
Board Chairman/Nominating Committee Chair
Mr. Wong Quee Quee, Jeffrey, is our Independent Director.
He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate transactional work covering the legal and investment banking aspects.
Mr.Wong is a Partner of Solitaire LLP. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive of Soochow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) Pte Ltd.(SCCM) and then a Senior Advisor of SCCM.
Before joining SCCM, he held various senior positions within the Religare Capital Markets group. Before Religare Capital Markets, Mr. Wong worked at UBS AG and Allen & Gledhill LLP.
Mr. Wong was awarded Singapore In-house Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Legal Business South-East Asia Law Awards 2009 and was a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee in the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (now known as the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants) for the 2009/2010 term.
Mr. Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and is admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court and a solicitor of Supreme Court of England and Wales. He was also previously a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser, Institute of Valuers and Appraisers Singapore.
He has more than 20 years of experience in corporate transactional work covering the legal and investment banking aspects.
Mr.Wong is a Partner of Solitaire LLP. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive of Soochow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) Pte Ltd.(SCCM) and then a Senior Advisor of SCCM.
Before joining SCCM, he held various senior positions within the Religare Capital Markets group. Before Religare Capital Markets, Mr. Wong worked at UBS AG and Allen & Gledhill LLP.
Mr. Wong was awarded Singapore In-house Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Legal Business South-East Asia Law Awards 2009 and was a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee in the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (now known as the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants) for the 2009/2010 term.
Mr. Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore and is admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court and a solicitor of Supreme Court of England and Wales. He was also previously a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser, Institute of Valuers and Appraisers Singapore.
Mr Lu King Seng (Independent)
Audit Committee Chair
Mr Lu King Seng (Independent)
Audit Committee Chair
Mr. Lu King Seng brings over 26 years of extensive commercial and audit experience, having worked in London, Singapore, and Malaysia with leading firms such as Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and KPMG. Throughout his career, Mr. Lu has led numerous audit engagements, providing expertise in areas such as initial public offerings (IPOs), due diligence reviews for mergers and acquisitions, and other key financial matters.
Mr. Lu was appointed as Business Development Director of Geo Energy Resources Limited in June 2024. He is responsible for driving the company’s business development efforts, with a focus on establishing new external partnerships and strengthening the company’s existing relationships with both external partners and business units within the Geo Group. Currently, Mr. Lu is also the Director of Orion Business Advisory Pte Ltd. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at SinCo Technologies Pte Ltd and SinCo Group Holdings Pte Ltd, where he oversaw a wide range of functions, including accounting, treasury, legal, and finance. His leadership was instrumental in the companies' group restructurings and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Lu is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr. Lu completed his professional qualification with ACCA in 1995, having graduated from Emile Woolf College, London.
Mr. Lu was appointed as Business Development Director of Geo Energy Resources Limited in June 2024. He is responsible for driving the company’s business development efforts, with a focus on establishing new external partnerships and strengthening the company’s existing relationships with both external partners and business units within the Geo Group. Currently, Mr. Lu is also the Director of Orion Business Advisory Pte Ltd. Previously, he served as the Chief Financial Officer at SinCo Technologies Pte Ltd and SinCo Group Holdings Pte Ltd, where he oversaw a wide range of functions, including accounting, treasury, legal, and finance. His leadership was instrumental in the companies' group restructurings and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Lu is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA). He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr. Lu completed his professional qualification with ACCA in 1995, having graduated from Emile Woolf College, London.
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Mr James Wong (Independent)
TBC
Mr Goh Yeow Tin (Non-Executive)
Mr Goh Yeow Tin was appointed a Director and the
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating
Committees on 22 August 2013. He is also a member
of the Audit Committee. He was last re-elected on 27
April 2022. Mr Goh was appointed as the Chairman of
the Board on 3 May 2019.
Mr Goh began his career with the Economic Development Board (“EDB”) where he headed the Local Industries Unit and was subsequently appointed a Director of EDB’s Automation Applications Centre between 1986 and 1988. He served as Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Association (now known as the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation) from 1983 to 1984. In 1988, Mr Goh joined Tonhow Industries Limited (now known as Asiamedic Limited), and served as its Deputy Managing Director until 1990. In 1989, he founded, and served as general manager of, International Franchise Pte Ltd until 1991. Between 1990 and 2000, Mr Goh served as the Vice-President of Times Publishing Limited. From 2001 to 2011, he was the CEO of Sino-Sing Center Pte. Ltd..
He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Seacare Foundation Pte Ltd, and an Independent Director of Taka Jewellery Holdings Limited (formerly known as TLV Holdings Limited) and KTMG Limited (formerly known as Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd). His past directorship of public listed companies in Singapore include Sheng Siong Group Limited, Singapore Post Limited, Vicom Ltd and OEL (Holdings) Limited.
Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Singapore (now known as the National University of Singapore) and a Masters’ Degree in Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology. In 2015, Mr Goh was awarded the Public Service Star (Bar) and was appointed a Justice of Peace by the President of the Republic of Singapore. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors
Mr Goh began his career with the Economic Development Board (“EDB”) where he headed the Local Industries Unit and was subsequently appointed a Director of EDB’s Automation Applications Centre between 1986 and 1988. He served as Deputy Executive Director of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Association (now known as the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation) from 1983 to 1984. In 1988, Mr Goh joined Tonhow Industries Limited (now known as Asiamedic Limited), and served as its Deputy Managing Director until 1990. In 1989, he founded, and served as general manager of, International Franchise Pte Ltd until 1991. Between 1990 and 2000, Mr Goh served as the Vice-President of Times Publishing Limited. From 2001 to 2011, he was the CEO of Sino-Sing Center Pte. Ltd..
He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Seacare Foundation Pte Ltd, and an Independent Director of Taka Jewellery Holdings Limited (formerly known as TLV Holdings Limited) and KTMG Limited (formerly known as Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd). His past directorship of public listed companies in Singapore include Sheng Siong Group Limited, Singapore Post Limited, Vicom Ltd and OEL (Holdings) Limited.
Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Singapore (now known as the National University of Singapore) and a Masters’ Degree in Engineering and Management from the Asian Institute of Technology. In 2015, Mr Goh was awarded the Public Service Star (Bar) and was appointed a Justice of Peace by the President of the Republic of Singapore. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors
Mr Ong Eng Keong (Non-Independent)
Mr Ong Eng Keong started his career in corporate
banking with Citigroup, London in 2001. He moved to
BNP Paribas, London, where he traded Asian corporate
bonds from 2004 to 2009.
He moved back to Singapore with DZ Bank AG before joining Jefferies Singapore Limited to run the credit trading desk from 2010-2014. Mr Ong left the banking industry in 2016 to start his entrepreneur journey, running and advising multiple startups in the local startup space including Bondlinc Pte Ltd, Geko Life Pte Ltd and Crushmetric (SEA) Pte Ltd.
Mr Ong’s company responsibilities include exploring and advancing new business initiatives in the renewable energy space, as well as growing and scaling the existing trading business. Mr Ong was previously appointed as an alternate director to Dr Ong Hian Eng at Hwa Hong Corporation on 31st May 2021. On 25th April 2022, he was redesignated as a non-independent,non-executive director where he served till the company was successfully privatized on 1st August 2022.
Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree (Upper Second Class) from London School of Economics and Political Science and had on 21 October 2021 completed his LED (Listed Entity Director) programme organized by the Singapore Institute of Directors.
He moved back to Singapore with DZ Bank AG before joining Jefferies Singapore Limited to run the credit trading desk from 2010-2014. Mr Ong left the banking industry in 2016 to start his entrepreneur journey, running and advising multiple startups in the local startup space including Bondlinc Pte Ltd, Geko Life Pte Ltd and Crushmetric (SEA) Pte Ltd.
Mr Ong’s company responsibilities include exploring and advancing new business initiatives in the renewable energy space, as well as growing and scaling the existing trading business. Mr Ong was previously appointed as an alternate director to Dr Ong Hian Eng at Hwa Hong Corporation on 31st May 2021. On 25th April 2022, he was redesignated as a non-independent,non-executive director where he served till the company was successfully privatized on 1st August 2022.
Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree (Upper Second Class) from London School of Economics and Political Science and had on 21 October 2021 completed his LED (Listed Entity Director) programme organized by the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Mr Simon Ong (Non-Executive, Non-Independent)
Mr Simon Ong has been an Executive Director since
1 October 2012 to 30 June 2019. He is re-designated
as non executive director from 1 July 2019. He was last
re-elected on 29 April 2023. He is a member of the Audit
and Remuneration Committees. He has been serving
as a Director of Mianzhu Norwest since January 2010.
Mr Ong started his career as an audit assistant at KPMG Peat Marwick in 1991 and was subsequently promoted to audit senior, audit supervisor and audit manager in 1992, 1994 and 1996, respectively. Between 1996 and 1999, he served as director of corporate and financial planning in King George Development Corporation. Between 2000 and 2002, he worked at KPMG as an audit manager.
He was later appointed as group finance manager of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited in 2002 and promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2004, a position he held till July 2012.
Mr Ong is currently Chief Financial Officer of Rich Capital Holdings Limited. He is also an independent director and Audit Committee Chairman of RF Acquisition Corp, a blank check company listed on NASDAQ.
Mr Ong studied accountancy at North East London Polytechnic (now known as University of East London) and qualified as a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also a Chartered Accountant, non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a member of Certified Practising Accountant, Australia
Mr Ong started his career as an audit assistant at KPMG Peat Marwick in 1991 and was subsequently promoted to audit senior, audit supervisor and audit manager in 1992, 1994 and 1996, respectively. Between 1996 and 1999, he served as director of corporate and financial planning in King George Development Corporation. Between 2000 and 2002, he worked at KPMG as an audit manager.
He was later appointed as group finance manager of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited in 2002 and promoted to Chief Financial Officer in 2004, a position he held till July 2012.
Mr Ong is currently Chief Financial Officer of Rich Capital Holdings Limited. He is also an independent director and Audit Committee Chairman of RF Acquisition Corp, a blank check company listed on NASDAQ.
Mr Ong studied accountancy at North East London Polytechnic (now known as University of East London) and qualified as a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also a Chartered Accountant, non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a member of Certified Practising Accountant, Australia