Mr Mak was appointed Executive Chairman on 15 July 2022. He was Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Intraco Limited from 29 April 2021.
+Mr Mak was made CEO of CIMB Bank Singapore and Country Head in 2008, where he focused on delivering greater synergy and value across the Singapore franchise. He held both roles until his retirement in December 2019. Mr. Mak was subsequently appointed as Advisor to the CEO of CIMB Group from Jan 2020 till his retirement in March 2021.
He is a Member of the Inaugural SGX Listings and Advisory Committee, and a Member of the Listing Committee for ADDX (ICHX Tech), a licensed digital securities exchange. In January 2021, he was appointed a governing board member of the Duke-NUS Medical School. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Boustead Singapore Limited, SC Global Developments Pte Ltd, and its listed Australian subsidiary, AVJennings Limited, in July 2021, May 2021 and October 2021 respectively.
Mr Mak has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. He started his career at Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) Limited and went on to hold various senior positions in the Corporate Finance divisions of Vickers Ballas & Co. Pte. Ltd., Ernst & Young, and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited. Prior to joining GK Goh Securities Pte Ltd, he was Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Advisory Department with DBS Bank Ltd.
He was Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Hwa Hong Corporation Limited. He also served as an independent Non-Executive Director of Boardroom Limited and Tat Hong Holdings until both of these SGX-listed companies were successfully privatised.
Mr Mak holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, USA and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering Degree (First Class Honours) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia.
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Mr Hoon is the Chief Operating Officer of Intraco Limited. Prior to this, he was an Independent Non-Executive Director of Intraco Limited and was the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
+He has a total experience of approximately 30 years in banking, finance and accounting. He started his career at one of the big 4 public accounting firms, as an auditor from 1992. From 1994, Mr Hoon joined the banking industry as an investment banker in various local and regional financial institutions where he was involved in numerous initial public offerings of Singapore and Chinese companies on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, equity and debt fund raising exercises from the capital markets as well as financial advisory on takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. During the period from 1998 to 1999, Mr Hoon was an investment manager in a venture capital firm in Singapore.
In 2012, he joined a listed leisure, entertainment and hospitality group in Singapore, leading its corporate development functions. In 2017, Mr Hoon joined a listed real estate, leisure and hospitality company in Hong Kong, heading its finance, corporate development and investors’ and media relations functions. He is currently an independent non-executive director of Yongmao Holdings Ltd and Tee International Limited, both listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, and Kinergy Corporation Ltd listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
Mr Hoon graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in May 1992. He has also completed an INSEAD Leadership Program from November 2010 to September 2011. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Mr Koit joined the Group in May 2022 as Group Financial Controller. He is responsible for the Group’s overall finance and accounting functions, including tax, treasury functions, statutory and regulatory compliance matters. Mr Koit has over 19 years of experience in the areas of financial and management accounting, taxation and including audit and assurance. Prior to joining the Group, he was the Group Financial Controller of a Singapore listed company for 9 years. Mr Koit has also cumulative 10 years with mid-sized audit firms, providing audit services to a broad range of clients including technology, manufacturing, trading, construction, shipping, as well as other private and public-listed companies. Mr Koit has obtained his professional accountancy qualification from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Geraldine joined Intraco Limited as a Group Senior HR Manager in 2022. She works closely with the leadership team to develop and implement HR programs and initiatives that support the company's growth and long-term objectives. She is committed to driving HR excellence and delivering results that directly impact the organisation’s success.
+She has more than 21 years of working experience in the Human Resource field. Prior to joining Intraco Limited, she was with CIMB Bank Berhad for the past 9 years as a Vice President, Human Resource where she specializes in developing and implementing performance management system.
Geraldine graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Oklahoma City University.
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Mr Lee Teng Chye is Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company’s principal wholly-owned subsidiaries, Intraco Trading Pte Ltd (“ITPL”) and Intrawave Pte Ltd (“Intrawave). He was Chief Operating Officer and Interim CEO of Intraco Limited.
+He has approximately three decades of sourcing, procurement and international trade experience in the petrochemicals and packaging sectors. He spent approximately 3 years with Chevron-Phillips prior to joining General Electric Co. (Plastics) (“GE”) where he spent 14 years rising up through various management positions to Sourcing Director for Southeast Asia and Australia. Throughout his stint with GE, he established the procurement function, developed production, sales and inventory optimisation models (to maximise margins) and delivered substantial cost savings from integrating new business acquisitions. As Pacific Sourcing Quality Leader in GE, he implemented procurement software solutions as well as automated the new global raw material introduction process.
Mr Lee was later appointed by Pact Group (the largest manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging products in Australia and New Zealand) to helm its Asia Pacific sourcing and procurement arm. In this role, Mr Lee was responsible for leading the growth strategy for Pact Group in Asia.
He also has vast management experience in leading large teams across Australasia in his roles at GE and Pact Group.
Mr Lee is a certified 6 Sigma Black Belt and is a recipient of a 6 Sigma Global Award at GE. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree (honours) in Economics and Law from the University of London.
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Mr Soh is the founder of K.A. Group, a business he started in 1987 after identifying the huge potential for specialised fire proofing products and solutions in Singapore’s burgeoning construction industry in the 1980s. Under his stewardship, K.A. Group is today one of the market leaders in niche building materials in Singapore.
+In September 2014, K.A. Group became a principal subsidiary of Intraco when the latter took a majority stake in the company.
Mr Soh is responsible for recommending its strategic direction as well as steering K.A. Group towards achieving its corporate objectives and goals. He continues to be responsible for product development.
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Ms Soh has been with K.A. Group since 2008. She is overall in charge of business development, including strategies to increase sales of the company’s proprietary and agency fire-proofing products and solutions. She is also responsible for establishing a strong customer base and maintaining the company’s market share in Singapore.
+In addition, Ms Soh oversees the day-to-day operations of the company and works closely with various regulatory agencies as well as suppliers.
Ms Soh majored in management at the University of London, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Management. She also holds a Master of Science (Wealth Management) from Singapore Management University.
Michael Tan is one of the co-founder of Taurus Point Capital Pte. Ltd. He has more than 25 years experience in the banking and financial industry having started his career in Malaysia with a regional bank. He was formerly the Co-Head of Wholesale Banking and Head of Treasury and Markets at CIMB Bank Bhd, Singapore branch.
+Michael obtained his Bachelor of Commerce from Deakin University, Australia and in 1996 and is has completed an INSEAD Leadership Program from April 2012 to April 2013.
Desmond is the Head of Supply Chain Solutions. He has a total experience of over 20 years in banking and financial industry. His experience in the industry has been on supply chain solutions in particular Structured Trade Finance. Some of the various roles he has undertaken in the industry includes being the Asia Pacific Head of Structured Trade and Commodity Finance in a European Bank from 2006 to 2010. He was also the Head of Trade Finance as well as Co-Head Transaction Banking in CIMB Bank Berhad, Singapore Branch.
+Desmond graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies (Financial Analysis) from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2000. He has also completed an INSEAD Leadership programme from 2018 to 2020.