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Dr Ho Tat Kin
Executive Chairman
Dr Ho Tat Kin is a management consultant, specialising in the education business, digital media technology and business ventures. He brings with him more than 29 years of experience in management and information technology. Over the years, Dr Ho has served as Director of various companies listed on the main boards of Singapore and Hong Kong. At present, he is Executive Chairman of Rowsley Ltd., a corporation listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. He was Non-Executive Director of Eagle Brand Holdings Ltd, also listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange, until his resignation with effect from 16 August 2007. He is also serving as Director in several other private limited companies in Singapore.
Dr Ho has had a successful career in the public sector, having served in the Ministry of Education, Singapore Economic Development Board and finally leading the Japan-Singapore Institution of Software Technology as its Director until 1997, when he left to join the private sector. He was an elected Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2001 and was concurrently a Town Council Chairman from 1988 to 1999. Dr Ho was the Chairman of the Japan-Singapore Parliamentary Friendship Group from 1997 to 2001.
Dr Ho Tat Kin holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Singapore, a Japan International Co-operation Agency (Postgraduate) Certificate (Teacher on Computer Science) completed at Tokyo University, a Master of Science (Technological Economics) and a Doctor of Philosophy (Management Science) from the University of Stirling, Scotland.
Mr Quek Kai Hoo
Executive Director
Mr Quek Kai Hoo has extensive experience in private equity, mergers & acquisition ("M&A") and operations management. He evaluated and carried out direct investments and fund-of-fund investments with Rothschild Ventures, Temasek Holdings, HRJ Capital and Kestrel Capital Partners. While with these investment companies, he recommended and invested significant investment amounts into companies and funds.
He also led the M&A activities and was a General Manager at Unisteel Technology Ltd, a company that was listed on Singapore Exchange and later bought out by private equity firm KKR. The M&A activities involve the evaluation and purchase into three industrial companies in Singapore and China, and the post-acquisition integration of these companies. While at Unisteel, he was the General Manager of a surface treatment subsidiary company and later on a optical solutions subsidiary company, and implemented operational improvements and restructuring to enhance the revenues and profits for these companies.
Besides working in Singapore, Mr Quek also has China-related experience first in Unisteel where he led the acquisition into a Wuxi-based surface treatment business and a Suzhou-based metal stamping business, and then as the General Manager of Valen Technologies overseeing its Suzhou operations. He was also based in Shanghai for two years as the Chief Rep of HRJ Capital’s representative office there. He managed the firm’s fund investment program there and initiated its co-investment program in China, resulting in the investment into a solar module company, a camera module company and a outdoor advertising company.
Mr Quek started his career with Economic Development Board with a EDB-Glaxo scholarship. He graduated from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering. Mr Quek is a CFA charterholder.
Mr Han Tsi Fung
Company Secretary
Acting Chief Financial Officer
Mr Han Tsi Fung has held senior positions in diverse industries ranging from supertanker repair, chemical manufacturing and oil refining businesses to lottery and sports gaming operations. He has more than 30 years of experience and has engaged in strategic planning & business development, corporate management & governance, financial management, internal controls & risk management, manpower planning & growth and corporate communications.
Mr Han served as CEO of Singapore Pools Pte Ltd for 16 years until his retirement in 2002. He has also spearheaded lottery system designs and project implementations in other parts of Asia.
Mr Han was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Rowsley Ltd. in August 2005. He relinquished the function of Chief Financial Officer in July 2007 and remains as Company Secretary of the Group.
Mr Han Tsi Fung holds a degree in Accountancy from the University of Singapore, and is currently a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.
Mr Lim Chun Hong
Group Admin and Human Resource Manager
Mr Lim Chun Hong has a wealth of experience accumulated from a diverse background of education, training and industry exposure. With a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University, Mr Lim started his career as a Computer Systems Analyst with American Management Systems Inc., a management and technology consultancy company based out of Fairfax, Virginia, with businesses in North America, Europe and some parts of Asia. In his 2.5 years with AMS, Mr Lim worked with major telecommunications clients on both coasts of the USA, and represented the company as the subject matter expert in Enterprise Application Integration and Middleware solutions.
Since returning to Singapore in late-2000, Mr Lim has been a Business Re-engineering Consultant for 1.5 years, a Financial Services Adviser at Prudential for 1.25 years, a Lecturer at Singapore Polytechnic for 5 years. Mr Lim has also helped to develop several joint degree programs between American and Chinese Colleges in China, consulted on a freelance basis in information technology solutions, and continually instructs inline skating to small and big groups.
Mr Lim served as the Business Development Manager at Rowsley Ltd. for 2 years and has been re-appointed as the Group Admin and Human Resource Manager with effect from 10-August-2010.
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