Mr Tay Eng Hoe was appointed the Non-Executive Chairman of the Group on 27 September 2010. He is the founder of ECS Holdings Limited and also the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer. Mr Tay has been a Director of the Group since 1 April 2001. He brings with him more than 28 years of experience in the IT industry. Mr Tay is also a Director and Vice Chairman of VST Holdings Limited, the parent company of ECS Holdings Limited. In August 2005, he was conferred the Public Service Medal by the President of the Republic of Singapore in recognition for his public service to the country. Mr Tay holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the LaTrobe University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Melbourne.

Mr Narong Intanate was appointed the Group Chief Executive Officer of ECS Holdings Limited and also to the Board of the ECS subsidiaries on 1 July 2010. He was formerly an Executive Director of the Company – an appointment on 15 December 2000. Mr Intanate is actively involved in the management of the subsidiaries and associate companies under the ECS Group and plays a pivotal role in steering the strategic direction of the Group. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of The Value Systems Co., Ltd., our subsidiary, since 1988. Mr Intanate is currently an advisor of the Hatyai University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from California State University. Prior to forming The Value Systems Co., Ltd., he was the Marketing Manager of Sahaviriya Infortech Computers Co., Ltd. from 1982 to 1983 and the Marketing Director of Sahaviriya OA from 1983 to 1988.

Mr Foo Sen Chin was appointed as a Director on 15 December 2000 and is concurrently the Advisor to Group Human Resources of the Company. He is also the Managing Director and founder of ECS ICT Berhad, our associate company which is listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. Mr Foo plays a pivotal role in steering the strategic direction of ECS ICT Berhad. His responsibilities include the development of its long term business goals, overall operation and administrative management of ECS ICT Berhad. Prior to joining our Group, he was the General Manager of a computer bureau services company in Kuala Lumpur before forming ECS KU Sdn Bhd (formerly known as K.U. Sistems Sdn Bhd) in 1985. Mr Foo is an advisor to the current Council of PIKOM, Association of Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK and he also holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom.

Mr Mao Xiangqian was appointed as Executive Director of the Company on 3 May 2010 and is also concurrently the Chief Executive Officer of ECS Technology (China) Limited, a principal subsidiary of ECS Holdings Limited. He has more than twenty years of experience in China’s ICT industry. Prior to joining the Group, Mr Mao served as the Senior Vice President of Digital China Holdings Limited, one of China’s leading ICT distributor, and was President of Digital China Technology Limited, which is the distribution business division of Digital China Holdings Limited. Prior to Digital China, Mr Mao spent ten years with the Lenovo Group. Mr Mao holds a Bachelor of
Science (Machine Building and Automation) degree and a Master of Science (Modal Analysis) from Tianjin University as well as an Executive MBA Degree from China Europe International Business School.

Mr Leong Horn Kee was appointed as an Independent Director on 15 December 2000, and currently serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Compensation Committees. He is currently the Chairman/CEO of CapitalCorp Partners Pte Ltd. Mr Leong was a Member of Parliament for 22 years. He has wide work experience in the public sector in the Ministries of Finance and Trade & Industry, and in the private sector in venture capital, merchant banking, corporate investments, hotels and property development. Mr Leong is currently Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Mexico and a member of the Securities Industry Council. He holds a degree (Honours) in Production Engineering from Loughborough University, UK; a degree (Honours) in Economics from the University of London, UK; a degree in Chinese Language and Literature from Beijing Normal University, China; an MBA degree from Insead, France, and a Master in Business Research from the University of Western Australia.

Mr Tan Hup Foi was appointed as an Independent Director on 7 February 2006, and currently serves as Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. He was the Chief Executive of Trans-Island Bus Services Ltd from 1994 to 2005 and also the Deputy President of SMRT Corporation Ltd from 2003 to 2005. Mr Tan is known internationally as the Honorary Vice President of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and Honorary Chairman of UITP Asia-Pacific Division. Mr Tan is the Chairman of Ngee Ann Polytechnic Council. He was awarded the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star) in 2008 and the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal) in 1996 by the President of Singapore. Mr Tan graduated from Monash University in Australia with a First Class Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1974 and he obtained a Master of Science (Industrial Engineering) degree from University of Singapore in 1979.

Mr Koh Soo Keong was appointed as an Independent Director on 11 February 2008, and currently serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees. Mr Koh was, until April 2007, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Toll Asia Pte Ltd, formerly SembCorp Logistics Ltd (SembLog) which was acquired by Toll in May 2006. Currently, he is the CEO of KS Distribution Pte Ltd. With over 20 years of experience in the logistics industry, he had helmed SembLog and its preceding companies since 1986. He is a board member of four other publicly listed companies and the Chairman of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), a Master of Business Administration and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Ong Wei Hiam
Non-Executive Director
 

Mr Ong Wei Hiam was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the Company on 3 May 2010. Mr Ong is the Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director of VST Holdings Limited, the parent company of ECS Holdings Limited. Mr Ong holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from University College London and a Master Degree in Analysis, Design & Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Prior to joining the VST Group, Mr Ong served in a senior position at PricewaterhouseCoopers and has extensive working experience in London and Hong Kong.