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Mr Yeo was appointed as the Lead independent Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company on 1 May 2024.
Mr Yeo has more than 40 years of public sector experience, having held various leadership and senior roles that included Executive Chairman of the Economic Development Board; Executive Chairman of A*Star (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); Special Advisor for Economic Development (Prime Minister’s Office); and Chairman of SPRING (Standards, Productivity and Innovation for Growth) Singapore. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1974; the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1982; the Meritorious Service Medal in 1991; and the Order of Nila Utama (First Class), Singapore’s most prestigious National Day award, in 2006. He was also the recipient of the Indonesian Government’s highest civilian honour, the Bintang Jana Tama (the First Class Order of Service Award) in 1994 in recognition of his role in fostering good bilateral ties between Indonesia and Singapore; the Government of Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star in 2007; and the Distinguished Service (Star) award from the Singapore Labour Movement, National Trades Union Congress, in 2008.
Mr Yeo is currently Chairman of Economic Development Innovations Singapore Pte. Ltd., a company which provides strategic advice and undertakes the development of integrated industrial and urban solutions; Accuron Technologies Limited, a Singapore-based precision engineering and technology company; and Advanced MedTech Holdings, a global medical technology leader in urology devices and services. Mr Yeo is also an Independent Director of Sunway Berhad, City Developments Limited and QAF Limited, which are listed on Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) respectively.
Mr Yeo holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial Engineering) and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada; an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) from the University of Singapore; and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, USA; an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Imperial College, London; an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from National University of Singapore; an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Monash University of Australia; and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nanyang Technological University. He is also an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, London.
Mr Wakeford is a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk and the Head of Indofood Group’s Investor Relations Division. He is concurrently the President Director of PT SIMP, PT Lajuperdana Indah and CMAA. He started his career with Kingston Smith & Co, a Chartered Accounting firm in London, England.
Mr Wakeford has been in the plantation industry since 1993, working with plantation companies in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Soloman Islands and Thailand. He started his plantation career in Indonesia as the Finance Director of Lonsum in 1993, before moving to Papua New Guinea as the CFO of Pacific Rim Plantations Limited (PRPOL) from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, Mr Wakeford became CEO and Executive Director of PRPOL. PRPOL was sold to Cargill in 2005, Mr Wakeford spent one year with Cargill, before joining the Company in January 2007. He became CEO of the Company in August 2007.
Mr Wakeford was trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, England. He also attended the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School.
Mr Tjang is a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, where he heads the Plantation Division. He is concurrently a Commissioner of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, Vice President Director of PT SIMP and President Commissioner of Lonsum. He started his career in 1984 with Drs. Hans Kartikahadi & Co., a public accounting firm in Jakarta. Before assuming the role of CFO in the Plantations Division of the Indofood Group, he has held various management positions in the Plantations Division of the Indofood Group and Salim Plantations Group.
Mr Tjang has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Tarumanagara, Jakarta, a Bachelor’s degree in Management and a Master of Science degree in Administration & Business Policy from the University of Indonesia. He is a registered accountant in Indonesia.
Mr Suriady is a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, where he heads the Snack Foods Division. He concurrently serves as a Director of PT SIMP. He began his career with an automotive battery distributor, PT Menara Alam Teknik of Astra Group and moved on to join consumer goods manufacturer, Konica Film and Paper.
Mr Suriady has a Master of Business Administration from De Montfort University in the United Kingdom.
Mr Tan was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 1 May 2024.
Mr Tan is currently the Director of Digital Solutions at the Prysmian Group in Asia. He has over 25 years of senior managerial, sales and business development experience in the Asia Pacific region from his previous roles at CommScope Solutions, Hewlett Packard in Singapore; PCCW Global in Hong Kong; and at AT&T Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent, Inc.
Mr Tan holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of South Australia and a Bachelor of Commerce from Flinders University, Australia.
Mr Sungkoro was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 1 May 2024.
As a former Assurance Partner with both Arthur Andersen and Purwantono, Sungkoro & Surja, Mr Sungkoro brings over 35 years of experience in assurance and accounting services. His expertise includes the conduct of due diligence and provision of capital market services to major multinational corporations, state-owned enterprises, and private and listed companies in various industries.
Mr Sungkoro is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) of the Indonesian Institute of Public Accountants; a Chartered Accountant of the Indonesian Institute of Accountants and ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountants; and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia & New Zealand. He served on several committees within the Indonesian Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and was also a member of the Capital Market Accountants Forum. He lectures in a private university in Jakarta, and speaks in accounting and auditing seminars.
Mr Sungkoro holds a Doctorandus in Accountancy degree from the University of Trisakti, Jakarta, and a Master of Accounting degree from the University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Mr Tjhie is a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, where he supervises all financial operations and heads the Corporate Secretary Division. He is concurrently a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk and the President Commissioner of PT SIMP. He was previously a Director of Lonsum, Commissioner of PT SIMP and PT Indomiwon Citra Inti, as well as Senior Executive of PT Kitadin Coal Mining.
Mr Tjhie has a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Perbanas Banking Institute in Jakarta.
Mr Axton Salim is a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk. He is also a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, where he heads the Dairy Division. He is concurrently a Commissioner of PT SIMP and Lonsum, and Non-Executive Director of Gallant Venture Ltd and First Pacific Company Limited. He started his career in the Indofood Group as a Brand Manager for PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur before being appointed Assistant CEO of Indofood.
He co-chairs of the United Nations Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement Business Network Advisory Group and is a Coordinator of the SUN Business Network Indonesia. He is also an Advisory Board Member of the Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University, and a recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder in 2021 for his sustained commitment, support and exceptional services to the campus and the community.
Mr Salim has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado, USA.
Mr Goh is an Independent Director of HL Global Enterprises Limited.
He started his career as an audit trainee with Goldblatt & Co (UK). He joined American International Assurance Pte Ltd in 1981 as an Accounting Supervisor. In 1982, he became a Regional Internal Auditor with Mobil Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and rose to the position of Regional Credit and Insurance Manager in 1987. In 1990, he was seconded to Mobil Petrochemicals International Ltd where he served as Regional Accounting Manager and later, as the Controller of the Asia Pacific region till 2000. Mr Goh was the Regional Vice President & Controller as well as an Executive Director of John Hancock International Pte Ltd from 2000 to 2004. He was a Consultant at the National University of Singapore’s Centre For The Arts from 2005 to 2018. He was also an Independent Director of China Minzhong Food Corporation Limited from 2013 to 2017 and AsiaMedic Limited from 2006 to 2021.
Mr Goh has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accounting and Economics from Middlesex University, United Kingdom.
