Board of Directors
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JUMBO GROUP LIMITED
Mr. Richard Tan Kheng Swee
was appointed our Independent Director on 22 October
2015. He has more than 11 years of experience in legal practice as a corporate lawyer and
is currently a partner at Chris Chong & CT Ho Partnership, a Singapore law firm. His practice
includes advising and representing companies in a wide range of commercial transactions
such as asset acquisitions, initial public offerings and other fund raising exercises, mergers
and acquisitions, corporate advisory and compliance involving both listed and private
companies. Prior to Mr. Tan’s current appointment, he previously practised in a mid-sized
Singapore Law Practice as well as a mid-sized law firm in Victoria, Australia, where he
advised on a range of matters in relation to corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions,
cross-border refinancing and intellectual property.
Mr. Tan currently serves as an Independent Director of Mirach Energy Limited and, Dapai
International Holdings Co., Limited, which are companies listed on the Main Board of the
SGX-ST.
Mr. Tan obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore in
2003, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in
2000. He is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and a Barrister &
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia.
Dr. Lim Boh Soon
was appointed our Independent Director on 22 October 2015. He has
more than 25 years of experience in the banking and finance industry in Asia. Dr. Lim is
currently a Director of Arise Asset Management Pte. Ltd. and Isoquant Sdn Bhd. Prior to
that, Dr. Lim was the first non- Muslim CEO of Kuwait Finance House (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
from 2007 to 2009, and the first foreign CEO of Vietcombank Fund Management Company
in Vietnam from 2005 to 2007. He was a Group Corporate Director of Autron Corporation
Limited from 2002 to 2006 (concurrently when he was CEO of Vietcombank Fund
Management Company). From 1996 to 1999, he served in various senior management
positions with UBS AG, including as a Partner, co-heading UBS Capital Asia Pacific (S)
Limited. Dr. Lim currently serves as an Independent Director of CSE Global Limited and
Auric Pacific Group Limited, which are companies listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST,
as well as AcrossAsia Limited and SMTrack Berhad, which are companies listed on the
Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia respectively.
Dr. Lim obtained a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours and a Doctor of Philosophy
in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom, in 1981 and
1985 respectively. He also received a Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management from
the Singapore Institute of Management, and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered
Institute of Management, United Kingdom, in 1991. Dr. Lim is a Fellow of the Singapore
Institute of Directors.
