Board of Directors

Dr Leong joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman in July 2018. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominating Committees. He has over 38 years of experience in both the public sector in economic planning, trade and investments, and in the private sector in corporate finance, venture capital, merchant banking, hotels, property development and management. He served as a Member of Parliament for 22 years from 1984 to 2006. Currently, he serves as Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to Argentina from 2021.

Dr Leong 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, a Master of Business Administration degree from INSEAD, France as well as a Master in Business Research and a Doctorate in Business Administration from University of Western Australia.

Mr See joined the Board as an Independent Director in November 2005. He was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in August 2006. Mr See sits on the Nominating and Risk Management Committees.

He graduated with Bachelor degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore in 1981. Mr See worked in London from 1981 to 1985, during which he qualified as a Chartered Accountant (England and Wales) in 1985.

Mr See has more than 40 years of working experience at senior management level in various industries and has held such positions as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director and Deputy Group Managing Director for both listed and non-listed entities in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China and Australia.

Mr Koo joined the Board as an Executive Director in August 2023. As an Executive Director, Mr Koo will work closely with the Group Chief Executive Officer on corporate development and strategic planning of the Group.

Mr Koo has been with the Group since 1996. He joined the Group as Senior Project Engineer and rose through the ranks of the Group. Mr Koo is also holding the appointments of the Deputy Group CEO (since May 2022), Group COO (since June 2016) and CSO (since August 2021). As the Deputy Group CEO, Group COO and CSO, Mr Koo will be responsible for marketing, operational and sustainability matters of the Group.

Mr Koo has more than 31 years of management experience in foundation engineering industry in both Singapore and regional market. He also has experience in property development in Malaysia, United Kingdom and Singapore. He was a former Council Member of Singapore Contractor Association (SCAL). He holds a Bachelor degree (Hons) in Engineering (Civil & Structural) from the University of Sheffield, England.

Mr Ong joined the Board as an Independent Director in July 2018. He chairs the Audit and Risk Management Committees and is also a member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr Ong has over 43 years of experience in finance, accounting and administration. Mr Ong was Audit Committee Chairman for several SGX listed companies in manufacturing, trading and service industries since 2003 and also sat on their Nominating and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) (Honours) degree in 1975 from the former Nanyang University, Singapore. He is also a lifetime fellow member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and Senior Accredited Director, a lifetime member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Dr Lai joined the Board as an Independent Director in August 2024. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee, Risk Management Committee and Nominating Committee. Currently, he is also an Independent Director of 17LIVE Group Limited (formerly known as Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd), as well as Director of some private limited Singapore companies.

Dr Lai holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Industrial Chemistry and a PhD from the Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom.

Dr Lai has more than 31 years of working experience at senior management level in various industries. He was the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of PSB Academy Pte Ltd and PSB Technologies Pte Ltd and Deputy CEO of TUV SUD PSB Corporation and PSB Corporation.

Mr Ng joined the Board as a Non- Executive Director in September 2002 for 13 years. Mr Ng re-joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director in August 2021. He is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Ng graduated from Loughborough University of Technology, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in 1976. In the same year, he started his career in Jurong Town Corporation as a Civil Engineer. In 1979, Mr Ng joined Tat Hong and was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in 1991. Under his stewardship, Tat Hong Group grew into one of the largest crane rental companies in the world. With more than 40 years of experience in the heavy equipment and plant hiring business, Mr Ng bears overall responsibility for Tat Hong Group as well as strategy formulation, corporate planning, business development and potential acquisitions. He also oversees Tat Hong Group’s business operations in Australia, the tower crane rental business in China as well as Tat Hong Group’s investment business.