ABOUT SWIBER INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS INVESTORS MEDIA HUB CAREERS CONTACT US SITEMAP About Swiber Leadership Board of Directors Management Team Board of Directors RAYMOND KIM GOH Executive Chairman Chairman, Executive Committee Date of Appointment: November 12, 2004 Last Re-elected: April 29, 2011 Mr. Raymond Goh is an industry veteran with close to two decades of experience in the offshore oil and gas industry. As Founder and Executive Chairman of the Swiber Group, Mr Raymond Goh is the key figure in leading Swiber's overall business, operations and marketing activities globally. In his role, Mr Goh sets the long-term growth strategy of the Swiber Group and spearheads growth initiatives to expand the Swiber Group's resources, develop new markets, and invest in new vessel designs and technology. Mr Goh is also active in grassroot community activities. He serves as a patron of the Punggol North Citizen's Consultative Committee. He also serves as Chairman of the School Advisory Board (SAC) for Westwood Primary School. Mr Goh is currently also the Non-Executive Chairman of Vallianz Holdings Limited. Mr Goh graduated from Murdoch University in Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree. FRANCIS WONG Executive Director and Group CEO Chairman, Executive Committee Date of Appointment: November 29, 2005 Last Re-elected: April 19, 2013 Mr. Francis Wong joined Swiber in 2005 and was appointed to the Board in November 2005. As Swiber's Group CEO and President, Mr Wong has been charting Swiber's corporate and strategic directions as well as steering its operations. With his strong financial background, Mr Wong has put in place strong financial controls for the Group to support its rapid expansion regionally and globally, and into new business operations. Active in his professional field, Mr Wong is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and a fellow certified practicing accountant of CPA Australia. He is also a chartered accountant certified by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Australia's Deakin University in 1988 and a Master of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Auckland in 1990. JEAN PERS Executive Director, President and CEO, Engineering Date of Appointment: November 29, 2005 Last Re-elected: April 18, 2012 Mr. Jean Pers joined Swiber in 2002 to develop the offshore EPIC business, and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2005. Mr Pers is currently the President and CEO of PAPE Engineering Services. He brings to Swiber over 35 illustrious years of engineering and operational experience in the offshore EPIC business. Prior to his career at Swiber, Mr Pers was head of the Marine Department at IKL Indonesia and advisor to Voies Navigables de France and the Navigation Authority, which controls most of French navigable rivers and canals. Mr Pers graduated from Ecole Nationale Ingenieurs in France in 1974 with a Diploma in Engineering. Mr Pers has also been a member of CNEDIES, Centre National des Experts since 1988, an organisation that provides expertise to analyse the causes of industrial accidents. NITISH GUPTA Executive Director and CEO, Offshore Construction Date of Appointment: March 19, 2009 Last Re-elected: April 18, 2012 Mr. Nitish Gupta joined Swiber in 2006 as the Executive Vice President of the Offshore Construction Services Division and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the unit in 2008. In March 2009, he was appointed to the Board of Directors. Having worked for a number of established offshore oil and gas construction companies since 1992, Mr Gupta has extensive industry experience working in various countries and regions around the world. Mr Gupta graduated from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University in India with a Bachelor in Civil Engineering (Honours). LEONARD TAY Executive Director and Group CFO Date of Appointment: May 14, 2013 Mr Leonard Tay was an Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chairman on the Board of Swiber back in 2006 until 2009 and later on took on the role of Vice President and Group CFO in 2009. In 2013, Mr Tay was appointed as Executive Director. With over two decades of financial management experience under his belt, Mr Tay is deeply involved in the strategic planning and management of the Group's financial directives and fiscal policies. Prior to his appointment to the Swiber Board in 2006, Mr Tay was an Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Altitude Trust Management Pte. Ltd., the trustee manager of Altitude Aircraft Leasing Trust. He has also spent nine years in public accounting with the Big Four accounting firms. Mr Tay holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from Monash University and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, CPA Australia and the Singapore Institute of Directors. DARREN YEO Non-Executive Director Date of Appointment: November 12, 2004 Last Re-elected: April 19, 2013 Mr. Darren Yeo was the Executive Director of Swiber since 2004 and had been re-designated as Non- Executive Director of Swiber with effect from December 1, 2012. He was appointed as Executive Director and CEO of Vallianz Holdings Limited on December 1, 2012. Mr Yeo brings with him over 20 years of industry experience under his belt. Mr Yeo graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and also holds a diploma in Marketing from the Singapore Institute of Management. YEO JEU NAM Lead Independent Non-Executive Director Chairman, Audit Committee Chairman, Remuneration Committee Date of Appointment: September 29, 2006 Last Re-elected: April 29, 2011 Mr. Yeo Jeu Nam was appointed to the Board of Directors of Swiber in 2006. He also sits on the board of Vallianz Holdings Limited and Frencken Group Limited as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He has more than 30 years of consultancy experience. Before founding Radiance Consulting Pte. Ltd., of which Mr Yeo is currently its Managing Director, he was a Senior Consulting Partner with Ernst & Young Consultants where he headed the Strategy and Transformation practice as well as the HR Consulting practice for more than 12 years. He was also previously a Director at PwC Consulting where he headed their Public Sector Consulting practice. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Class ll Upper, Honours). Mr Yeo is also an alumnus of INSEAD. OON THIAN SENG Independent Non-Executive Director Chairman, Nominating Committee Date of Appointment: September 29, 2006 Last Re-elected: April 18, 2012 Mr. Oon Thian Seng is an advocate and solicitor, being one of the founding partners of TS Oon & Bazul, Singapore and sole proprietor of Oon & Partners LLP, Malaysia. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Swiber in 2006. Mr Oon holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Warwick and a Master of Laws from the London School of Economics, University of London in England. Mr Oon was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1991 and as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1993 and the High Court of Malaya in 2001. CHIA FOOK ENG Independent Non-Executive Director Date of Appointment: June 17, 2009 Last Re-elected: April 19, 2013 Mr. Chia Fook Eng brings to Swiber more than four decades of management experience in the marine and the oil and gas industry. He comes from a strong marine engineering background and has worked at established engineering and construction companies in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. He was appointed as an Independent Director on Swiber's Board of Directors in 2009. Prior to his appointment, Mr Chia served as an Advisor to Swiber's Board of Directors on matters relating to the Group's business. Mr Chia holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University and a Diploma in Management Studies from Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. 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