ABOUT SWIBER INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS INVESTORS MEDIA HUB CAREERS CONTACT US SITEMAP Leadership Board of Directors Management Team Management Team FRANCIS WONG Executive Director and Group CEO Chairman, Executive Committee 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. DARREN YEO Executive Director and Deputy Group CEO Mr. Darren Yeo was appointed to the Board of Swiber in 2004 and is the Deputy Group CEO, where he spearheads the Group's growth initiatives alongside Mr. Francis Wong. Mr. Yeo brings with him over 20 years of industry experience under his belt. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Engineering degree and holds a diploma in Marketing from the Singapore Institute of Management. Mr. Yeo is also the Vice Chairman for Vallianz Holdings Limited. LEONARD TAY Executive Director and Group CFO 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. NITISH GUPTA Executive Director and CEO, Offshore Construction 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). JEAN PERS Executive Director, President and CEO, Engineering 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. Copyright © 2021 Swiber Holdings Limited. All Rights Reserved.