Mr Lim Soo Peng founded the Company in response to the Singapore Government’s invitation transition from an owner of a leading commodities trading house to a manufacturer of essential chemicals to support Singapore’s nascent industrialisation programme in the sixties.

Mr. Lim Soo Peng was appointed to the Board since its inception on 16 March 1962. He was the Chairman and Managing Director up to 13 August 2020. He was instrumental in conceiving and effecting the succession and corporate transformation strategy of the Company to a professionally managed company whereupon he relinquished his various executive roles for the rejuvenation of the Board in line with the strategy, first as Executive Chairman, then as Managing Director and as Executive Director.

16 March 1962 to 13 August 2020 - Chairman and Managing Director

14 August 2020- 30 September 2021 – Managing Director and Executive Director

1 October 2021 to 31 December 2021 - Executive Director

W.e.f 1 January 2022 to 28 July 2022 - Non-Executive Director

Wef 28 July 2022 - Emeritus Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Mr Lim is a Justice of Peace since his appointment in 1966 and a former Member of Parliament in Singapore’s 1st Parliament from 8 December 1965 to 8 February 1968 and 2nd Parliament from 6 May 1968 to 16 August 1972.

For over four decades, he served on a number of Government Committees and Statutory Boards. For his public service contributions, he received the following awards:

1977 The Public Service Medal

2001 The Public Service Star

2014 The Public Service Star (Bar)

In 2015, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry conferred on him the SG50 outstanding Chinese Business Pioneers Award.

Mr. Yeo Hock Chye was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2019 and subsequently appointed as Independent Chairman with effect from 14th August 2020. He is also concurrently the Chairman of the Audit Committee as well as a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees.

He manages a consultancy practice providing financial and business advisory, project management and consulting services on Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance for small and medium sized businesses in Singapore and the Indo-China region.

He has more than 50 years of experience in the financial services industry, of which he has served in senior positions in a global bank in Singapore, and in regional banks in Thailand and Laos. He has also provided consulting for listed entities and SMEs in Singapore and Vietnam, for banks and other financial institutions including micro-finance and leasing companies in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, and for a listed poultry company in Thailand.

Mr. Yeo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree, from the University of Singapore. He is a Qualified Listed Entity Director and holds an Executive Diploma in Directorship from SMU-SID.

Mr Lim Chee San was appointed to the Board on 28 September 2021.

He is currently practising law, as a partner in his law firm, mainly in the area of civil litigation and corporate advisory work. He has been an accountant, a banker and a lawyer at different times during the last 38 years. Before he started his current law practice, he was the Head of Banking Operations in a large regional bank. He also has many years of experience as an auditor in large international accounting firms. He is a barrister-at-law, a chartered certified accountant, and a chartered information technology practitioner. He was among the top candidates in his accountancy and law examinations.

Mr. Lim Yew Nghee was appointed to the Board on 27 December 2019.

He is currently Principal at Taxise Asia LLC and Asia Chief Operating Officer for WTS Global, a leading international tax network with operations in over 100 countries. In his over 20-year career, Mr. Lim has advised some of the largest U.S., European and Asian multinationals and Singapore headquartered conglomerates with significant investments in Asia and globally on their strategic and complex value chain structures.

He currently serves as the Co-Chairman of the Tax & Trust Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and is a Board member of the Tax Academy of Singapore. He was previously head of Baker McKenzie’s Tax, Trade and Wealth Management practice in Singapore and also Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Trade & Commerce and Indirect Tax Practices.

Mr. Lim is recognised for his excellence in tax and trade law in various legal and tax directories such as International Tax Review, Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and AsiaLaw Profiles. He was also awarded International Trade Lawyer of the Year (2021) by the Asian Lawyer.

Mr Goh Koon Eng retired from Chevron in August 2023 after spending 32 years with the company. In the 32 years with Chevron, Mr Goh had assumed multiple roles in Chevron with increasing responsibilities. He had assumed leadership roles in Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Global Technology and Global Commercial. Mr Goh had also spent many years as a board member in the Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC) before departing as Vice Chairman (SCIC). Mr Goh had also contributed in the development of Chemical Industry Transition Map as part of the Ministry Trade and Industry led Future Economy Committee - Manufacturing.

Steven Wong joined the Group in end July 2024. He is responsible for implementing the company Vision and Mission by developing and executing new business strategies and plans towards sustainable profitability. He will champion EHS, GRC & CSR initiatives to inculcate a safe, compliant, high performing and caring culture based on our core values.

Steven has more than 30 years of global and regional P&L business management experience with multinational companies and managed operations in China, Korea and Singapore. He is Green-Belt certified and Accredited Senior Director by Singapore Institute of Directors.

Steven holds an MBA (Marketing) from The University of Leicester UK ; a Master Degree of Science (Polymer Science & Technology) from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology UK and a Master’s Degree (Advanced) in Counselling from Swinburne Institute of Technology Australia.

Mr Yeoh joined the Group in August 2021. He is responsible for overall plant management and operations which includes safety, production, product quality, cost & productivity etc. He started his career as QA/QC Engineer in Applied Engineering Pte Ltd. He went on to join food manufacturing and specialty chemical manufacturing companies as Regional/Senior Operations Manager.

Mr Yeoh has more than 20 years of plant and operations management experience, and is Green-Belt certified.

Mr Yeoh holds an MBA from The University of Nottingham, a Master Degree of Science (Mechanics and Processing of Materials) & Bachelor Degree of Engineering (Mechanical) from Nanyang Technological University.

Ms Yeap joined the Group in October 2020. She is responsible for the Group’s finance, compliance and internal control functions. She started her career in the audit and corporate restructuring division with KPMG LLP in Singapore. She went on to join a F&B company as a Group Financial Controller. Prior to joining the Group, she was a Group Financial Controller in a listed company.

Ms Yeap is a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountant, United Kingdom (FCCA), a non-practising member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and a Chartered Accountant of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA).