Board of Directors
TING YEW SUE, ROBIN is our Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director. He is responsible for the general management and overall strategic planning and direction of our Group. He is also the Managing Director of the subsidiary, Technics Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd ("TOE"), overseeing the Singapore operations. Between 1990 and 1995, Mr Ting is the pioneer entrepreneur to set up and develop the market in Vietnam. Mr Ting has more than 38 years of experience in design, engineering and production of process modules and integrated system for the oil and gas industry. Prior to the founding of TOE in 1990, he was the Operations Manager in charge of the day-to-day management and operations of Hup Seng Offshore Engineering Pte Ltd, an engineering company servicing the oil and gas industry from 1968 to 1990.
TAY MIAN CHEO, DAVID is our Executive Director and a co-founder of Technics. He spearheads the Group's business development, sales and marketing initiatives to expand into new business segments and geographical markets in the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, India and Africa. Mr Tay also leads the forging of partnerships and alliances - he was instrumental in the fostering of the Group's two recent agreements with Dubai-based Global Process Systems as well as our Joint Operations in Indonesia. He has more than ten years' experience in business development and sales in the oil and gas industry, of which six years were spent in Vietnam. Prior to joining Technics, he was the sales and marketing manager of a precision engineering company, Ritz Precision Engineering Pte Ltd.
TING TIONG CHING, DEREN is our Executive Director. He joined the Group in 1998 as a Sales Engineer before being disrupted to further his studies in the United Kingdom. Armed with a Bachelor degree in mechanical and electrical engineering, Deren returned to the Group in 2002. He is currently responsible for the planning and implementation of the marketing strategy and sales performance of the commercial department.
ONG SIEW PENG is our Independent Director. He is an Executive Director and Corporate Mediator and Advisor with Corporate Brokers International Pte Ltd, a strategic investment search company focusing on small and medium enterprise. Since 2001, he is responsible for corporate mediation regarding mergers and acquisitions matters, providing financial and management advice, strategic business planning and strategic investor search advice. He is also an Executive Director of PowerSource International Pte Ltd, a local diesel engine distributor for the Asia Pacific region; as well as an Executive Director of Perfex International Pte Ltd, a local radiator and heat exchanger manufacturer. On 1 January 2005, he was appointed as an Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of NH Ceramics Ltd, a company listed on SGX SESDAQ.
DR LIEW JAT YUEN, RICHARD is our Independent Director. He is currently a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He is also an independent director of Yongnam Holdings. He is a registered professional Engineer in Singapore, an ASEAN chartered professional engineer and a Chartered Engineer in U.K. He has extensive research and practical experience in building and offshore industries and has consulted on numerous construction and offshore engineering projects in Singapore and the region. An international renowned expert in steel and composite structures and fire safety engineering, he provides specialist advices to the design and construction of high-rise and large span steel structural systems and has been involved in many national and international committees on design standards, product specifications and constructional practices and safety and made significant contributions to numerous guidelines for practice.