BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mr Edwin Soeryadjaya
Chairman
Mr Edwin Soeryadjaya is the Non-Executive Chairman and also Non-Executive Director of the Group. His current chairmanships include being President Commissioner of PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk, PT Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk, PT Adaro Energy Indonesia Tbk, PT Mitra Pinasthika Mustika Tbk and PT Merdeka Copper Gold Tbk. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Interra Resources Limited, listed on the SGX-ST.
He started his career in 1978 at PT Astra International Tbk, one of Indonesia’s largest diversified conglomerates founded by his father. In 1993, he left as Vice President Director and co-founded PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk, an active investment company focusing on natural resources, infrastructure and consumer products.
Aside from serving on various boards of the Saratoga Group, Mr Edwin Soeryadjaya remains active as Co-Founder of William & Lily Foundation and is on the Board of Trustees of the Ora et Labora Foundation and Prasetiya Mulya Foundation amongst others. He is also a board member of Habitat for Humanity International.
Mr Ng Soon Kai
Independent Director
Mr Ng Soon Kai is an Independent Director of the Group. Mr Ng is a lawyer by profession and is currently a partner in Messrs Lee & Lee. He has vast experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, reverse takeovers and schemes of arrangement. He obtained Second Class Upper Division Honours in Law from the National University of Singapore in 1989.
Mr Yap Kian Peng
Independent Director
Mr Yap Kian Peng is an Independent Director of the Group. He is currently the Executive Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jackspeed Corporation Limited which is listed on the SGX-ST. He is also the Lead Independent Director of Soon Lian Holdings Limited and Huationg Global Limited which are both listed on the SGX-Catalist.
From 2005 to 2020, he was the Executive Director of Capital Equity Holdings Pte Ltd, a private equity investment company and has interests in food and beverage as well as property investment and development. He was the Executive Director of CKG Chemicals Pte Ltd from 2004 to 2010. From 2001 to 2004, he was employed by Maybank, initially as a Senior Business Development Manager and subsequently as the Team Head of the Trade Finance Business Development Group. From 1998 to 2000, Mr Yap was a Director of You Yi Glass Contractor Pte Ltd, a company engaged in the business of trading glass sheets.
He joined Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited in 1992 and when he left in 1998, he was an Assistant Manager at the bank. Mr Yap graduated from RMIT University, Australia, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business (Business Administration).