Board Of Directors
Emmy Wu
Executive Chairman
Emmy Wu has been serving as our Executive Chairman since June 2002. He is responsible for exercising control over the quality and timeliness of the flow of information between the board of Directors and the management of the Group. Mr. Wu began his career at the Mitsubishi-Ryoden Group in 1982 where he was senior accounts executive. He left the Mitsubishi-Ryoden Group in 1986 to join Data General, initially as account manager, and later as PRC sales and marketing manager. He was subsequently promoted to regional sales and marketing manager for the PRC and Hong Kong. Mr. Wu left Data General in 1991 and joined the Datacraft Asia group in a series of positions, including general manager and managing director for Datacraft China Limited, regional director for North Asia of Datacraft Asia Limited, sales director for Datacraft Asia Limited and adviser to Datacraft Japan Limited. Mr. Wu has more than 20 years experience of doing business in China.
Jismyl Teo Chor Khin
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Jismyl Teo Chor Khin was promoted to Chief Executive Officer with effect from 8 September 2006. Ms Teo is responsible for the strategic directions, management and financial well-being of our Group. Prior to the promotion, Ms Teo was the Chief Financial Officer, who is responsible for all aspects of financial planning, financial budgeting and control, logistics, human resources, administration and corporate secretarial matters for the Group. She joined our Group in January 2001 and was appointed as our Director in December 2001. Ms. Teo worked for Ernst & Whinney as an assistant accountant from January 1984 to June 1985. She joined the Datacraft Asia group in June 1985 as an accountant, and was promoted to finance and administration manager where she stayed until October 1990. In November 1990, she joined Chin, Lim & Co Pty Ltd as an accountant and left in June 1991 to work for Frigstag Offshore Pte Ltd, Singapore as an accounts and administration manager from January 1992 to November 1992. Ms. Teo rejoined the Datacraft Asia group in November 1992 as finance and administration manager and continued to work for them in a series of positions, including regional finance manager, joint company secretary and regional director of operations. She left the Datacraft Asia group in January 2001 to join the TVH group in January 2001 and was assigned the Chief Financial Officer of our Group. Ms. Teo is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and holds a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration and Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University of New Zealand.
Foo Meng Tong
Independent Non-Executive Director
Foo Meng Tong was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of our Company in November 2002. Mr. Foo worked in the Economic Development Board (EDB) for a total of 26 years until April 1993. His last appointment at the EDB was as the director of its Industry Development Division and the general manager of EDB Investments Pte Ltd. He was also the administrator of the Skills Development Fund from 1980 to 1986. He has served overseas as the regional director of EDB's offices in Europe (based in Paris) and North America (based in New York). From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Foo was Singapore's Ambassador to France with concurrent accreditations to Spain, Portugal, Switzerland (1994 to 1996) and Israel (1996 to 1997). Mr. Foo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1986 and the French Government conferred him as a Chevalier in the Order of the Palmes Academiques in 1988. Mr. Foo holds a Professional Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic and has attended the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University, USA in 1985. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore.
Mark Wang Yat-Yee
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mark Wang Yat-Yee was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director to our Company in November 2002. Mr. Wang is currently the Group Vice President of Enterprise Solutions Group, Asia Pacific for Infor Global Solutions, a private application software company. Between 1974 and 1977, Mr. Wang worked as a technical manager for the Illinois Department of Transportation. He subsequently joined Xerox Corporation as their finance manager from 1977 to 1984. In 1984, he joined Computervision Corporation where he served in various positions, including business planning manager, sales manager (based in Shanghai) and regional sales manager for ASEAN. From 1988 to 1992, Mr. Wang served as managing director for Central and Southeast Asia of Oracle Corporation. He joined Informix Corporation in 1992 as their vice president and general manager for the Asia Pacific region where he served until 1994. Mr. Wang subsequently worked at Digital Equipment Corporation from 1994 to 1995 as the vice president, systems business unit, for the Asia Pacific region. From 1995 to 1998, he was senior vice president and general manager for the Asia Pacific region of Seer Technologies Corporation. He joined Candle Corporation in 1998 as vice president and general manager of the Asia Pacific Region and left in 2000. Mr. Wang was the Senior Vice President and General Manager for Sybase Corporation in Asia Pacific region from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2006, Mr Wang was a private investor in various businesses in Singapore and China. Mr. Wang graduated with a degree in Applied Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972 and also holds both an M.A in Economics and an MBA from the University of Chicago, United States.
Thian Nie Khian
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Thian Nie Khian was appointed as Non-Independent Non-Executive Director in June 2007. Mr Thian is the Chief Technology Officer of Venture Corporation Limited ("Venture") and was appointed to the Board of DMX after Venture's investment in DMX. Mr Thian has over thirty years experience in product development and operations management. He joined Venture in November 1994 to establish the Original Design and Manufacturing (ODM) business for the company. Prior to that, he worked in Plessey Telecommunications Limited in the UK as a R&D engineer and subsequently joined Hewlett-Packard where he held various senior management positions in R&D and operations working in Malaysia, Singapore and the US. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liverpool, U.K.
Jim Cheung Chung Wah
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
Jim Cheung Chung Wah has been our Non-Independent Non-Executive Director since October 2002. Mr. Cheung has more than 20 years of sales and management experience in Hong Kong and China. He began his career as a sale executive at Oriental Data System Co. Ltd. in 1980. In 1983, he joined Wang Computer Corporation as an account manager before serving Concurrent Computer Corporation in 1985. In 1987, Mr. Cheung entered the textile and garment market by working for Gerber Garment Technology Co. Ltd., a technology specialist in the textile and garment industry from the US, which lay the path for his current position at Global Gartech Services Co. (China) Ltd. Mr. Cheung holds a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.