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拿督斯里吴木興博士BBM
副会长兼
国内外事务组主席兼
潮人企业家联谊会顾问

拿督斯里吴木兴博士于1988年独资创建了新晔集团,并在1992年注册成立了新晔集团。1997年,新晔集团上市,吴博士担任首任董事长兼执行长。2016年,新晔集团取得高达14亿美元的营业额。吴博士现任新晔集团的主席以及行政总裁,负责该集团的统筹管理。身为执行董事长,他带领董事会制定集团的未来发展方向。

新晔集团是新加坡交易所上市的最大的电子组件分销商,在亚洲拥有最大、最广泛的区域销售网络。该集团在新加坡、柬埔寨、中国、中国香港、印度、印度尼西亚、马来西亚、菲律宾、韩国、中国台湾、泰国和越南等多个亚洲主要市场共拥有53间行销办事处与13个物流中心,共计员工1000多名。

吴博士因其成就及贡献屡获殊荣,当中就包括由东南亚国协秘书处主办并颁发的1999年度东盟最佳青年企业家奖,由亚洲企业协会和APF集团有限公司授予的“2010年度亚太企业家”,由新加坡授予的2011年度安永企业电子元件经销商®,以及于2015年由新加坡贸易与工业协会和新加坡联合国协会授予的“联合国亚太地区卓越企业家奖”。

此外,吴博士在2004年曾获得新加坡总统所授予的公共服务奖章,并于2010年国庆日获颁公共服务星级奖章(Bintang Bakti Masyarakat)。

Mr Lennon Tan
Group Chairman of ADERA Group
Vice-President, Teochew Poit Ip Huay Kuan

Mr Lennon Tan is the Group Chairman of ADERA Group. Lennon started his career as an engineer in the Petrochemical industry before spending 10 years with the American Multinational 3M. In 2001, he decided to pursue his dream of being an entrepreneur. After taking over a small smart card manufacturing business in China, he tapped on emerging technologies and innovation to transform the manufacturing outfit into the top 10 global smart card producers in the world, and thereafter transforming the company’s capabilities to lead in fields of transformational financial services automation, biometric authentication, Al and data analytics. supporting major sectors ranging from banks, insurance, goverment, healthcare, telecommunications and transport in Asia. The group was awarded ASEAN Business Award Overall Winner for Priority Integration Sector (ICT) in 2018.

He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year (Financial Technology Enablement) from global professional services firm Ernst & Young in 2017. A year prior, Lennon was awarded the Inaugural Techew Entrepreneur Award.

He is currently serving as the President of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation as well as several other associations and social enterprises.

Lennon has a Bachelor Degree (Chemistry) from National University of Singapore where he graduated with Merit. He also attainted Master of Business Administration from University of Wester Michigan.

Affiliations:

• President of Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF)
• Vice President of Singapore Techew Poit It Huay Kuan
• Chairman of Social Affairs Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Association (SFCCA)
• Council member of Mindef ACCORD Employer and Business Counci
• Council Member for Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council (SGCC)
• Council Member for Chengdu-Singapore Collaboration Council
* Industry Advisor for China-Singapore (Chongging) Initiative (CCI) for ICT

Mr Henry Tan
Group CEO & Chief Innovation Officer of CLA Global TS

Henry Tan, Group CEO & Chief Innovation Officer of CLA Global IS has been serving as advisor to clients in Singapore and the region. As Group
CEO, he manages the firm and grows its footprint to a major player in the market.

Henry assisted companies especially entrepreneurs since 1993 to grow their business in Asia through IPO, M&A, Accounting & other advisory. He has many years of experience in China market. Henry also sits on the board of a number of listed companies.

Other Professional Experiences:
Assisted number of entrepreneurs to grow their business to an IPO in Singapore, London, and Hong Kong Exchange.
Advisory to German company expansion into 7 countries in Asia Advisory to a top Chinese shoe retailer and fund raising through private equity and then subsequently IPO
Taxation advisory to companies entering into Singapore and Chinese market in respect of structuring of business.
Restructuring advisory to number of Chinese companies for doing business and fund rising outside China.

Credentials:
Graduated from National University of Singapore with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Accountancy
Attended Tsinghua University (Beijing) School of Economics & Management Executive Development Program
Council Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants Chairman of Awareness Subcommittee on Sustainability Reporting of ISCA
Member of Corporate Reporting Committee of ISCA (2016-present)
ISCA Financial Forensic Professional
Chairman of Nanyang Business School Dean’s Alumni Advisory Board
ASEAN Chartered Professional Accountant (ASEAN CPA)
Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Associations of Singapore Limited Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia & New Zealand
Fellow of the, Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants Fellow of CPA Australia
Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors
Associate Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors
Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) – Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals

For the full list, please refer to https://www.cla-ts.com/team/mr-henry-tan/

Ms Yeo Wan Ling
Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris- Punggol GRC

Ms Yeo Wan Ling is a Member of Parliament for Pasir Ris-Punggol Group Representation Constituency, Grassroots Adviser to Pasir-Ris Grassroots Organisation and Vice-Chairman of the North-East Community Development Council.

Ms Yeo Wan Ling joined the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) in August 2020 and is currently the Director of U SME and U Women and Family. She is also an Advisor to the National Taxi Association and National Private Hire Vehicles Association. Representing workers and the Labour Movement, Wan Ling was appointed as a union representative in the Tripartite Workgroup on Lower-Wage Workers in 2020 and serves as the Chairperson of both the Tripartite Cluster on Retail Trade and Tripartite Cluster on Food Services. She is concurtently a member of the Future Economy Council Advanced Manufacturing and Trade Sub-Committee, the Advisory Committee on Platform Workers and an alternate member of National Wages Council representing NTUC. She is also a member of the Council for Board Diversity and Global Compact Network Singapore.

Before joining NTUC, Wan Ling was the founder and CEO of Caregiver Group, a global company specializing in the business of home healthcare and caregiving. Caregiver Group aggregates freelance caregivers and care services for deployment into homes, healthcare institutes and welfare organisations. Headquartered in Singapore, Caregiver Group has a growing presence in Malaysia, USA and North Asia.

Prior to founding Caregiver Group, Wan Ling spent over a decade at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where she was part of EDB’s Global Operations, managing Singapore’s key foreign direct investment accounts and business owners of family-owned conglomerates in the USA, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea. She has lived and managed EDB’s operations in Chicago, Shanghai and Hong Kong as Centre Director and Regional Director. Before EDB. Ms Yeo Wan Ling started her career at the Development Bank of Singapore.

Ms Yeo Wan Ling studied at the National University of Singapore where she graduated with a Bachelors of Social Sciences (2nd Class Upper Honours) in Sociology and Political Science.