Board of
Directors
Board of
Directors
Karin Technology Holdings Limited
Annual Report 2015
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Mr. Lim Yew Kong, John
Independent Director
Mr. Lim Yew Kong, John, was appointed an Independent
Director of the Company on 20 January 2005. Since 1991,
Mr. Lim has been involved in the private equity industry
in Asia as a director of various investment advisory firms
engaged in direct investments. From 1989 to 1991, Mr. Lim
worked in Dowell Schlumberger in the United Kingdom,
where he was UK division controller. Between 1984 and
1988, he was with Arthur Andersen & Co, London. Mr.
Lim graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics in
1984 from the London School of Economics and Political
Science in the United Kingdom. He qualified as a chartered
accountant in 1987 from the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales.
Mr. Lawrence Kwan
Independent Director
Mr. Lawrence Kwan was appointed an Independent
Director of the Company on 13 July 2012. He was a
partner and associate director of a boutique corporate
governance advisory firm that aims to enhance the
governance environment of clients through delivering
clarity in corporate governance till August 2014. He was
the managing director of a firm of corporate secretarial and
share registrar services provider till his retirement in January
2005. He has, since 1975, been working in the fields of
financial services and professional corporate secretarial
services. He was a Board Member and Audit Committee
Member of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory
Authority of Singapore (ACRA) from April 2008 to March
2014. He was an independent non-executive director
of Firstlink Investments Corporation Limited (formerly
listed on the SGX) from November 2009 to June 2014.
Mr. Kwan is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom. He
is currently a Council Member and the immediate past
Chairman of the Singapore Association of the Institute of
Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (SAICSA). He also
holds a Master of Business Administration degree from
the University of East London, United Kingdom. He is a
Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors and a full member of the Singapore Institute of
Directors.
