Board of Directors

Mr Cheong Pin Chuan is an Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer and is principally involved in the Group's overall operations and management with greater emphasis in Hong Kong.

Mr Cheong is a graduate of the Footscray Institute of Technology in Australia and is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has over 54 years of experience in property development at both management and board levels in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Mr Cheong Sim Eng is an Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive Officer and is principally involved in the Group's overall operations and management with greater emphasis in Singapore.

Mr Cheong is a graduate of the Chaminade University of Honolulu with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He has over 41 years of experience in the property development business.

Ms Cheong Hooi Kheng is an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer and is principally involved in the Group's development of properties. She also oversees the project management in relation to the development and construction of properties, the leasing and marketing of the Group's real estate properties and major financial affairs of the Group in Singapore.

Ms Cheong holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the California State University, Hayward and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Chaminade University of Honolulu. She has over 46 years of experience in the property development and construction business.

Mr Chong Weng Hoe is a Non-executive Independent Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Nominating Committee.

Mr Chong joined TUV SUD PSB Pte Ltd in April 1991 as an engineer and was appointed as its chief executive officer in January 2008. He was responsible for its business activities in the ASEAN region, with operations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines. In July 2013, he stepped down as the chief executive officer of TUV SUD PSB Pte Ltd but remained as its director to provide support in the development of the business in the region until September 2017. Thereafter, he was relocated to TUV SUD Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, assuming the position of executive vice president.

Mr Chong is a non-executive chairman and an independent director of ISEC Healthcare Ltd and is an independent director of Baker Technology Limited and Bund Center Investment Ltd. He is also a non-executive and non-independent director of HC Surgical Specialists Limited. He has also served as president of the Nanyang Business School Alumni of the Nanyang Technological University (“NTU”) from 2014 to 2021.

Mr Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) from the National University of Singapore and obtained a Master of Business Administration (Accountancy) from NTU. He has over 23 years of experience in financial management, marketing, customer support and project management.

Mr Kwik Sam Aik is the Lead Independent Director, a Non-executive Independent Director, Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Kwik has over 27 years of experience in banking, covering different areas including commercial and international banking, corporate and investment banking and capital markets. He has held various senior positions with different banks in Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

Mr Kwik was the chief executive officer and general manager of the Hong Kong Branch of Overseas Union Bank Limited ("OUB") up to June 2000, where he oversaw the business activities of the branch in Hong Kong as well as the business activities of the Beijing Representative Office which carried out the operations of the bank in the People's Republic of China.

Mr Kwik also served as the chief executive officer and general manager of the Shanghai Branch of OUB and was head of its operations in the Republic of China, from January 2000 to December 2001.

Mr Kwik served as the managing director of the Hong Kong Branch of DBS Bank Limited ("DBS") from February 2002 to June 2006, and as the chief executive officer of the Hong Kong Branch of DBS.

From May 2011 to November 2015, Mr Kwik was a non-executive independent director, chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the audit committee of Winfoong International Limited (renamed as China Graphene Group Limited in 2016 and subsequently renamed to China Asia Valley Group Limited in 2020) ("WIL"). WIL was engaged in various businesses over that period of time, including property development and construction, property management, money lending, provision of horticultural services and securities trading. The shares of WIL were listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. WIL was an associated company of Hong Fok Corporation Limited, until Hong Fok Corporation Limited disposed of its shares of WIL in September 2015.

Mr Kwik is also a director and executive committee member of The Singapore Chamber of Commerce (Hong Kong).

Mr Kwik graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Singapore.

Mr Tan Kok Kwee is a Non-executive Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Tan has had a long career in the banking industry, with 38 years of experience in corporate banking, which spanned 18 years at OUB and 20 years at United Overseas Bank Limited ("UOB").

Mr Tan commenced his banking career with OUB in 1983, where he was promoted to the position of senior vice president. Following the merger of OUB with UOB in 2001, Mr Tan continued his banking career with UOB, where he was promoted to the position of executive director. Mr Tan retired in 2021.

Mr Tan was a member of the senior team for corporate banking at UOB, and the responsibilities of the senior team included monitoring and seeking to improve the "profit and loss" of the corporate banking business of the bank and managing the credit risk of the corporate banking's portfolio. Mr Tan has experience in managing various stakeholders, including corporate clients, developers, family offices, contractors, professional agencies, law firms, valuers and accountants.

He is an independent director of KSH Holdings Limited and Centurion Asset Management Pte. Ltd.

Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1983 and complemented his academic foundation with various banking courses in the course of his career.

Mr Cheong Tze Hong, Marc was appointed Alternate Director to Mr Cheong Pin Chuan on 22 January 2021. He is also the Director (Finance Division of Hong Fok Land International Limited).​

Mr Cheong oversees all financial aspects of the business in Hong Kong. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Southern of Southern California in the United States of America and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He has over 3 years of experience in the merchant banking field and 25 years of experience in business development and financial management in Hong Kong.