Dato' Gooi Soon Chai is our Chairman and NonIndependent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed as our Director on 10 February 2015 and as the Group's Chairman on 10 August 2016. He is also a member of our Remuneration and Nominating Committees.

In an illustrious career spanning 30 years, Dato' Gooi has amassed a wealth of experience and extensive network of contacts in the global technology industry. He is presently Senior Vice President of Keysight Technologies Inc., and President of Keysight's Electronic Industrial Solutions Group, driving Keysight's business across a broad set of electronic industrial end markets, focusing on high-growth applications in automotive and energy, consumer electronics, education and semiconductor industries. He also oversees Keysight's global operations in Order Fulfillment & Information Technology across the USA, Europe and Asia.

Dato' Gooi was previously Senior Vice President of Agilent Technologies and President of Agilent Technologies' Order Fulfillment, as well as Vice President and General Manager of its Electronic Instruments Business Unit.

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with first class honors in engineering from University of London and a Master of Science degree in computing science from Imperial College of Science and Technology, London.

Dennis Au was appointed as President of our Group on 5 May 2015 and as our Executive Director on 28 April 2016. He is responsible for charting the Group's strategic direction, setting the organisation's goals, overseeing its global operations and driving its performance.

In addition to his role as the Group's President, Mr Au also holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Mechatronics Division, and oversees the division's business development and expansion plans in Europe, Asia and the USA.

Mr Au has over 30 years of experience in the high technology industry for aerospace & defense, automotive, communications and semiconductor markets. He was previously a Vice President and General Manager of Keysight Technologies for the Korea and the South Asia Pacific region. Prior to that, Mr Au was Vice President and General Manager with Agilent Technologies and was also formerly Regional Manager for Hewlett Packard's HiVolume Manufacturing Test Solutions for Asia Pacific.

Mr Au holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic, Electrical and Systems) from the National University of Malaysia.

Chia Chor Leong is our Independent NonExecutive Director. He was appointed as our Director on 22 September 2004 and is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of our Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Chia has an LL.B. (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore in 1980 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1981. He has been an advocate and solicitor in private practice since 1981, and now practises mostly as an arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator.

Mr Chia had served as the Chairman of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Review) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore, and as a member of the Singapore Road Safety Council. He is the Chairman of the External Placement Review Board and a member of the Independent Review Panel, under the Ministry of Home Affairs. In recognition of his voluntary public service since 1987, Mr Chia was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal) in 2000 and the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Star) in 2007.

Melvin Chan Wai Leong is our Independent NonExecutive Director. He was appointed as our Director on 27 April 2017 and as a member of our Audit Committee on 1 November 2017.

Mr Chan has more than 25 years of operational and business experience in the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries, as well as extensive working experience in the Asia Pacific region, Australia, New Zealand, China and India. Mr Chan is currently the Managing Director of Synersys Capital, a firm providing business consultancy and advisory services. Prior to him assuming the advisory role, Mr Chan was the Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ellipsiz Ltd, a SGX Mainboard-listed company. Mr Chan started his career as an engineer at Hewlett Packard and moved on to hold various senior management positions at Electronic Resources Limited (ERL), Ingram Micro, iNETest Resources and Ellipsiz Ltd.

Mr Chan holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore.

Foo Seang Choong is our Independent Non-Executive Director. He was appointed as our Director on 31 December 2021 and is also our Remuneration Committee Chairman and a member of our Audit Committee.

Mr Foo has over 30 years of professional experience in finance and accounting, business strategy and transformation, having held regional an global leadership roles in several multinational listed companies in the high technology industry.

He is currently the Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller with Kulicke & Soffa Industries and a Director with BFX Pte Limited. Prior to that, he was Senior Director of Finance with Oracle Asia Pacific and Executive Director of Finance with Dell Asia Pacific and Japan.

Mr Foo is a fellow of Institute of Public Accountants.