FRENCKEN GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
16
PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND
KEY MANAGEMENT
(CONT’D)
Tan Lai Heng was appointed as our Executive Director on 30 July 2009. He is the Chairman of ETLA Limited and its subsidiaries (“ETLA
Group”), which forms the Asian Mechatronics Division of Frencken Group Limited.
Mr Tan has more than twenty (20) years of experience in the engineering industry and is the founder of ETLA Group, which he started
in 1985. He has played an instrumental role in the expansion and growth of the ETLA Group.
TAN LAI HENG
SimMong Huat was appointed as our Executive Director on 30 July 2009. He is also the Vice President of our Executive Committee.
He joined ETLA Limited on 5 March 2007 and is currently the Managing Director responsible for managing ETLA Limited and its
subsidiaries (“ETLA Group”) strategic growth and business. He began his career in March 1990 with the Economic Development
Board (“EDB”). In his 15-year tenure with EDB, he served in various management capacities, including being the senior vice president
(Investments), EDB Ventures Management Pte Ltd where he played a leading role in the company’s investments activities in the
technology and precision engineering sectors. From 1988 to 2002, he was the director of industry (Electronics), charged with
spearheading the growth and development of the largest segment of Singapore’s manufacturing industry. Whilst in that latter role,
he was concurrently the director for the EDB’s North America operations, responsible for promoting US investments into Singapore as
well as the forging of strategic business alliances between the two economies. Mr Simwas awarded the Public Administration Medal
(Silver) in the 2001 National Day for his contributions to the Singapore public service. During 2003 to 2004, Mr Sim served as group
managing director of Norelco Centreline Holdings Ltd, a public-listed company in the business of contract equipment manufacturing.
He holds a Masters of Business Administration (Sloan Fellows) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA, a post-
graduate Diploma in Finance Management from the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) and a Bachelor of Mechanical
Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
SIMMONG HUAT
