FRENCKEN GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
16
PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGEMENT
(CONT’D)
TAN LAI HENG
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 thirty (30) 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.
SIM MONG HUAT
Sim Mong Huat was appointed as our Executive Director
on 30 July 2009. 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 Sim was 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.
