FRENCKEN GROUP LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
17
PROFILE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY MANAGEMENT
(CONT’D)
DATO’ GOOI SOON CHAI
Dato’ Gooi Soon Chai is our Non-Independent Non-
Executive Director. He was appointed as our Director on
10 February 2015.
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, and
President of Keysight’s Industrial Solutions Group, driving
Keysight’s business in the industrial markets. He also
oversees Keysight’s global operations in Order Fulfillment,
Sourcing & Information Technology across the USA,
Europe and Asia.
Dato’ Gooi was previously Senior Vice President of Agilent
Technologies and President of Agilent Order Fulfillment
as well as Vice President and General Manager of Agilent
Technologies’ Electronic Instruments Business Unit.
Dato’ Gooi is a board member of the Malaysian Investment
Development Authority. He holds a Bachelor of Science
degree with first class honors in engineering from
University of London and a Masters of Science degree in
computing science from Imperial College of Science and
Technology, London.
CHIA CHOR LEONG
Chia Chor Leong is our Independent Non-Executive
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 practising as an advocate and solicitor since
1981, and is presently a director in Citilegal LLC., a law
corporation. Mr Chia is a distinguished solicitor, a Fellow
of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and a member
of that Institute’s Panel of Arbitrators, and an accredited
Adjudicator as well as an accredited Associate Mediator
with the Singapore Mediation Centre. He is also a
commissioner for oaths as well as a notary public.
Mr Chia had served as the Chairman of the Criminal
Law Advisory Committee (Review) of the Ministry of
Home Affairs, Singapore. He is the Chairman of the
External Placement Review Board and a member of the
Independent Review Panel, under the Ministry of Home
Affairs. He is also a member of the Singapore Road Safety
Council. In recognition of his voluntary public service, Mr
Chia was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public
Service Medal) in 2000 and the Bintang Bakti Masyarakat
(Public Service Star) in 2007.
