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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND STAFF
The name, address, age and position of our Executive Officers are as follows:-
Name Age Address Position
Heng Wah Koon 48 39 Hindhede Walk #04-01,
Singapore 587971
Chief Operating Officer
Margaret Thomas 48 1 Rosyth Road, Vice President,
Singapore 546133 English Content
Tan Boon Hwa 38 Blk 636 Yishun Street 61 #10-98, Vice President,
Singapore 760636 International Business
Yuan Zhou 37 133 Hemmant Road #01-10, Vice President,
Singapore 438686 Chinese Content
Ng Gar Mun 32 19 Flora Road #05-07, Vice President,
Singapore 509736 Marketing
Set forth below is a brief description of the working experience and qualifications of each of our
Executive Officers:-
Heng Wah Koon, aged 48, is the Chief Operating Officer of our Company. He was the Marketing
Director of M1 from March 1997 to December 1999, responsible for Retail Sales (M1 Shop), Corporate
Sales, Channel Sales, Market Development and Product Marketing, and Marketing Communication.
His key contribution to M1’s success in gaining 35% market share lies in the areas of brand-building,
product development and innovative marketing. He joined SPH in March 1987 and his last appointment
prior to M1 secondment was General Manager of Classified Advertising where he was accountable
for revenues in excess of $200 million a year. Prior to joining SPH, he was a Divisional Manager
with Ken-Air Travel Services and was responsible for setting up of a car rental subsidiary company
and an in-door family theme park. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology University.
Margaret Thomas, aged 48, is the Vice President of content for AsiaOne’s English language
operations and is responsible for the acquisition and management of content. She was an investment
analyst with the Monetary Authority of Singapore before moving into journalism. She brings 20 years
of journalistic experience to AsiaOne. In 1995, when she was deputy editor of The Business Times,
she spearheaded the paper’s move onto the Internet. Launched in June 1995 together with AsiaOne,
BT Online was the first English language daily in Asia to embrace the Internet. Margaret has a
Bachelors degree from the Singapore University and a Masters degree from the London School of
Economics.
Tan Boon Hwa, aged 38, is Vice President of International Business of our Company. He has over
12 years of experience in the fields of management, finance and information technology. Prior to
joining us, he was Senior Business Manager, Project Management and Operations Support at Visa
International (Asia Pacific). Mr Tan is a member of various professional bodies, such as The Institute
of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc., New York, the Association of Computing Machinery and
the American Management Association. He holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees from the
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, where he was also awarded a research scholarship
in 1986. Mr Tan also obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of
Auckland in 1991, where he majored in marketing.
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