Mr. Neal Manilal Chandaria was appointed to the Board of InnoTek as a Non-Executive, Non-Independent Director on 2 November 2015 and was subsequently appointed Chairman of the Board on 27 April 2017. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board, and as a member of both the Nominating Committee and the Audit & Risk Management Committee.

Mr. Chandaria is a senior executive at the Comcraft Group, a global enterprise active in sectors such as steel, aluminium, plastics, packaging, and information technology. Based in Singapore, he has played a key role in developing Comcraft’s businesses across Asia for more than 25 years, having previously been involved in the Group’s operations in Africa and Europe.

He holds a degree in Economics from Stanford University and serves as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kenya in Singapore. Mr. Chandaria was re-elected as a Director of the Company at the AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2021 pursuant to Article 103 of the Company’s Constitution and is due for re-election at this year’s AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2024.

Mr. Lou Yiliang was appointed as the Executive Director of InnoTek and Chief Executive Officer of the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Mansfield Group on 2 November 2015. In 2017, Mr Lou was further appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of InnoTek Limited.

Born in Shanghai, Mr. Lou has vast experience in the consumer electronics and home appliances businesses in Asia. He started his career as an entrepreneur in the 1980s by helping to procure Toshiba consumer electronic products from Japan to China. The business helped pave the way for the transfer of technology from Toshiba in Japan to major Chinese manufacturers of TV sets and other consumer electronics. These included Chang Hong, Haier, Hisense and Konka.

In 2000, Mr. Lou set up Toyo Communication Technology (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., which makes and assembles printed circuit boards and provides electronic manufacturing services.

In 2006, Mr. Lou formed a joint venture Konka Precision Mould Plastic Co. Ltd. with major TV manufacturer Konka to develop precision moulds for TV and office automation components as well as automotive products.

Mr. Lou is the Chairman of Konka Precision Mould Plastic Co. Ltd., which has a 51:49 joint venture company, Anhui KM Technology Company Limited, with Mansfield Manufacturing Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of InnoTek.

Besides Chinese, Mr. Lou is also proficient in Japanese. Mr. Lou was re-elected as a Director of the Company at the AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 pursuant to Rule 720(5) of the SGX-ST Listing Manual.

Mr. Ng Hin Lee was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 26 April 2024 and is the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee. Mr. Ng is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of SGX-listed KOP Limited and GSH Corporation Limited, as well as several non-listed companies.

With over 30 years of experience in key financial and managerial positions, Mr. Ng previously served as Executive Director at Gul Technologies Singapore Ltd, Group Chief Financial Officer at Singapore Post Limited, Financial Controller at Data General Hong Kong Ltd (Singapore Branch) and Audit Manager at KPMG Singapore.

Mr. Ng graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Singapore in 1980 and is a Fellow Member of The Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. He was awarded Best CFO of the Year at the prestigious Singapore Corporate Award in 2011, and also received the Suzhou Industrial Park Pioneer Award in 2017.

As Mr. Ng was appointed as a Director of the Company after the Company’s last AGM in 2024, he will be subject to retirement and re-election at the forthcoming AGM pursuant to Article 107 of the Company’s Constitution.

Mr. Teruo Kiriyama was appointed to the Board of InnoTek as an Independent Director on 2 November 2015 and is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He brings to InnoTek a wealth of experience, having held various senior management positions in Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corporation for almost two decades.

Mr. Kiriyama was advisor to Toshiba Corporation from 2014 to 2015. Before this, he was Toshiba’s Corporate Vice-President from 2011 to 2014, during which time he was also the Chairman and CEO of Toshiba China. Under his watch, Toshiba China generated annual sales of some US$6 billion and boasted a 35,000-strong workforce amid a period of political sensitivity for Japanese businesses in China.

Besides China, Mr. Kiriyama was also involved in Toshiba’s operations in Europe, the United States, Canada and several emerging markets. He graduated from Japan’s Doshisha University in Kyoto with a degree in economics.

Mr. Kiriyama was re-elected as a Director of the Company at the AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 pursuant to Article 103 of the Company’s Constitution.

Dr. Xu Jinsong was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 15 July 2021. He was subsequently appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee on 26 April 2024.

Dr. Xu was an Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from mid 2001 to end 2023, and was involved in teaching and research activities in the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering fields.

Dr. Xu participated in the Singapore Maritime Institute research programme “Maritime Training and Operation Simulation of Dynamically Positioned Vessels” from July 2014 to June 2017 as an Academic Collaborator.

As a co-founder and non-independent director of Seastel Marine System (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. from August 2010 to March 2015, Dr. Xu participated in R&D administration and product marketing in green shipping and autonomous shipping. In January 2024, Dr. Xu resigned from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and joined Seastel Marine System as full-time Chief Scientist.

Dr. Xu graduated from Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, PRC with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1989 and obtained his Ph.D. from Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) in 2000.

Dr. Xu was re-elected as a Director of the Company at the AGM for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 pursuant to Article 103 of the Company’s Constitution.