About
InnoTek

Board of Directors

Mr. Neal Manilal Chandaria
Chairman, Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director

Mr. Neal Manilal Chandaria joined InnoTek as a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director on 2 November 2015 and is a member of the Nominating Committee. Mr. Chandaria was appointed Chairman of the Board and member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee on 27 April 2017. He is a senior executive at Comcraft Group, which is globally active in various sectors including steel, aluminum, plastics, packaging and information technology. Based in Singapore, he has been helping Comcraft develop its businesses in Asia for more than 25 years. He was previously involved in Comcraft’s businesses in Africa and Europe.

Mr. Chandaria graduated from Stanford University with a degree in economics. He is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kenya in Singapore. Mr. Chandaria was re-elected as a Director of the Company at the 2022 AGM pursuant to Article 103 of the Company’s Constitution.

Mr Lou Yiliang
CEO, Executive and Non-Independent Director

Mr. Lou Yiliang was appointed Executive Director of InnoTek and Chief Executive Officer of InnoTek’s Mansfield Group on 2 November 2015. In 2017, Mr. Lou was appointed 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 during the 2021 AGM. Pursuant to 720(5), he will be subject to re-election at this year's AGM.

Mr. Steven Chong Teck Sin
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Mr. Steven Chong Teck Sin joined InnoTek as a Director on 17 September 2012 and is the Chairman of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr. Chong has extensive experience as director of public listed companies in Singapore, particularly in the technology sector. Between 1999 and 2004 he served as Executive Director & Group Managing Director (Commercial) of Seksun Corporation Ltd, which was then listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange (“SGX”). He later held non-executive directorships in several other SGX and Australia Stock Exchange (“ASX”) listed companies.

Mr. Chong was also a board member of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (“ACRA”), a statutory board of Singapore’s Ministry of Finance from April 2004 to March 2010, as well as a board member of Singapore’s largest charity called the National Kidney Foundation (“NKF”) from October 2008 to July 2010. Mr. Chong currently sits on the board of public companies listed on the SGX, ASX and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Tokyo in 1981 on a government scholarship and subsequently obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore in 1987 through part-time study.

Mr. Chong has served the Board for more than nine years from the date of his appointment.

Pursuant to Rule 210(5)(d)(iv) of the SGX-ST Listing Rule, Mr. Chong will not be considered independent at the conclusion of this year's AGM. Accordingly, Mr. Chong will be retiring at this year's AGM and will not be seeking a re-election.

Mr. Sunny Wong Fook Choy
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Mr. Sunny Wong Fook Choy joined InnoTek as a Non-Executive Independent Director on 17 November 2014 and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Nominating Committee.

Mr. Wong has extensive experience as director of public listed companies in Singapore. He sits on the board of Civmec Limited and Mencast Holdings Limited.

A practising advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, he has extensive experience in legal practice. He was founder and managing director of the legal firm Wong Tan & Molly Lim LLC, where he is currently a consultant.

Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore. Mr. Wong has served the Board for more than nine years from the date of his appointment.

Pursuant to Rule 210(5)(d)(iv) of the SGX-ST Listing Rule, Mr. Wong will not be considered independent at the conclusion of this year's AGM. Accordingly, Mr. Wong will be retiring at this year's AGM and will not be seeking a re-election.

Mr. Teruo Kiriyama
Non-Executive and Independent Director

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 member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee and 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 Company at 2022 AGM pursuant to Article 103 of the Company’s Constitution.

Dr. Xu Jinsong
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Dr. Xu Jinsong was appointed a Non-Executive and Independent Director of InnoTek Limited on 15 July 2021.

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

Dr. Xu participated in the Singapore Maritime Institute research program “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 Company at 2022 AGM pursuant to Article 107 of the Company’s Constitution.