Mr. Soh Yew Hock has been appointed as Lead Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee since 2008. He has extensive experience in commerce and industry and is presently also the Chairman of CK Tang Limited. Mr. Soh has previously served as a director of several listed companies in Singapore and Malaysia and was CEO & Managing Director of Wearnes International (1994) Limited. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, Certified Practising Accountants (Australia), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK), Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK), and Singapore Institute of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) and is a graduate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School. Mr. Soh was a past President of the CPA (Australia) Singapore Division.