William Teo was appointed as our Lead Independent Director on 14 December 2007. He is currently a consultant providing corporate advisory work and independent director of PSL Holdings Limited. He is also an independent director of Kitchen Culture Holdings Ltd. Prior to that, he was a director of Ascendent Technology Pte Ltd and Fral Ballistic Pte Ltd. From 1997 to 2004, he was the vice-president of Walden International Investment Group where he was responsible for its investment function. From 1989 to 1997, he was a senior manager with Coopers & Lybrand Management Consultants Pte Ltd, involved in corporate finance work. He is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. He holds a Master in Management from Asian Institute of Management, Philippines.