Board of Directors
Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong Hiew King
Executive ChairmanTAN SRI DATUK SIR TIONG HIEW KING was appointed Executive Director and Executive Chairman of the Company on 13 March 2008. He is also the Executive Chairman of Rimbunan Hijau Group, a large diversified conglomerate in Malaysia with extensive business around the world. Tan Sri Datuk Sir Tiong has extensive experience in a number of industries, including timber, oil palm plantations, oil and gas, media and publishing, mining, fishery and manufacturing. He also holds directorships in many private limited companies and publicly listed companies around the world, including Rimbunan Sawit Berhad in Malaysia.
He is also the Chairman of Media Chinese International Limited, a publicly listed media company in both Hong Kong and Malaysia, which publishes 5 Chineselanguage newspapers with a total daily circulation of over 1 million copies and over 30 magazines in key cities in North America, Southeast Asia, and China.
Dato' Sri Dr Tiong Ik King
Executive DirectorDATO' SRI DR TIONG IK KING who had been a Non- Executive Director since 7 March 1997 and Non- Executive Chairman since 31 March 2005, was redesignated as Executive Director on 13 March 2008. He graduated with a M.B.B.S Degree from National University of Singapore in 1975 and attained M.R.C.P. from the UK Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom, in 1977.
Dato' Sri Dr Tiong is also an Executive Director of Media Chinese International Limited, a publicly listed media company in both Hong Kong and Malaysia, which publishes 5 Chinese-language newspapers with a total daily circulation of over 1 million copies and over 30 magazines in key cities in North America, Southeast Asia, and China. He also sits on the boards of two other listed companies, including EON Capital Berhad, the holding company of EON Bank Bhd and Jaya Tiasa Holdings Berhad, a timber and oil palm plantation company in Malaysia.
Dr Tony Tan
Group CEO and Executive DirectorDR TONY TAN was appointed as the new Group CEO and Executive Director effective 17 June 2010. Before joining the Company, Dr Tan was the CEO and Director of Orchard Energy. His extensive geological knowledge, coupled with his management experience and excellent relationship with ASEAN National Oil Companies, gave him the edge and commanding position to lead RH Petrogas. Dr Tan has over 30 years of international oil and gas exploration and production, and merger and acquisition experience, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr Tan was previously with Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd ("SPC") as Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production since August 2000 and was a Director of several SPC subsidiaries. Prior to SPC, he managed Gaffney, Cline & Associates – Asia Pacific office in Singapore, an international petroleum and management consultancy firm. He also worked in a multi-national company in Calgary and Houston for 16 years where he held several key management positions and was involved in international exploration and production activities in Asia Pacific, China, North Sea, Canada and Trinidad.
Dr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours, Geology) Degree from the University of Malaya. He also holds a Master of Science Degree from Carleton University, Canada, a PhD in Geology from the University of Calgary, Canada and a Certification in Corporate Finance from Wharton-Singapore Management University.
Tiong Kiew Chiong
Executive DirectorMR TIONG KIEW CHIONG was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on 28 July 2009. He joined the Rimbunan Hijau Group in 1987 and has extensive experience in the timber and media industry. He was assigned to spearhead and set up new business operations in Papua New Guinea and Gabon in 1990 and 1996, respectively.
Mr Tiong is currently also an Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Media Chinese International Limited, a company listed on both the main boards of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Bursa Malaysia Securities Bhd; and is the Deputy Chairman of One Media Group Limited, a company listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Mr Tiong obtained his Bachelor Degree in Business Administration (Honours) from York University, Toronto, Canada.
Tiong Chiong Ee
Executive DirectorMR TIONG CHIONG EE was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on 27 August 2009. He is currently the Executive Director and CEO of RH Mining Resources Ltd, since May 2010 and September 2010 respectively. Mr. Tiong is also an Executive Director of Centius Gold Limited since March 2011, a listed company in the Australian Securities Exchange engaging in gold exploration activities.
He has served as a member of the China National Petroleum Corporation Joint Management Committee of Fuyu 1 Block, the Group's first oil and gas project up until September 2010. Mr Tiong has over 6 years of experience in the mineral resources industry. He was previously the executive Deputy General Manager of Kingworld Resources Limited. From June 2004 to June 2007, he was the Commercial Director of a RH Group Company in Japan and the Russian Federation managing sales, business development, mergers and acquisitions and fund raising exercises in the upstream and downstream sectors for the timber group in North East Asia.
Mr Tiong graduated from The University of Melbourne, Australia with a degree in Arts & Commerce.
Abbasbhoy Haider Nakhoda
Independent DirectorMR ABBASBHOY HAIDER NAKHODA was appointed as an Independent Director in 1997. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees. Mr Nakhoda has had more than 35 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant, having been a partner of Ernst & Young since 1974 and its Managing Partner from 1989 until his retirement in 1996.
He holds a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and is presently a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Bernard Yeo Yun Seng
Independent DirectorMR BERNARD YEO YUN SENG was appointed as an Independent Director on 1 November 2001. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees. Currently Mr Yeo is the principal partner of HT & BY Financial Management Consultants. Mr Yeo is an Independent Director of Sin Heng Heavy Machinery Limited, a Singapore listed company and chairman of its audit committee and member of its remuneration committee.
He is a fellow of SHRI and a fellow member of ACCA and was until 1 March 2011, a council member of SHRI. An accountant by profession, he was Director of Finance and Strategic Investment at Compaq Computers Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.
Lee Hock Lye
Independent DirectorMR LEE HOCK LYE was appointed as an Independent Director on 27 November 2003. He is also Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Mr Lee is also presently an Independent Director of Kingsmen Creatives Ltd and Business Advisor at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie (Singapore) Ltd. He has extensive experience in banking and finance. He had held several senior positions with HSBC Group in Singapore, where he spent more than 30 years prior to his retirement. Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences Honours degree in Economics from the University of Singapore and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London.