Dato' Choo was appointed as Director of APS since 6 July 2006. As CEO, he is responsible for the overall operations, management, strategic planning and business development of the Group. A lawyer by training, Dato' Choo obtained his law degrees from the University of Malaya, the Chicago-Kent College of Law and the Harvard University Law School. Thereafter, Dato' Choo practiced as an attorney in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York and Hong Kong, specialising in capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions. Dato' Choo was a partner at Winthrop Stimson Putnam & Roberts (now known as Pillsbury Winthrop) from 1992 to 2001, before becoming the executive chairman of Capital Strategic Investment Limited, which is listed on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. In that role, Dato' Choo took overall management responsibility for Capital Strategic Investment Limited before he stepped down in 2005.
Ms Lum was appointed to the Board on 22 March 2018. She graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Accountancy) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia. She has more than 25 years of experience in handling the finance, corporate affairs, legal and corporate secretary matters of public listed companies and private limited companies. She is currently the chief financial officer and company secretary of an investment holding company.
Mr Chew was appointed to the Board on 5 June 2007. He qualified as an U.K. Chartered Accountant in 1971 and worked with international audit firms in England and Singapore till 1978. He then joined the Khong Guan group of companies where he managed the operations of various biscuit factories in Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Thailand. Mr Chew is currently the executive chairman of Khong Guan Limited. Mr Chew was previously deputy managing director of Khong Guan Holdings (Malaysia) Bhd and executive director of United Malayan Flour Mills Bhd, which were public listed companies in Malaysia.
Mr Lien was appointed to the Board on 16 May 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accountancy from Nanyang University (Singapore) and is a fellow of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia. He has held a number of senior management positions as well as executive directorships in various public and private corporations in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Mr Lien has garnered more than 19 years of experience serving as independent director cum chairman of audit committee of several Singapore and Chinese companies listed on the Singapore Exchange.