Board of Directors

Mr. Liang Chengwang
Executive Chairman and CEO

Date of first appointment as a director:
22 September 2015

Date of last re-appointment as a director:
31 August 2021

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies – Nil
Other Principal Commitments – Nil

Past Directorships in listed companies held over the preceding three years:
Nil

Mr. Liang Chengwang is the Executive Chairman and CEO of the Company. He was appointed to the Board on 22 September 2015 and last re-elected on 31 August 2021.

Mr. Liang is primarily responsible for the oversight and management of the Group’s businesses and corporate developments, as well as formulating the overall business and corporate strategies for the Group. He also supervises major financing plans and the appointment of key executives.

He is the co-founder of Fujian Zixin Biological Potato Co., Ltd. and had previously been engaged in the sweet potato food products business as a general manager of Liancheng Tianhe Food Factory.

Mr. Liang completed his education with the Open University of Fujian in 1998 with a Bachelor in Accounting and Finance and attended the Peking University Strategic Private Equity Investment and Capital Operation Seminar for Chairmen at the Peking University School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Executive Education Center in December 2014.

Mr. Lawrence Chen Tse Chau (Chen Shichao)
Non-Executive and Lead Independent Director

Date of first appointment as a director:
26 October 2020

Date of last re-appointment as a director:
8 September 2023

Present Directorship:
Other listed companies

  • Sevens Atelier Limited (formerly known as Pan Asian Holdings Limited)

Other principal commitments

  • Managing Partner of Prime Accountants LLP

Past Directorships in listed companies held over the preceding three years:
N.A.

Mr. Lawrence Chen Tse Chau (Chen Shichao) is the Lead Independent Director of the Company, Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees. He was appointed to the Board on 26 October 2020 and was last re-elected on 8 September 2023.

Mr. Chen has extensive experience in providing assurance and advisory services to a broad range of clients from traditional trading to digital marketing, crypto currency, Registered Fund Management Company (RFMC) and hedge funds. Past and present clients include companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), multinational corporations in Singapore, Malaysia and China. He has also successfully acted as team lead and assisted clients as reporting accountant in Initial Public Offering (IPO) and Reverse Take Over (RTO) on SGX.

Mr. Chen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University in 2008, and he is also a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, a fellowship member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).

Mr. Ng Poh Khoon
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Date of first appointment as a director:
31 May 2018

Date of last re-appointment as a director:
31 March 2023

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Regal International Group Ltd.

Other Principal Commitments

  • Director of Nexusinnovest Pte Ltd
  • Director of 67 Capital Private Limited

Past Directorships in listed companies held over the preceding three years:

  • Green Build Technology Limited
  • Nutryfarm International Limited

Mr. Ng Poh Khoon is the Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Company, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominating and Audit Committees. He was appointed to the Board on 31 May 2018 and was last re-elected on 31 March 2023.

Mr. Ng is also a Director of various other Singapore companies, including Nexusinnovest Pte Ltd, a company in the acquacultural industry.

He has over 20 years of experience in auditing, financial management, sales & business development, investor relations, fund raising and M&A activities. Mr. Ng is currently also an Independent Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Regal International Group.

Mr. Ng is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and an associate member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and International Compliance Association, United Kingdom.

Mr. Xue Congyan
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Date of first appointment as a director:
8 August 2019

Date of last re-appointment as a director:
8 September 2023

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Camsing Healthcare Limited
  • Versalink Holdings Limited

Other Principal Commitments

  • Founder of Mundial Financial Group, LLC
  • Founder of Beijing Gloryhope Capital (Limited Partnership)
  • Managing Director of Go & Company (HK) Limited

Past Directorships in listed companies held over the preceding three years:
N.A.

Mr. Xue Congyan is the Independent Director of the Company, Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He was appointed to the Board on 8 August 2019 and was last re-elected on 8 September 2023.

Mr. Xue has over 16 years of extensive experience in international mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance, having worked in professional capital markets firms including Beijing Chum Investment Corporation and Chardan Capital Markets LLC. He is currently the Managing Director of Go & Company (HK) Limited which he co-founded in April 2012, and has since been providing consultancy work on all aspects of corporate advisory including fundraising, public listings, M&A, and investment management.

Mr. Xue graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Angeles University of the Philippines in 2000, a Master of Science in International Finance (with Merit) from University of Leeds, United Kingdom in 2003, and a Master of Science in Global Finance from HKUST & NYU STERN in 2013.