ANDY LIM KEAN CHOONG
Director, holding an executive position and non-independent position since 5 October 2016
Mr. Lim Kean Choong joined the Pineapple Group in June 2004, initially responsible to promote sales in few of the Pineapple retail outlets. Subsequently was overseeing the operation of the warranty department, fairs and road-shows management and procurement of the Group. Currently, he manages the day to day operations for Pineapple Group in outlets retailing, e-commerce sale and sourcing of new products. Additional focus now will be the business development of the Group to identify potential business opportunities to enhance the Group’s performance. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Monash University.
FRANKIE CHOW FOONG YEW
Mr. Chow Foong Yew graduated with a BSc. (Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Portsmouth University in 1980. He has served in numerous multi-national companies and conglomerates locally and overseas in his 31 years corporate career. He commenced his career in Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) in 1980 and then joined Malaysian Tobacco Company (MTC) a subsidiary of British American Tobacco in 1981 until 1995 in various positions in Engineering, Production, Product Development and Export Logistics.
He then joined Philip Morris Asia Limited (PMAL) in Hong Kong in 1995 as the Regional Manufacturing Manager overseeing the company’s third party contract and licensee manufacturing facilities in Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Nepal. In 2000, he joined PT HM Sampoerna (PTHMS) in Indonesia as Head of Global Logistics responsible for the management and execution of global supply chain strategies for contract manufacturers in the UK, Germany and Russia. In 2004, he was appointed Country Manager of Sampoerna Brazil Latin America responsible for turnaround strategies to improve profitability and increase in market share.
In 2006, Mr. Chow joined GemsTV Holdings Ltd (GTV), a SGX public listed company as its Chief Manufacturing Officer responsible for the jewellery manufacturing facility in Thailand. He undertook the modernization of the manufacturing facility and setting up of the institute of Jewellery Technology under the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) privileges. Mr. Chow left GTV in 2010 to pursue his personal interests.
Mr. Chow is the Chairman of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Chuan Huat Resources Berhad.
