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Announcement Of Appointment Of Executive Director And Chief Executive Officer - Designate


BackNov 10, 2008

Appointment Details
Date of Appointment 10/11/2008
Name Khoo Boo Hor
Age 43
Country of principal residence Singapore
The Board's comments on this appointment (including rationale, selection criteria, and the search and nomination process) This is a succession plan which has been initiated long ago, since his appointment as Group Operations Director and a long apprenticeship that has been given to him.
Whether appointment is executive, and if so, area of responsibility Executive. Overall in-charge of strategy planning and business of the Group
Job Title Chief Executive Officer - Designate and Executive Director
Working experience and occupation(s) during the past 10 years Mr Khoo is currently the Group Operations Director of the Company since May 2005. He is responsible for Group's manufacturing operations and played a significant role in integrating the operations of Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd and Tech Group Asia Ltd following the merger of the two companies in July 2005.

Before joining the Company, he was the Director of Operations for Hewlett-Packard ("HP") Singapore, where he was responsible for HP's Enterprise Storage and Server manufacturing operations. He worked in HP in various capacities, including Manufacturing Manager, Materials Manager, Product Line Manager and Engineering Section Manager for over 16 years.
Interest in the listed issuer and its subsidiaries No
Family relationship with any director and/or substantial shareholder of the listed issuer or of any of its principal subsidiaries No
Conflict of interest No
Other Directorship
Past (for the last five years) No
Present - Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd
- Omni Mold Ltd
- Sunningdale Technology Pte Ltd
- Weltech Precision Tooling Pte Ltd
- Omni Mold Investment Holding Pte Ltd
- Sunningdale Tech Design Pte Ltd
- Sunningdale Precision Industries (Shanghai) Co Ltd
- Sunningdale Precision Technology (Shanghai) Co Ltd
- Omni Tech (Suzhou) Co Ltd
- Sunningdale Technologies SA de CV
Information required pursuant to Listing Rule 704(7)(h)
a. Whether at any time during the last 10 years, a petition under any bankruptcy laws of any jurisdiction was filed against him or against a partnership of which he was a partner? No
b. Whether at any time during the last 10 years a petition under any law of any jurisdiction was filed against a corporation of which he was a director or key executive for the winding up of that corporation on the ground of insolvency? No
c. Whether there is any unsatisfied judgement against him? No
d. Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving fraud or dishonesty which is punishable with imprisonment for 3 months or more, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings which he is aware of) for such purpose? No
e. Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings which he is aware of) for such breach? No
f. Whether at any time during the last 10 years, judgement has been entered against him in any civil proceedings in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of fraud, misinterpretation or dishonesty on his part, or he has been the subject of any civil proceedings (including any pending civil proceedings which he is aware of involving an allegation of fraud, misinterpretation or dishonesty on his part)? No
g. Whether he has ever been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence in connection with the formation or management of any corporation? No
h. Whether he has ever been disqualified from acting as a director of any corporation, or from taking part directly or indirectly in the management of any corporation? No
i. Whether he has ever been the subject of any order, judgement or ruling of any court, tribunal or governmental body, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from engaging in any type of business practice or activity? No
j. Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, been concerned with the management or conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the affairs of :-  
  (i) any corporation which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; or No
  (ii) any entity (not being a corporation) which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; or No
  (iii) any business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing business trusts in Singapore or elsewhere; or No
  (iv) any entity or business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, No
  in connection with any matter occurring or arising during that period when he was so concerned with the entity or business trust?  
k. Whether he has been the subject of any current or past investigation or disciplinary proceedings, or has been reprimanded or issued any warning, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or any other regulatory authority, exchange, professional body or government agency, whether in Singapore or elsewhere? No
Information required pursuant to Listing Rule 704(7)(i)
  Any prior experience as a director of a listed company? No
  If yes, please provide details of prior experience.
He will in due course attend courses to be conducted by the Singapore Institute of Directors and/or SGX