MR PHILIP YEO LIAT KOK Chairman and Lead Independent Director Mr Yeo has more than 40 years of public sector experience, having held various leadership and senior roles that included Executive Chairman of the Economic Development Board; Executive Chairman of A*Star (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); Special Advisor for Economic Development (Prime Minister’s Office); and Chairman of SPRING (Standards, Productivity and Innovation for Growth) Singapore. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1974; the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1982; the Meritorious Service Medal in 1991; and the Order of Nila Utama (First Class), Singapore’s most prestigious National Day award, in 2006. He was also the recipient of the Indonesian Government’s highest civilian honour, the Bintang Jana Tama (the First Class Order of Service Award) in 1994 in recognition of his role in fostering good bilateral ties between Indonesia and Singapore; the Government of Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star in 2007; and the Distinguished Service (Star) award from the Singapore Labour Movement, National Trades Union Congress, in 2008. Mr Yeo is currently Chairman of Economic Development Innovations Singapore Pte. Ltd., an investment firm providing advisory services; Accuron Technologies Limited, a Singapore-based precision engineering and technology company; and Advanced MedTech Holdings, a global medical technology leader in urology devices and services. Mr Yeo is also an Independent Director of Sunway Berhad, and Deputy Chairman of QAF Limited, which are listed on Bursa Malaysia and Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (“SGX-ST”) respectively. Mr Yeo holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial Engineering) and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada; an Honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) from the University of Singapore; a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, USA; an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Imperial College, London; an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from National University of Singapore; an Honorary Doctorate of Law from Monash University of Australia; and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Nanyang Technological University. He is also an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, London. MR MARK JULIAN WAKEFORD Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Mr Wakeford is a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk and the Head of Indofood Group’s Investor Relations Division. He is concurrently the Director of PT SIMP, PT Lajuperdana Indah and CMAA. He started his career with Kingston Smith & Co, a Chartered Accounting firm in London, England. Mr Wakeford has been in the plantation industry since 1993, working with plantation companies in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Soloman Islands and Thailand. He started his plantation career in Indonesia as the Finance Director of Lonsum in 1993, before moving to Papua New Guinea as the CFO of Pacific Rim Plantations Limited (PRPOL) from 1995 to 1999. In 1999, Mr Wakeford became CEO and Executive Director of PRPOL. PRPOL was sold to Cargill in 2005, Mr Wakeford spent one year with Cargill, before joining the Company in January 2007. He became CEO of the Company in August 2007. Mr Wakeford was trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, England. He also attended the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School. 27 Annual Report 2025 Group Overview Operation and Financial Review Financials Other Information Sustainability and Governance
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