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Ho Ah Huat
(also known as John Ho) is our CEO and Executive Director,
responsible for establishing our Group's strategic
direction, expansion plans and managing our Group's
day-to-day operations. He is the founder of our Group and has been involved
in different aspects of our Group's business. Prior to 1994, John Ho was
involved in several video distribution businesses, distributing drama serials
and single movies to independent video retailers. In 1994, he set up Golden
Mandarin Video Pte Ltd (the former name of Scorpio East) to distribute
Chinese
language single movies on laser disc and VHS. In 1999, he set up Golden
Mandarin Organisation Pte Ltd and started distributing
TVB's Chinese language serial
programmes in Singapore in 2000. John Ho resigned as a director of Golden
Mandarin Video Pte Ltd in July 2001 and rejoined Scorpio
East as a director in August 2003. During that time, he continued to serve
as an advisor of Scorpio East. Over the years, John Ho has accumulated
in the video entertainment business and has also
established valuable contacts
with major licensors both locally and in the region. John Ho received formal
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Lian Lee Lee
(also known as Venessa Lian) is our Executive Director and oversees our public
relations and advertising and promotional activities. She joined Golden
Mandarin Video Pte Ltd in 1998 as a shareholder and director and has been
working closely with John Ho in developing our Group's business. From 1999
to 2002, she was an executive director of Golden Mandarin Organisation
Pte Ltd, a company distributing TVB's Chinese serial programmes in Singapore.
Golden Mandarin Video Pte Ltd had scaled down its operations with little
trade transactions after mid-1999. Subsequently around August 2002, she
reorganised the business relating to the distribution of Chinese language
single movies under Golden Mandarin Video Pte Ltd. However, between December
2002 and March 2003, she was not a director of Scorpio East. After rejoining
Scorpio East as a director
in March 2003, she was involved in securing the exclusive TVB license.
From 1998 to 2003, she was also a sales manager with Mandarin Films Limited
where she was responsible for market development, distribution and sales
of motion pictures. From 1994 to 1998, she was an agent with Picture Image
Sdn Bhd where she was responsible for advertising and promotions for motion
pictures. Through her years of experience, she has established a wide network
of independent producers and distributors of motion pictures. She had overseen
the video distribution business and directed the advertising and promotional
activities of our Group. Currently, she is responsible for overseeing market
development, sales and business strategy and advertising and promotional
activities. Venessa Lian received formal education up to secondary school.
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Yee Kit Hong
was appointed as an Independent Director of our Company on
9 December 2005. He
has about 30 years of experience in audit and accounting and is currently
a partner with Kit Yee & Co,
a firm of Certified Public Accountants which he set up in 1989. From 1982
to 1989, he was with Ernst & Young and was an audit/tax manager when he left in 1989. From 1979 to 1982,
he was an audit senior with Wilson Green Gibbs, a firm of Chartered Accountants
in England. Prior to that, from 1977 to 1978, he was a project accountant
with Brown & Roots. He started his career as a project accountant with Morrison Knudsen Low
Keng Huat JV from 1975 to 1977. Yee Kit Hong has a Bachelor of Accountancy
degree from the University of Singapore. He is a member of the Institute
of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and an associate member of
the Institute of Chartered Accountants., England and Wales. Yee Kit Hong
is currently a full member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and
a member of the Grassroots Organisations in Hougang Constituency. In recognition
of his public services, he was conferred the Public Service Medal (PBM)
in 2003.
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Mr Ko Chuan Aun
was appointed as an Independent Director of our Company on August 15, 2007. Mr
Ko is currently the Executive Chairman of Athena Corporation Pte Ltd. Prior to
joining Athena Corporation Pte Ltd, he was the Executive President, International
Business Development of Ananda Group of Companies. He has more than 15 years
of working experience with Trade Development Board of Singapore (“TDB”) (now
known as International Enterprise Singapore or IE Singapore). His last appointment
with TDB was Head of China Operations. In the past 18 years, Mr Ko has been very
actively involved in business investments in the PRC market. In year 2001, he
was appointed as the Steering Committee Member of the Network China. Between
the years 2003 to 2005, he served as the Chairman of the Tourism Sub-Committee
under the Singapore-Sichuan Trade & Investment
Committee. In addition, he also serves as Investment Advisor to the Fushun Foreign
Trade & Economic Cooperation Bureau. He currently holds position as an Independent Non-Executive
Director of Brothers (Holdings) Limited and Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Ltd.
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Chia Hoo Khun Valery Kelvin
was appointed as an Independent Director of our Company on 17 January 2006. He
is the Managing Partner of Kelvin Chia Partnership, a regional law firm
with offices in Singapore, Vietnam, China and Myanmar. He specialises in
the investment law in Vietname and commercial litigation in Singapore.
He is a director of QAF Limited, Bausch & Lomb
(S'pore) Pte Ltd and several other private companies. Chia Hoo Khun Valery
Kelvin holds a bachelor of law degree from the university of Singapore.
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