Board of Directors
Mr. Hooi Yu Koh
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Hooi Yu Koh is our Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") since May 2018. He was appointed as a Director of our Company on 18 May 2012 and was last re-elected on 28 April 2023. Mr. Hooi first joined our Group in 1996 and has served as our CEO and Managing Director from October 2005 till May 2018. He is also the Executive Director of all the Group’s subsidiaries. Mr. Hooi is responsible for evaluating new business opportunities, overseeing the business management and day-to-day operations of the Group.
Mr. Hooi has more than 20 years of experience in the civil/engineering construction industry. He was first employed with Mudajaya Construction Sdn. Bhd. as a design and planning engineer and a section head in 1995 and was responsible for the construction of Kapar Power Station Phase II in Malaysia till May 1996. Since June 1996, Mr. Hooi has been instrumental in the development and growth of our Group’s business. In June 1996, he joined Kori Malaysia as a project manager and was in charge of managing all our projects in Malaysia till November 1999. From November 1999 to October 2005, he was in charge of managing all our projects in Singapore as a project manager of Kori Construction (S) Pte. Ltd. ("Kori Singapore").
He was subsequently promoted to Executive Director and CEO of Kori Singapore in 2005 and 2012 respectively.
Mr. Hooi has been a certified welding inspector certified by the American Welding Society since January 2005. Mr. Hooi graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Civil) (First Class Honours) in 1995 and was awarded the Mudajaya Scholarship Award and the Chan Sai Soo Award in September 1994 and August 1995 respectively. He is currently the Vice President and Honourary Treasurer of Singapore Welding Society.
Mr. Ng Wai Kit
Executive Director
Mr. Ng Wai Kit was appointed as our Company’s Executive Director on 2 March 2018 and was last re-elected on 28 April 2025. Mr. Ng joined our Group in November 2005 as an engineering manager and was in charge of construction, design and technical matters of all projects in Singapore till May 2009 when he was promoted to Technical Controller of our Group. He is responsible for assisting in the business operations of the Group.
Mr. Ng has more than 20 years of experience in the civil/engineering construction industry. He was first employed with a Malaysia company, Arup Jururunding Sdn. Bhd. as a design engineer and was responsible for designing and supervising various civil engineering/construction projects in Malaysia and Hong Kong from August 1995 to September 1998. In September 1998, he joined SKM (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. as a civil engineer and was responsible for designing and supervising various civil engineering projects in Singapore and Malaysia till June 2000 when he was re-designated as a senior civil/geotechnical engineer of the same company in charge of designing, coordinating and supervising of both temporary and permanent works till December 2002.
In December 2002, he was promoted to project manager and was responsible for the management of full structural construction works of the same company till November 2005.
Mr. Ng graduated from University of Malaya with a Bachelor degree in Engineering (Civil) (First Class Honours) in 1995 and National University of Singapore with a Master degree in Science (Civil Engineering).
Mr. Xu QuanQiang
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Mr. Xu QuanQiang was appointed as our Company’s Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on 30 December 2022 and was last re-elected on 28 April 2025.
Mr. Xu is a director of LJHB Capital (S) Pte. Ltd., (“LJHB Capital”), who is the controlling shareholder of Keong Hong Holdings Limited (“KHHL”), and KHHL is a controlling shareholder of the Company. He is the Executive Director of KHHL. He also holds directorships in Forevertrust International (S) Pte. Ltd., Innotrust Pte. Ltd., PT Forevertrust International Indonesia and Wisestone Pte. Ltd. Apart from his directorship, he is the Chief Executive Officer of LJHB Holdings (S) Pte Ltd (“LJHB Holdings”), Continental Hope Singapore Industrial Development Pte. Ltd., Forevertrust International (S) Pte. Ltd. and Aitec International Pte. Ltd. Previously, he served as a director of BSI Group Singapore Pte Ltd (“BSI”).
Prior to joining LJHB Holdings, Mr. Xu held senior leadership positions including Chief Executive Officer of Ronghua Group Pte Ltd, Regional General Manager of GIC Group Pte Ltd, Country General Manager of BSI, and Assistant Vice President (Sales) of TUV SUD PSB Pte Ltd.
Mr. Xu holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of South Australia. He is a Certified Property Manager awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management (REM) USA and a Certified Commercial Investment Member of the CCIM Institute USA.
Mr. Lye Thiam Fatt Joseph Victor
Lead Independent Director
Mr. Lye was awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2009 and the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) in 2016 by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
A Colombo Plan Scholar, Mr. Lye graduated with a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Adelaide in 1986. He is a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Analyst.
Mr. Chua Ser Miang
Independent Director
Mr. Chua Ser Miang is our Independent Director and was appointed to the Board on 29 April 2024. Mr. Chua is a finance professional with over 25 years of experience in corporate finance advisory. He was previously holds the position of Director with Crowe Horwath Capital Pte. Ltd., where he was responsible for business development and merger and acquisition activities. He started his career as a regulator with the Monetary Authority of Singapore before moving into equity research and subsequently into investment banking where he was involved in advising local and foreign corporates on financial and equity capital market transactions including public listings, fund raising, and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Chua is also the non-executive chairman and independent director of Aoxin Q&M Dental Group Limited, as well as an independent director of several other companies listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Mr. Chua holds a Master of Science in Global Finance & Banking by King’s College London and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree by the National University of Singapore. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder and a Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA) accredited by the Institute of Valuers and Appraisers, Singapore.
Ms. Elizabeth Toh Guek Li
Independent Director
Ms. Elizabeth Toh Guek Li is our Independent Director and was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2024 and was last re-elected on 29 April 2024. She has a number of years of experience in the legal industry, specialising in the area of building, construction and engineering disputes, commercial disputes and family disputes. She first started her legal career as a trainee at Justicius Law Corporation in 2015. In 2017, she joined thyssenkrupp, Asia Pacific Regional Headquarters (RHQ) as a Legal Counsel till 2019. She returned to Justicius Law Corporation as a senior associate in 2019 and she is currently a director of Justicius Law Corporation.
Ms. Toh was admitted to the Supreme Court of Singapore as an advocate and solicitor in 2015. She obtained a Bachelor of Law from the University of Leicester in 2013 and Master of Laws (International Corporate & Commercial Law) from the King’s College London in 2019. She is a member of the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law.