Executive Leadership

Mr. Robin Gerard Ng Cher Tat was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer on 12 May 2020. He has been on the Board as an Executive Director since 28 April 2011. He was Group Chief Financial Officer from 1 February 2010 until his new appointment as Group Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Ng holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Laws (Commercial Law) from the University of Derby, the United Kingdom. Mr. Ng has more than 30 years of experience in finance, audit, and accounting. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Mr. Guenter Walter Lauber was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company on 12 May 2020. He is also an Executive Vice President of the Group and Group Chief Strategy and Digitalization Officer.

Mr. Lauber has over 20 years of working experience in the SMT equipment industry. In 2007, Mr. Lauber took charge of the SMT business that was subsequently acquired by the Group in 2011. He joined the Group following the acquisition. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering (Dipl-Ing. FH) from the Fachhochschule Augsburg (Augsburg University of Applied Sciences), Germany.

Ms. Xu Yifan, Katie is a Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Group.

Ms. Xu holds a Bachelor of Economics, International Business Administration degree from the University of International Business and Economics in China, and a Master of Business Administration, Finance degree from the Thunderbird School of Global Management in the USA.

Ms. Xu has 25 years of experience as a finance professional, with roles in both Finance and Investor Relations across technology, industrial and human capital services industries.

Ms. Pua Gim Wee is Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer of the Group. She leads the Group's Global Human Resources Strategy.

Ms. Pua holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the National University of Singapore majoring in Mathematics and Economics, and a MBA from the University of Adelaide. She has nearly 30 years of broad and diverse human resource experiences at country, regional and global levels spanning various industries including FMCG, Financial, Food and Beverage, IT and Automation. During her career, she has held varied roles overseeing transformation and change activities, and helped organizations build talent and culture, develop leaders, and improve on HR effectiveness and efficiency. She has also worked abroad in Europe and taken a stint in Sales and Development role. Gim Wee is passionate about finding people solutions to enable business growth and enhancing employee well-being and experience.

Mr. Lim Choon Khoon is a Senior Vice President of the Group, Co-CEO of the Semiconductor Solutions Segment, and CEO of the Segment’s Advanced Packaging Business Group.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Production Engineering and Production Management from the University of Nottingham, UK. Mr. Lim’s career included key engineering, manufacturing, and regional functional and global general management roles with several global semiconductor companies. Since July 2006, Mr Lim’s responsibilities in the Segment included equipment product marketing and sales, key account management and leading the Segment’s advanced packaging initiatives. He currently leads the Segment’s Advanced Packaging Business Group, which provides the industry’s leading first-level interconnect technologies and end-to-end solutions for advanced packaging. These solutions are well positioned to serve and scale with the most demanding advanced packaging needs.

Mr. Joseph Poh Tson Cheong is a Senior Vice President of the Group, Co-CEO of the Semiconductor Solutions Segment, and CEO of the Segment’s Mainstream Business Group.

He graduated from The University of Sydney, Australia in 1989 with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He received a Master’s Degree in Engineering Business Management from the University of Warwick, England in 1999. Mr. Poh joined the Group in 1991 as a Service Engineer and was promoted to Senior Vice President in January 2016. During his career with the Group, he has held various positions in its IC, CIS, SMT Solutions and Opto Business Groups. His wide exposure to the electronics supply chain has given him ample opportunities to develop extensive customer contacts, a good understanding of market needs and an ability to provide solutions that satisfy customers’ current and future requirements.