Mr Clement Yang Ker-Cheng
Executive Chairman
Not subject to retirement and re-election at AGM

Mr Clement Yang Ker-Cheng is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He oversees the overall management, strategic planning, product development and marketing of the Group. He has been the Chief Executive of the Group’s operations since 1990 and is a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees. Under his leadership, the Medtecs Group has grown into an integrated healthcare services provider and original product manufacturer of a wide range of medical consumables hospitality, and workwear apparels for large multinational healthcare distributors, pharmaceutical companies, hospital groups and other institutional customers around the globe.

Prior to founding the Medtecs Group, Mr Yang served as Senior Vice President of the Fu-I Industrial Group of companies, and the Chief Executive Officer of Shentex Corporation. From 1986 to 1989, he was Director of Taiwan Cotton Weavers Association. Mr Yang was President of the Taiwanese Business Association of Subic Bay and now serves as Chairman of the Chinese-Philippine Business Council.

Mr Yang has more than twenty years of experience in the textile manufacturing industry, with majority of those years devoted to the development of medical consumables for the healthcare industry.

Mr Yang graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Commerce from the National Cheng-Chi University in Taiwan.

Mr Chia Wei Ho
Executive Director
Appointed: March 2010

Mr Audit Committee Chairman of the Company between 22 October 2007 to and an Executive Director on 1 March 2010. He used to be an Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of the Company between 22 October 2007 to Feb 28th 2010. He is a member of the Executive Committee and the Nominating Committee.

In a career that spanned more than twenty five years, Mr. Chia has a unique Asia-Pacific finance and general management background spanning both technology and banking industries. In the past fifteen years, he has held senior regional appointments such as COO, Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director positions in various companies li ke Compaq, Dell, Maxtor, Citibank Technology, Tri-M Technologies Ltd and Chamberlain Computime Investment (HK) CO Ltd. The experience also included four years being directly stationed in China.

Mr Chia holds a Master of Applied Finance from the University of Western Sydney, Australia, Certified Management Accountant (Aust), Senior Associate, Australian Institute of Banking & Finance as well as a Bachelor of Arts (econ major) from the former University of Singapore.

Mr Wilfrido Candelaria Rodriguez
Executive Director
Last re-appointed: April 2007

Mr Wilfrido Candelaria Rodriguez was appointed an Executive Director on 26 November 1997 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) on 10 December 2008.

Prior to his appointment as CFO of the Company, Mr Rodriguez served as Vice President for Internal Audit of the Company since October 1999 and was a Controller of Clement Textile & International Corporation in August 1996. Before joining the Company, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Ester Corp. from 1994 to 1996. From 1993 to 1994, he was a consultant in private practice. He was employed as the President of Philippines Hospitals and Health Services, Inc. from 1989 to 1992.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of the East,Philippines and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the Philippines.

Mr George Edwin SyCip
Independent Director
Last re-appointed: April 2007

Mr George Edwin SyCip was appointed an Independent Director of the Company on 19 September 1999. Mr SyCip is also a member of the Audit, Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

For the past twenty years, he has been the President of Halanna Management Corporation, an investment management and consulting company, and serves on the Boards or Advisory Boards of several publicly listed and privately held companies in the USA and Asia, involved in financial services, airport services, manufacturing and real estate. He also serves on the Boards of the California-Asia Business Council and Stanford University’s Institute for International Studies. During the 1970s and 1980s, he worked in banking and finance with American Express International Banking Corporation, The Crocker Bank, Hibernia Bank and United Savings Bank.

Mr SyCip graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations/Economics from StanfordUniversity and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.

Ms Carol Yang Xiao-Qing
Independent Director
Last re-appointed: April 2006

Ms Carol Yang Xiao-Qing was appointed an Independent Director of the Company on 1 May 2005 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee on 24 February 2006. She is a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees.

Ms Yang is the Chief Executive Officer of Galaxaco China Group LLC, a project development and consulting firm with offices in Beijing and San Francisco. Ms Yang has extensive experience in inbound investments, international trade and state regulatory matters in China. She held directorships in Schauenburg Truplast Hose Technology Ltd, Guangzhou GISE Gas Ltd.; Asian Light Group Limited and Shanghai AKA Mechanical and Electric Co., Ltd. for the last five years.

Ms. Yang holds a BA in Journalism from Jinan University, People’s Republic of China. She also attended Stanford University on a Communications Fellowship in 1985. Subsequently, Ms. Yang received her MA in Communications Management & Investor Relations from Simmons College in Massachusetts.

Ms Gina Lin Chu
Independent Director
Appointed: September 2010

Ms Gina Lin Chu was appointed an Independent Director of the Company on 22 September 2010. She is a member of the Audit, the Nominating and the Remuneration Committees.

Ms Lin has had more than ten years of management experience in the apparel industry holding various positions from designer, product manager, merchandiser and co-owner. During the past eleven years, she has accumulated board experiences, both as a private investor and as a board member or adviser to various NGOs in the US and China. She is currently a trustee at the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC) of New York and board member of The Asia Foundation (San Francisco), Give2Asia and Asian Art Museum (San Francisco). As board member of these institutions, she has co-chaired functions such as the ADARCs 25th Anniversary honoring President Bill Clinton in 2009 and the Asia Society’s 50th Anniversary Gala in 2006. Among her previous board and trustee appointments were Eisenhower Fellowships, Bhutan Foundation (DC) and Trustee Emeritus at Asia Society (NY).

Ms Lin is a recipient of the following awards.
• The Philanthropy/Community Service Award, April, 2006 from the> Committee of 100, New York
• The Philanthropist of the Year Award, May, 2006 from the Asian American Federation of New York and was invited to ring the NYSE opening bell in celebration of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, May, 2006..

Mr Lim Tai Toon
Independent Director
Appointed: October 2010

Mr Lim Tai Toon spent the earlier part of his career serving out his bond with the Singapore Armed Forces before embarking on a broad and varied financial and business career.Since 1994, Mr Lim worked in a number of SGX listed companies, most recently as Financial Advisor of REA Ltd (formerly known as Superior Fastening Ltd) till mid 2010 and previously as Executive Director of Eastgate Technology Limited (2006 to 2009), Managing Director of Vashion Group Limited (formerly known as Startech Electronics Limited) from 2003 to 2006 and Vice President (Corporate Affairs) of Ipco International Limited (1995 to 1996).Between those years, Mr Lim also founded a software development company in 2003 and was based in China from 1996 to 2000.Mr Lim holds a Master of Business (Information Technology) from Curtin University of Technology (Australia), Master of Business Administration from Henly Management College (United Kingdom) and Bachelor of Accountancy from National University of Singapore (Singapore). Mr Lim is a full time Member of Singapore Institute of Directors and Fellow CPA (FCPA) of Institute of Certified Public Accountant of Singapore.



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