Change & Innovation in Governance7th Singapore Corporate Governance Week

Mr. Hooi Yu Koh is our CEO and Managing Director and was appointed as a Director of our Company on 18 May 2012 and was last re-elected on 26 April 2013. Mr. Hooi first joined our Group in 1996 and has served as our CEO and Managing Director since October 2005. Currently, he is also the Executive Director of Kori Singapore, Ming Shin, Kori Malaysia and Fuchiang Construction and responsible for 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 our 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 Singapore. He was subsequently promoted to CEO and Executive Director of Kori Singapore in 2005 and 2012 respectively.

Mr. Hooi has been a member of the Singapore Welding Society since December 2004 and 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.