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Mr Serge Pun
Executive Chairman and Executive Director, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd
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Serge Pun is a Myanmar national and the Chairman of the SPA Group. He founded Serge Pun & Associates Limited in 1983 in Hong Kong and was then primarily active in real estate brokerage and development. Serge Pun has led many real estate investments as a general partner in real estate limited partnerships, including projects such as Stewart Terrace on the Peak in Hong Kong (1987 to 1988) and Village Gardens in Yau Yat Chuen, Kowloon (1988 to 1990), to name a few. In these partnerships, he was involved in the organisation, development, promotion and management of all the projects. In 1988, Serge Pun & Associates Limited opened its first overseas branch in Bangkok. Branches and subsidiaries in Kuala Lumpur (1990), Shenzhen (1988), Chengdu (1992) and Taipei (1992) followed in the ensuing years. Some of Serge Pun's more notable projects overseas were the Sand River Golf Club in Shenzhen (1991- 1997); the 1 million sq. ft. premier office building in Bangkok - Abdulrahim Place at 990 Rama IV (1989 to 2000) and the 1.2 million square feet mixed use development in Dalian PRC known as The Grand Central - a project in which YSH has taken an interest.
In 1991, Serge Pun decided to return to his hometown in Myanmar and set up the SPA Group, which has today grown to include about 30 operating companies active in 6 key businesses including financial services, manufacturing, real estate development, trading and distribution, services, automobile assembly and distribution and agriculture. In 1999, Serge Pun was conferred the title of Doctorate in Philosophy (Ph.D) in Business Administration, honoris causa by the Southern California University for Professional Studies. Serge Pun was appointed an Honorary Business Representative of International Enterprise Singapore for Myanmar from 2004 to 2007. He has been invited to many international forums as guest speaker or panelist on subjects relating to China, Myanmar and ASEAN. He was appointed as a member of the Chinese People Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of Dalian, PRC since 2007.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 17 August 2006, Serge Pun is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of YSH.
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Mr Andrew Rickards
CEO and Executive Director, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd
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Andrew Rickards qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1988 having read Engineering Science at Exeter University in the UK. He started his investment banking career in 1990 with Barclays de Zoete Wedd and subsequently worked for some major names in the field of investment banking including Schroders, Goldman Sachs and N.M.Rothshild and Sons. He has lived and worked in India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan and Australia and has been responsible for raising capital and advising on mergers and acquisitions in many emerging Asian countries, including India, Vietnam, Indonesia and China.
He is also an Independent Director of Charm Communications Inc, a NASDAQ-listed Chinese advertising company.
He is an active sportsman with interests in sailing, skiing and triathalon. His philanthropic activities include marine conservation, where he is Chairman of Bloom Association in Hong Kong, the Paris based marine conservation charity, and supporting medical and other philanthropic institutions in Myanmar.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 21 November 2011, Andrew Rickards is an Executive Director of YSH.
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Mr Cyrus Pun Chi Yam
Head of Corporate Development and Executive Director, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd
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Cyrus Pun was educated in the UK and received a bachelor's degree in Economics from the London School of Economics in 2003. He gained his first work experience in China at the beginning of his career with an established manufacturer of building materials, where he headed a team to develop the export and trading market. Prior to joining the SPA Group - an affiliated company of the Group - in 2007, Cyrus Pun worked for Hutchison Port Holdings in the South China Commercial Division based in Hong Kong. His major responsibilities involve revenue analysis, setting price strategy, contract negotiation, and was responsible for account management for a substantial client portfolio.
In February 2007, Cyrus Pun joined SPA Group and assumed a leading role in the development of Grand Central in Dalian, China - a real estate project undertaken by SPA Grand Central (Dalian) Enterprise Co., Ltd, an associated company of the Group.
He was appointed as the Head of Corporate Development of the Company and an alternate director to Mr Serge Pun on 11 June 2010. Following his appointment as the Head of Corporate Development, he has since headed various corporate exercises in identifying and developing new business opportunities as well as evaluating existing businesses of the Group.
Appointed to the board of YSH on 21 February 2011, Cyrus Pun is an Executive Director of YSH and resigned as the alternate director to Mr Serge Pun.
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Mr Richard Neo
Group General Manager, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd.
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Richard received his bachelor's degree in Business Administrationfrom the National University of Singapore in 1985. He worked for a major international trading house as a business executive upon his graduation and diligently served the firm for 25 years. He was promoted through the ranks and retired as the Head of Business Department. His main responsibilities involved formulating business strategies and managing the day-to-day operation of the department to achieve the company's objectives. He has extensive experience in various aspects of business activities including trading, project evaluation, investment analysis and risk management.
He has assumed the position of Group General Manager in Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd in January 2011 and assists the CEO in the daily operations of the Group.
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Ms Joycelyn Siow
Group Finance Manager, Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd.
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Joycelyn was educated in Singapore Polytechnic and obtained her Diploma in Banking and Financial Services. She went on to pursue her studies in ACCA. Joycelyn has 10 years of audit experience in international audit firms. During her years of auditexperience, she was involved in audit services for public listed companies, multinational corporations and small and medium sized enterprises. Besides audit work, she was also involved in special assignments such as internal audit, preparation of accountants' report for IPO and RTO and due diligence review. She left the international audit firm as Senior Audit Manager before she was appointed as Group Finance Manager of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd in June 2008.
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Mr Steven Howard Nelson
Managing Director, Lion Century Properties Ltd and SPA Project Management Pte Ltd
Project Director, Orchid Gardens
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Steven was born and educated in Australia where he obtained his TAFE (Technical And Further Education) building diploma. He started his career in 1971 as a building foreman and clerk of works with an established Sydney-based construction and development company in Australia. In 1975, he was transferred to the Australian Capital Territory where he was associated with city infrastructure development. During the 1980s, he worked in the Snowy Mountains of Australia for 5 years. He has experience in construction, civil engineering, site management, quantity survey, value engineering, architectural design, infrastructure development and project management in various hotels, commercial and high-rise office buildings, residential and governmental developments and infrastructure development projects.
Subsequently, Steven set up his own project management, design development and consultancy company. In March 1995, he joined SPAPM as a Construction Manager for the Sand-River Golf Course development in Shenzhen, China. In August 1997, he was recruited to be the Project Manager for PHGE. In February 2001, he was appointed Managing Director of SPAPM as well as Project Director of PHGE. Since January 2007, he has been the Managing Director of Lion Century Properties Ltd and SPA Project Management Pte Ltd.
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Mr Tin Htut Oo
Chief Operating Officer, Plantation Resources Pte. Ltd.
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Tin Htut Oo had an illustrious career that spanned 37 years with the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation of Myanmar, retiring as Director General, Department of Agriculture Planning. During his tenure with the Ministry of Agriculture, he has amassed vast experience in field work as well as participated in many international and regional forums on food security and eradication of hunger. Most notably, he has attended and actively participated in almost all the important international and regional summits and high level meetings as Myanmar delegation member, such as FAO 50 Years; World Food Summit; Asian Society of Agriculture Economist Meeting, and ASEAN High Level Executive Seminar on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Strategy, to name a few. Tin Htut Oo has been awarded Excellent Performance in Administrative Field (Second Class) in 2001, followed by Excellent Performance in Administrative Field (First Class) in 2002. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Agriculture, Mandalay, Myanmar and a master's degree from the Ohio State University, USA. He joined Plantation Resources Pte. Ltd. as COO effective 11 June 2010, after acting as a consultant to the company since February 2010.
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