BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MR LEE WAN LIK
Executive Chairman and DirectorMr Lee is the Executive Chairman and Director of the Company and is actively involved with the Group’s research and development to develop innovative technology solutions and adds capabilities to fuel the growth of the Group. As part of his responsibility as the Executive Chairman of the Group, Mr Lee provides leadership and direction to the Board, ensuring the Board’s effectiveness in all aspects of its role, including the good governance of the Company, and the effectiveness of its committee. This includes working with the Board and the Company’s CEO to develop strategy for the Company’s future growth, and identify opportunities for value enhancing strategic initiatives
Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also has Master of Science in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas. Mr Lee is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and past Chairman of its IT division. He is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
MR MICHAEL YAP KIAM SIEW
Chief Executive Officer and Deputy ChairmanMr Michael Yap Kiam Siew was appointed as an Independent Director of Azeus in September 2004. He was designated as Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Board in April 2020. He took on the role of CEO in March 2022.
Mr Yap was the CEO/Deputy CEO of various Singapore government agencies. He was the Deputy CEO of Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore. He was the CEO of the National Computer Board (NCB), the national authority responsible for Singapore’s overall IT policies and implementations.
He was the founder and CEO of various software companies and venture investment firms. He was also Singapore’s Managing Director of a world’s leading enterprise software company. Mr Yap has been on the board of directors of various public listed and private companies, as well as public organisations, such as the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and the Singapore Science Center.
Mr Yap holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, United States. He has also completed the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford University. Mr Yap was named BusinessWeek’s 50 Stars of Asia and by the World Economic Forum as one of the Top 100 Future Global Leaders.
MR STEPHEN HO CHIMING
Lead Independent DirectorStephen Ho ChiMing served as a senior advisor to the Institutional Banking Group (“IBG”) of DBS Bank Ltd (“DBS”), Taiwan, a role he held between 2018 and 2023. He has over 30 years of investment banking experience that spans M&A advisory, equity, and debt capital markets and project or leveraged finance, with a specialization in the Telecom, Media, and Technology sector between 1991 and 2011. His banking career began in 1989 at the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Chase Manhattan Bank New York (later JP Morgan Chase).
In 2001, he joined DBS as a managing director in the Institutional Banking Group of DBS Bank in Singapore and was appointed the CEO of DBS Asia Capital, Hong Kong, from 2011 to 2013. Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering from Iowa State University, a Master of Science Civil Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Currently, he also serves as an Independent Director of SGX-listed Valuetronics Holdings Limited and CeEntek Pte Ltd.
PROFESSOR CHEE YEOW MENG
Independent DirectorProfessor Chee Yeow Meng is Vice President (Innovation and Enterprise) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and holds various leadership roles, including Director of the NUS Enterprise Academy and NUS Overseas Colleges. He is also a Professor in the Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management. Previously, he was Vice Provost for Technology-Enhanced and Experiential Learning at NUS. Before his current tenure, Professor Chee served at Nanyang Technological University as Head of the Division of Mathematical Sciences, Chair of the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Interim Dean of the College of Science.
An entrepreneur, Professor Chee co-founded a spinoff company and established several start-ups before rejoining public service. He remains active in the startup ecosystem. Academically, he is a Fellow and Council Member of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications and a senior member of IEEE. His research focuses on the intersection of combinatorics and computer science, particularly in coding theory and extremal set systems. He holds BMath, MMath, and PhD degrees in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. On September, 2023, he joined Azeus’ Board of Directors as an Independent Director and serves as Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
MR PAN KIT KUAN (KK)
Independent DirectorMr KK Pan has joined the Azeus Board as independent director officially in September 2024. Mr Pan holds Bachelor Degree in Applied Science, and has management experience in Asia Pacific / Japan, Greater China and lived in major cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seattle, Stuttgart.
Mr Pan has more than 34 years Information Technology experiences and 15 years of which were experience in the Cloud and SaaS applications industry and has involves in many new venture and reorganisations from traditional licensing to Cloud and SaaS. He is also one of the pioneers in China Enterprise solution since 90s, involve in setting-up operations mainly in Beijing and Shanghai and managed in Greater China and has started Oracle Enterprise, Applications transformation to Cloud starting in 2012.