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CREATIVE฀TECHNOLOGY฀LTD฀AND฀ITS฀SUBSIDIARIES
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Creative’s directors and executive officers are as follows:-
Name฀ Age฀ Position
Sim฀Wong฀Hoo฀ 54฀ Chairman฀of฀the฀Board฀and฀Chief฀Executive฀Officer
Lee฀Kheng฀Nam฀ 61฀ Director
Ng฀Kai฀Wa฀ 53฀ Director
Lee฀Gwong-Yih฀ 54฀ Director
Ng฀Keh฀Long฀ 50฀ Chief฀Financial฀Officer
SIM WONG HOO founded Creative in Singapore in 1981 and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
since its inception.
LEE KHENG NAM became a Director of Creative in 1991. Mr Lee is currently a non-executive chairman of Vertex Management
(II) Pte Ltd, and has been appointed as non-executive chairman of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd (“VVH”) on 1 September 2008,
which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, engaged in the venture capital direct investment and
fund management business. He is also the Chairman of Advantec Pte Ltd, an investment holding company. From March 1995
to February 2004, Mr Lee was the President of Vertex Management Pte Ltd and executive director of VVH. He is a Director
of 2 listed companies - Creative Technology Ltd and China Finance Online Co Ltd. Mr. Lee formerly served on the boards of
Centillium Communications Inc, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, GRIC Communications Inc., ActivCard Corp and
Gemplus International S.A. Prior to joining the Singapore Technologies Group, Mr. Lee was with NatSteel group as the Manager
of the Project Development Department and the Ministry of National Development where he was Deputy Director of Planning.
Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (First Class Honours) from Queen’s University, Canada
and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research & Systems Analysis from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
NG KAI WA became a Director of Creative in 2005. He has been the Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
InnoMedia Pte Ltd since 1995. InnoMedia is a leading supplier of broadband IP Telephony solutions that deliver high quality-
voice and video over IP network, targeted to the broadband service providers, enterprises, consumers and OEM customers. Prior
to that, he was the Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Creative Technology Ltd. Mr.
Ng holds an Executive Master of Business Administration Degree from the National University of Singapore and a Diploma in
Electronic and Electrical Engineering from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
LEE GWONG-YIH became a Director of Creative in 2009. He is currently Chairman of the Board of CyberTAN Technology,
Inc., a leading networking company listed in Taiwan, and Chairman of ApaceWave Technologies, Inc., a broadband wireless
company. From September 1999 to January 2004, Mr. Lee served as General Manager and Senior Director at Cisco Systems,
Inc. In March 1998, Mr. Lee established TransMedia Communications, a communication equipment company, and served as its
President and Chief Executive Officer until September 1999 when TransMedia Communications was acquired by Cisco Systems,
Inc. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Control Engineering from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan and a
Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from New York University.
NG KEH LONG joined the Company in April 1993 as Financial Controller and held various financial positions until May 1996,
when he was appointed as Vice President, Corporate Treasurer and Acting Chief Financial Officer. In 1998 he was appointed as
Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Creative, he was a Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP), where he gained more than ten years’ experience in finance, accounting and auditing. Mr. Ng is a member of the Institute
of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore.
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