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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 ofcers are as follows:-
Name Age Position
Sim Wong Hoo 57 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Ocer
Lee Kheng Nam 64 Independent Non-Executive Director
Ng Kai Wa 56 Independent Non-Executive Director
Lee Gwong-Yih 57 Independent Non-Executive Director
Ng Keh Long 53 Chief Financial Ocer
SIM WONG HOO founded Creative in Singapore in 1981 and has been its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Ofcer
since its inception.
LEE KHENG NAM has been a Director of Creative since 1991. Mr Lee is presently a Venture Partner of GGV Capital. At
the same time he is Chairman of Advantec Pte Ltd, an investment holding company. He is also the non-executive chairman of
Vertex Management (II) Pte Ltd and deputy chairman of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd (“VVH”), both wholly-owned subsidiaries
of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, engaged in the venture capital direct investment and fund management business. Mr Lee
was General Manager (1988 to February 1995) and subsequently President of Vertex Management Pte Ltd (VMPL) and executive
Director of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd (VVH) from March 1995 to February 2004. Prior to that, 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. Besides Creative, he is a Director of 2 other listed companies, China Finance Online Co Ltd and BCD
Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited. 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. 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 Ofcer 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 Ofcer 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. 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 Ofcer 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 nancial positions until May 1996,
when he was appointed as Vice President, Corporate Treasurer and Acting Chief Financial Ofcer. In 1998 he was appointed as
Chief Financial Ofcer. Prior to joining Creative, he was a Senior Manager with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP), where he gained more than ten years’ experience in nance, accounting and auditing. Mr. Ng is a member of the Institute
of Certied Public Accountants in Singapore.