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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:-
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Sim Wong Hoo 59 Chairman of the Board and Chief Execuve Ocer
Lee Kheng Nam 66 Independent Non-Execuve Director
Ng Kai Wa 58 Independent Non-Execuve Director
Lee Gwong-Yih 59 Independent Non-Execuve Director
Ng Keh Long 55 Chief Financial Ocer
SIM WONG HOO founded Creative 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. He is presently a Venture Partner of GGV Capital and also
Chairman of Advantec Pte Ltd, an investment holding company. Mr. Lee is also currently 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 VVH
from March 1995 to February 2004. Prior to this, he was with NatSteel group of companies as the Manager of the Project
Development Department and the Ministry of National Development where he was Deputy Director of Planning. Mr. Lee is a
director of another listed company - China Finance Online Co Ltd. He also sits on the boards of several companies, both local
and overseas. He 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 and 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 a Senior Managing Director of Translink Capital, a
Silicon Valley-based venture capital rm. Prior to joining Translink Capital in 2014, Mr. Lee was Chairman and Chief Executive
Ofcer of the CyberTAN Technology, Inc., a leading networking company listed in Taiwan, since 2006. 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. He also acts as an Independent
Non-executive Director of AFOP, listed in NASDAQ, Tailyn Technologies, listed in Taiwan, and an Advisor of Foxconn. 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 1998 when
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.