BOARD OF DIRECTORS


Rashid Bin Maidin – Executive Director
Ng Xinwei – Executive Director
Manfred Shiu – Executive Director
Lim Lulu – Executive Director
Chen Chou Mei Mei – Non-Executive Director
Chong Lee Chang – Independent Non-Executive Director
Chan Cheong Yee – Independent Non-Executive Director
Siu Kin Wai - Independent Non-Executive Director


Rashid Bin Maidin, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer

With more than 20 years of vast and extensive experience as well as hands-on knowledge, Rashid continues to successfully chart new territories on all the Group’s core business fronts.


RASHID BIN MAIDIN, a Singapore national, is the Chief Executive Officer of Agritrade Resources Limited since October 2010. The Group’s landmark and innovative business strategies have been the brainchild of Mr Rashid. His business aspirations, visionary style and unique approach were key in strengthening the core businesses of the Group.

Mr Rashid has had extensive experience in the coal, timber and maritime industries in Asia and the Middle East since 1991. He has held several key leadership positions in various companies, where he has actively involved in providing inspirational as well as operational leadership. He is very hands-on in advising, supervising, monitoring and overseeing the overall operations of the companies.

Mr. Rashid is the founder and the group executive chairman of WSJ International Group (“WSJ Group”), a Malaysia-based group which has been focusing on the trading of commodities and logistics support since 1991. For the past 20 years, he actively oversaw and managed the operations of WSJ Group, where he gained considerable experience running coal mines and other commodities operations in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Mr. Rashid is a director of PT. Rimau Indonesia (“PTRI”), an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Over the course of his prior 20 years of extensive experience, Mr Rashid has acquired the subtle art and intricate skills of engaging in local as well as cross-border businesses. He continues to bring his focused and valuable acumen and vast experience to bear in his current ventures and capacity as Chief Executive Officer of Agritrade Resources Limited.



Ng Xinwei, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
An icon of commitment and dynamism combined with success

NG XINWEI, a Singapore national, is the Chief Operating Officer of Agritrade Resources. He commenced his successful journey as a young entrepreneur in the year 2004, by joining their family business and assisting his father Mr. Ng Say Pek, founder and Managing Director of Agritrade International Pte Ltd, Singapore. He has gained 6 years of expertise and experience in handling the affairs of Agritrade International Pte Ltd and has successfully conducted the business of Crude Palm Oil and Coal trading, as well as Shipping logistic management and in particular, commodities related investments under the guidance and supervision of his father.

Mr. Ng Xinwei played a vital role in paving way for Agritrade International in winning many coveted awards in Singapore by IE Singapore, EDB Singapore, and DP Information Group year after year. Mr. Ng Xinwei’s keen involvement and dynamism led Agritrade to actively diversify into the Power & Energy sector by acquiring important assets such as coal concessions in Indonesia and shipping vessels to meet the ever growing demands of the market.

Mr. Ng is also a director of Rimau Shipping Pte Limited (“Rimau Shipping”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and a director of PTRI. Mr. Ng is in charge of managing all operational aspects of the Company's coal mining business and charting the Company's future strategy. He is also responsible for investor relations and corporate communications.



Manfred Shiu, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer

More than 15 years of experience in corporate finance, M&A, and investment, backed with a strong track record and credentials

MANFRED SHIU SHU MING, a Hong Kong national, is a Chief Financial officer and Executive Director of the Company since November 2010. Mr. Shiu is also a member of the Executive, Remuneration and Nomination Committees. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy and he is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He has more than 15 years’ intensive exposure in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, investments, Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) and fund raising exercise in various ventures and projects with a deal portfolio covering private entities, China state owned enterprises (“SOE”) and public listed companies in Hong Kong, PRC, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.


Mr. Shiu also is a licensed person registered under the Securities and Futures Ordinance of Hong Kong with the capacity to carry out regulated activities on corporate finance advisory and he is the responsible officer of a Hong Kong investment bank, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is the responsible officer of Grand Vinco Capital Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Vinco Financial Group Limited, a company listed on the Growth Enterprise Market (“GEM”) of the Stock Exchange.


Mr. Shiu is also the director of a number of subsidiaries and associated companies of the Group.




Lim Lulu, Executive Director
Ms. Lim, is the General Manager of Agritrade International Pte Ltd and is a member of the Executive Committee. Ms. Lim graduated with a Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and has over 30 years of experience in accounting and financial management, and is actively involved in the accounting and financial aspects of the Company.



Chen Chou Mei Mei, Non-Executive Director
Mrs. Chen, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Colorado in the United States of America and has over 30 years of experience in investments, particularly property related investments. Mrs. Chen is an executive director of Winsor Properties Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange and an independent non-executive director of Bingo Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on the GEM of the Stock Exchange.



Chong Lee Chang, Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Chong, Malaysian, is an independent non-executive director and chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Chong has more than 25 years of experience in legal practice in Malaysia and is a senior partner of a Kuala Lumpur-based law firm, Messrs. LC Chong & Co. His legal experience included advising various companies from Asia and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Chong currently holds directorship at CVM Minerals Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange, as an independent non-executive director, and Bingo Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on GEM of the Stock Exchange, as a non-executive director. Mr. Chong is also the managing director of Guangxi Xin Wei Hotel Management Co., Ltd a private foreign investment company in the PRC which owns the Naning Marriott Hotel.

Mr. Chong has also served as an executive director of Antah Holdings Berhad, a public company listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia and also held directorship in Permanis Sdn. Bhd., the Malaysian franchise holder and bottler of Pepsi-Cola and Seven-up. He was an independent non-executive director of EITA Resources Berhad, a public company listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia and he was the executive director of Seven Eleven Convenience stores in Malaysia from 2000 to 2002. From May 2005 to February 2009, Mr. Chong served as a non-executive director of Midwest Corporation Limited, a public company that was previously listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and is engaged in mining, exploring and processing iron ore.

Mr. Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Law from the Manchester Metropolitan University in 1982. He was admitted to the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, London, in 1982 and was enrolled as a barrister of law in 1983. In 1984, he was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya and holds a legal practising certificate to practice law in Malaysia.



Chan Cheong Yee, Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Chan, is an independent non-executive director and chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr. Chan has been in the financial and investment field for 20 years, and is currently the sales director and responsible officer of China Everbright Securities (HK) Limited. He is directly involved in identifying investment opportunities, conducting due diligence, performing valuation, monitoring performance of investment portfolios and providing investment and divestment recommendations.

Mr. Chan also holds directorships at China Innovation Investment Limited, China Investment and Finance Group Limited and China Investment Development Limited which are investment companies listed on the Stock Exchange and Bingo Group Holdings Limited, a company listed on GEM.

Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Finance. He is also a registered and licensed person under the Securities and Futures Ordinance to carry out regulated activities in dealing with securities, advising on securities, dealing in futures contracts and undertaking asset management.

 
 
Siu Kin Wai, Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Siu, is an independent non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mr. Siu has extensive experience in financial management and corporate advisory and assurance. He is an executive director in Beijing Properties (Holdings) Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange. Mr. Siu was previously an executive director, chief financial officer and company secretary of China Technology Development Group Corporation, a company listed on the NASDAQ.

Mr. Siu graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelors degree in Accountancy and is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.