Together For A Brighter Future™
Tang Kin Fei
Non-Executive, Non-Independent Board Chairman
Mr Tang was appointed to the Board in January 2021 and is currently the Chairman of the Executive Committee of SIA Engineering Company Limited, and the Chairman of Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd, a major energy infrastructure project with strategic intent. He is a Director of Summit Power International Limited, a Board Member of Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, the Council Chairman of Ngee Ann Polytechnic and Vice Chairman of the Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital, a charitable hospital which provides care for needy patients. Mr Tang was the Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Sembcorp Industries Ltd (“Sembcorp”) from 1 May 2005 until his retirement on 31 March 2017. He then remained as an Advisor and a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Sembcorp until 31 May 2017. Mr Tang, who has been with Sembcorp for approximately 30 years, has been credited with driving its transformation into an international energy, water, marine and urban development group. He has headed Sembcorp’s utilities business on Jurong Island in Singapore, which grew into a global energy and water player with a sizeable portfolio of assets and capabilities.
Ajaib Hari Dass
Lead Independent Director
Mr Hari Dass was appointed to the Board in January 2021 and is currently an Independent Director of Sembcorp. He is a panel member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration and the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He is also an accredited principal mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre and a senior accredited specialist (maritime and shipping law), at the Singapore Academy of Law. He is a commissioner for oaths, a notary public and a retired justice of the peace. He is also the Lead Independent Director of Nam Cheong Limited.
Tung Zhihong, Paul
Independent Director
Mr Tung was appointed to the Board in May 2014 and is currently a Regional Senior Finance Manager with a multinational corporation. Prior to his current role, Mr Tung was an Audit Manager with PWC. Mr Tung holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance and Investment Finance from the University of Western Australia.
Lee Fook Choon
Independent Director
Mr Lee was appointed to the Board in October 2018 and is currently a Vice President of Hexagon PPM Division of Bricsys (Asia Pacific). He was the President (Asia) of Leica Geosystems part of Hexagon, and a Country Manager for Autodesk Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Mr Lee holds a Master in Business Administration (International Business) from RMIT Graduate School, a Master in Public Administration from Nanyang Technological University, Bachelor of Engineer (Hons) from National University of Singapore.
Tan Tong Hai
Non-Executive Director, Non-Independent Director
Mr Tan was appointed to the Board in May 2022 and currently serves as a Non-executive and Non-Independent Director. Mr Tan holds a series of Directorships across a wide range of portfolios. He is currently a director in SEAX Global Pte Ltd a regional ICT infrastructure connectivity provider in the telecommunications industry based in Singapore as well as an independent director of Taiwan Mobile, the second largest telecommunications company in Taiwan. Mr Tan also currently helms both the board of United Hampshire US REIT and Nanyang Polytechnic as their appointed Chairman. Mr Tan is a veteran in the IT, telecommunications and Media sector with more than 30 years of experience and was a former President and Chief Executive Officer of Starhub Ltd, Singapore Computer Systems and Pacific internet and was instrumental in growing the business and charting the course for these companies to achieve new milestones during his leadership. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.
Yau Wai Hoo, Alan
Group General Manager
Mr Yau joined the Group as the Group General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Athena Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Athena”) in October 2021. Mr Yau is the co-founder of Athena and is leading the Group to achieve growth in a commercial, profitable and sustainable manner. Mr Yau has more than 20 years of experience in China in the Infrastructure, Energy (fossil & renewable), Water/Waste-Water Treatment, Facilities Management, Township Development and Marine Engineering sectors. Prior to founding Athena, Mr Yau was the CEO of Sembcorp China Holding Ltd from 2011 to 2015, where he was responsible for the operation of a fleet of 27 utilities companies, including wind farms, water/waste-water treatment plants and fossil power plants. He oversaw operations of water treatment capacity of > 2,700,000 cubic metres/day. Mr Yau also managed a portfolio of energy assets, including wind farms and power plants, with a total capacity of 3,327 MW. Mr Yau was previously the Principal and APAC Regional Director of Advisian, an international consultancy firm, and was credited for spearheading the expansion of Advisian’s front-end advisory and consulting business in Southeast Asia and China. Mr Yau graduated with a Master of Science (MSc), Environmental Management from National University of Singapore and Bachelor of Science (BSc), Management & Marketing from University of Oregon, United States of America.
Siva Sreedharan
Chief Investment Officer
Mr Sreedharan joined the Group as the Chief Investment Officer in October 2021. Mr Sreedharan is the co-founder of Athena and is leading the funding raising and development activities for Athena Projects. Prior to founding Athena, Mr Sreedharan was leading the advisory practice as APAC Power Director for Advisian, mainly focusing on transaction and mergers & acquisition services, completed 24 deals as an advisor. Prior to that, Mr Sreedharan was leading the management consulting practice as Head of Management Consulting for Black & Veatch in Asia, North Africa and Middle East, part of it, established presence in ASEAN, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Algeria advising private and public infrastructure firms. Before that, Mr Sreedharan was an asset manager with Marubeni Power previously based in Hong Kong and served as an asset manager, managing a portfolio 35,000+MW and 450+ MIGD (“Million Imperial Gallons per Day”) (gross) portfolio of power and water assets with footprint in 25 countries. Through his career, Mr Sreedharan has worked for more than 35 power and water projects with a total capacity of around 30,000+MW and 400+ MGD (“Million Gallons per Day”) of water infrastructure assets, equivalent to approximately US$11 billion around the world. Mr Sreedharan graduated with a Master of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering from National University of Singapore and Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University, India.
Gao Dai Ying, Diana
Chief Technical Officer
Ms Gao joined the Group as the Chief Technical Officer in October 2021. Ms Gao is the co-founder of Athena and is leading the development, technical and operational activities for Athena Projects. Ms Gao has extensive experiences in overall lifecycle of power infrastructure from early investment planning to commissioning, operations and maintenance in various technologies, including solar, wind, energy storage, gas fired combined cycle gas turbines (“CCGT”), coal fired power plant, mini-hydro project and waste-to-energy generation and transmission and distribution. Over the years, she established intensive network and relationship with key stakeholders in the power sector value chain, including local partners, equipment suppliers, and major EPC contractors. Prior to founding Athena, Ms Gao was based in Singapore and was a key member of the team that created the Advisian SEA and China utility business portfolio. Ms Gao also worked with China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Design Institute, subsidiary of Energy China, as Director of Business Development for international projects. During this tenure, Ms Gao set up the Turkey branch Company and oversaw the 6 branches company and representative offices, in Turkey, Bangladesh, Philippines, Pakistan, Thailand and Indonesia for developing of gas-fired co-generation plant, coal-fired power plant, wind farms and renewable energy. She was the leader and key negotiator for most of major international project negotiation in the organisation. Ms Gao graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from University of New South Wales, Australia.