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Mr. Rob Eckelmann
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Rob Eckelmann was Vice President of Intel's Sales and Marketing Group and General Manager for European (EMEA) Operations. At Intel, Rob opened offices in Asia-Pacific, including China, India and the emerging markets of Southeast Asia. He began his business career at Intel, managing international strategy in the office of then-President Andy Grove. Earlier, he served in the United States government, managing international trade policy and development in the technology sector. Rob works closely with the Silecs management team and brings considerable expertise in sales strategy, international expansion, and recruitment. He is on the board of directors at various public and private technology companies, including Wolfson Microelectronics, Xaar, Visiware, and Emulation & Verification Engineering (EVE). Rob holds degrees from Princeton University, the University of Chicago and Williams College.
Mr. Kok-Whee Teo
CEO
Silecs
Mr. Kok-Whee Teo has over 20 years experiences in semiconductor and electronics industries, primarily engaged in developing new businesses, with over US$ 1 billion accumulated profits created. Mr. Teo has extensive business, engineering and product development expertises in exploring emerging differentiated applications. He had led new global and Asia businesses in semiconductors including digital signal processor; 3D and environment-friendly interconnects; electronic gases and chemical solutions. He held senior positions in Texas Instruments; Molex; and most recently as a global VP in Linde/BOC Electronics. Mr Teo holds MSC Industrial Engineering (Semiconductor/Electronics) and MBA from National University of Singapore.
Steve Kirtley, Ph.D.
Member of the Board of Directors
Dr. Kirtley is a world renowned expert behind the current semiconductor dielectrics industry, involved in the business since 1981. He headed the spin-on glass (SOG) business of AlliedSignal (acquired by Honeywell) both commercially and technically, most recently as the Vice President of Technology and Growth for the Electronic Materials division. Dr. Kirtley grew Allied's spin-on business from its initial stages to the world's largest supplier of spin-on products, with sales to over 100 fabs around the world exceeding $100m annually. During his early years at Allied, Dr. Kirtley personally developed several commercial spin-on dielectric (SOD) materials, receiving 5 patents for this work. In 2000 he co-founded, and served as initial CEO for a business to business e-commerce start-up, TheSupply.com. Currently Dr. Kirtley heads the CMP pads business of ThomasWest, a privately held company supplying the semiconductor fab market. Dr. Kirtley received his Ph.D. in chemistry from UCLA in 1970. Immediately after receiving his degree, he became a college professor, first at New College in Sarasota, Florida, and then at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. While in academics, Dr. Kirtley did extensive research on organometallic compounds, published over 30 papers and a book, and received numerous grants.
Mr. Staffan Ingeborn
Member of the Board of Directors
Staffan Ingeborn is the founder and Managing Investment Director of InnovationsKapital. Previously he was a self employed management consultant and private investor, leading various large companies as 'chairman-for-hire'. Prior to setting up his own consultancy he was the Managing Director of Frico AB and during this period the company was successfully introduced to the Swedish Stock Exchange. Before this he was the General Manager of the Hygiene Division of LIC. Mr. Ingeborn has a BSc degree from the University of Göteborg.
Mr. Olav Ostin
Member of the Board of Directors
Olav co-founded Tempo in early 2006 when the venture division of Nova Capital Management Limited was de-merged to form Tempo. At Nova, he was a Director and Joint Head of Ventures having joined Nova in January 2004 to lead Nova's activities in the venture market alongside David Tate.
Between 2000 and 2004, he was a Managing Director of the ETF Group, a venture capital company, where he was responsible for sponsoring and managing all investments in the UK and the Nordic region. At ETF, he managed 6 new and follow-on investments and 3 exits. He also sat on the Board of 6 companies. Before ETF, he spent over 6 years in investment banking at Enskilda Securities where he was a Director and the Head of the technology team in London. Olav Ostin was educated at EM Lyon in France.
Ms. Swee-Yeok CHU
Chief Executive Officer
EDB Investments Pte Ltd (EDBI)
Ms Chu joined EDBI Pte Ltd as its Chief Executive Officer in late 2008, bringing with her over 20 years of track record and extensive experience in equity investments of start-up to growth and late-stage ventures, strategic planning, business and technology development. Prior to EDBI, Ms Chu was the CEO of Bio*One Capital since 2004. Under her leadership, it became a globally recognised and reputable investment fund manager with a portfolio of over 50 biomedical companies worldwide and in Singapore. Ms Chu previously held senior positions at the Singapore Economic Development Board where she was instrumental for industry strategy development and implementation including establishing several venture funds and providing oversight to their management. She also had a major stint at the Agency for Science & Technology Research where she was instrumental in setting and implementing R&D initiatives in support of the biomedical industry, a key pillar of Singapore's economy today.
Besides the board of EDBI, Ms Chu also serves on the boards of Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (NITD), Merlion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd, S*Bio Pte Ltd, Triton Water AG, Xinya Media Pte Ltd, Singapore-Suzhou Township Development Pte Ltd, and Alexandra Health Endowment Fund.
Mr. Bobby Cheng
Mr. Cheng has over 30 years of senior executive experience in nearly all aspect of operations ranging from product development, marketing, sales supply chain, general management, M&A to corporate governance. He has worked in the semiconductor and IT sectors of the industry for companies like TI, DEC, Computervision, NEC and ICL.
His versatility is demonstrated by his extensive experience in R&D, International collaboration with equipment, IC, components and PCB manufacturers, and setting up and operating new overseas subsidiaries.
He spent five years as an entrepreneur running his own business. He ran a publicly listed Singapore company (Intraco) and turned it into profitability in one and half years. He has held several directorships in Singapore publicly listed companies like CWT, Teledata and Courts. He is also a member of the Board of directors with Verigy (NASDAQ) and member on board a private retail chain in China.
