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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
600,000
NUMBER OF BEANS
REQUIRED TO FILL ONE
SACK OF COFFEE
16
BILLION
POUNDS
ESTIMATED ANNUAL
COFFEE PRODUCTION
WORLDWIDE
5
YEARS
TIME FOR A COFFEE TREE
TO MATURE
13%
OF WORLDWIDE COFFEE
CONSUMPTION IS
INSTANT COFFEE
150
MILLIGRAMS OF COFFEE
IN ONE CUP
MR ONG KIAN MIN
Independent Director
Mr Ong has served on the Board as an
Independent Director since April 2000. He
is the Chairman of the Audit Committee
and a member of the Remuneration and
Nominating Committees. As a lawyer
and corporate adviser, Mr Ong brings
invaluable legal and business experience
to the Board. He was called to the Bar of
England and Wales in 1988 and to the
Singapore Bar the following year. In his
more than 20 years of legal practice, he
focused on corporate and commercial law
such as mergers and acquisitions, joint
ventures, restructuring and corporate
finance. In addition to practicing as a
consultant with Drew & Napier LLC, a
leading Singapore law firm, he is a senior
advisor of Alpha Advisory Pte Ltd (a
financial and corporate advisory firm) and
CEO of Kanesaka Sushi Private Limited
which invests in and operates Japanese
fine-dining restaurants
In 1979, Mr Ong was awarded the
President’s Scholarship and Police Force
Scholarship. He holds a Bachelor of Laws
(Hons) external degree from the University
of London and a Bachelor of Science
(Hons) degree from the Imperial College
of Science and Technology in England.
Mr Ong was a Member of Parliament of
Singapore from January 1997 to April 2011.
MR BOON YOON CHIANG
Independent Director
Mr Boon was appointed to the Board as
an Independent Director in December
2005. He is the Country Chairman of the
Jardine Matheson Group of Companies
in Singapore, and Deputy Chairman of
Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited. He
also serves on the Boards of other public
companies including MNCs. He is a board
member of the Singapore International
Chamber of Commerce. He represents
the Singapore Business Federation on
the Council of ASEAN Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (ASEAN-CCI).
Mr Boon is a member of the Competition
Appeal Board.
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