Mr. Wong was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2018. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee. He is the Managing Director of Equity Law LLC and also heads its Corporate and Securities Practice. He is an experienced and established corporate practitioner and was previously a partner of reputable law firms. He co-headed the Corporate and Securities Practice of his previous firm and also headed its subsidiary, an approved SGX continuing sponsor. His areas of practice include corporate and securities laws, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, corporate and commercial contracts, regulatory compliance and corporate governance advisory and corporate secretarial work. He has led numerous initial public offerings, reverse take-overs, secondary fund raising and cross-border merger and acquisition exercises.
Mr. Wong graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1991 with an Honours degree in Law, on a scholarship from the Public Service Commission of Singapore. Subsequently, he has accumulated an extensive working experience in both the public and the private sectors of the legal profession. He is an advocate and solicitor in Singapore and a solicitor in Hong Kong SAR. He has been recognised in leading legal publications such as IFLR 1000, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Corporate and M&A and Acquisition International.
Mr. Wong was a director of several public listed companies in Singapore and currently sits on the board of directors of Eindec Corporation Limited.