Kok-Thay Lim

Board Member at Synthetic Genomics

Mr. Lim is the Chairman, President, and Chief Executive of the Genting Group, one of Asia’s leading multinational corporations. Mr. Lim is instrumental in the internationalization of the Genting Group and was the key driver behind the development of the Group’s casino projects worldwide. Mr. Lim founded Genting Hong Kong Limited, which has grown into one of the largest cruise line companies in the world and is the leading cruise operator in Asia-Pacific. Mr. Lim guided the Genting Group to expand into power generation, plantation, property development, and oil & gas exploration & production. The Genting Group is also well invested globally in the biotechnology sector. In addition to sitting on the boards of a few publicly listed companies, Mr. Lim also serves as trustees of several charitable organizations, including The Community Chest of Malaysia of which he was the founding Chairman.