Board Of Directors
Sumitri Mirnalini Menon @ Rabia
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Ms. Menon is an advocate and solicitor and has been practicing as a lawyer since 1982. She is currently with Menon and Co and was previously a partner with Jansen Menon and Lee. Ms. Menon graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours). She is a Commissioner For Oaths and a Notary Public and member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Christopher Reid Borch
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Borch has more than 40 years of engineering, manufacturing and management experience in the semiconductor industry, including 17 years living and working in Asia. Prior to founding Micro-Mechanics in 1983, Mr. Borch held positions with several leading makers of automatic assembly equipment including Kulicke & Soffa, Inc. Mr. Borch earned his undergraduate degree from Furman University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Borch serves on the Dean's Board of the University of Southern California's Engineering School. In July 2018, Mr. Borch received the Best Chief Executive Officer Award at the Singapore Corporate Awards.
Kyle Christopher Borch
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Borch joined Micro-Mechanics in 2018 as a manufacturing engineer at the Group's subsidiary in the USA ("MMUS"). Here he focused on helping to lead an engineering team working to make MMUS a Center of Excellence for manufacturing parts used in critical waferfabrication processes. Starting January 2023, Mr. Borch was appointed as Executive Director and Deputy CEO of Micro-Mechanics. As Deputy CEO, he oversees the Group's operations in Asia and is responsible for creating and steering a new inter-disciplinary team of people from the Group's five worldwide plants focused on accelerating the adoption of continuous improvement, innovation and Center of Excellence initiatives.
Prior to joining Micro-Mechanics, Mr. Borch gained valuable technical and hands-on experience with various technology companies including Agilent Technologies, Apple and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Mr. Borch holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of California Los Angeles and double Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management from the University of Southern California.
Lai Chin Yee
Independent Director
Ms. Lai has over 35 years of experience in areas including auditing, finance & accounting, corporate governance, taxation and treasury, and is currently the Finance Director of SGX-listed Qian Hu Corporation Limited. Ms. Lai was formerly an auditor with international accounting firms from 1987 to 2000.
Ms. Lai was elected as a council member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) since 2018. She is the current Chairperson of ISCA's CFO Committee and a member of its Membership Committee. She also chairs the Singapore Chartered Accountant Qualification (SCAQ) Advisory Panel which ISCA has set up to provide recommendations to enhance, strengthen and update the SCAQ programme. Ms Lai has served on ISCA's Continuing Professional Education Committee and the Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee previously.
In 2019, Ms. Lai was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as a Board member of Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). She is also the Non-Executive Chairman and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Singapore Paincentre Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Ms. Lai graduated with a Bachelor degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. She is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA) of Singapore and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. In 2009, Ms. Lai was named the Chief Financial Officer of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards (for companies with less than $300 million in market capitalisation).
Kenny Kwan
Independent Director
Mr. Kwan is a partner at Allen & Overy LLP. His areas of practice include capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. Over two decades, Kenny has established himself as a respected Capital Markets lawyer. His securities law experience includes acting as both issuers' and underwriters' counsel on Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia capital market transactions as well as US-registered and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings. Mr. Kwan also advises on fund managers and issuers on the structuring and establishment of investment funds domiciled in Singapore as well as on regulatory aspects of managing investment funds outside of Singapore. He is also an Independent Director of Keppel DC REIT which is listed on the Singapore Exchange.
Mr. Kwan holds a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Singapore Bar.
Kazuo Joseph Takeda
Independent Director
Mr. Takeda has a strong background in industrial engineering and engineering leadership development and an extensive career covering customer experience, logistics, supply chain management, and process implementation.
He held senior managerial positions at Fortune 500 companies and technology start-ups in the USA and was an industry lecturer in the University of Southern California Industrial and Systems Engineering Master's program. Mr. Takeda has also conducted leadership training for technical/engineering audiences and led multiple business processes and system improvement efforts.
From July 2020 to July 2023, Mr. Takeda was Director of Performance Excellence at SprintRay Inc, a leading manufacturer of 3D printing ecosystems for the dental industry. Prior to joining SprintRay Inc, Mr. Takeda held managerial positions in Industrial Engineering at The Disneyland Resort, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, and at United Parcel Service.
Mr. Takeda holds the rank of Fellow from the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering, an MBA degree from the University of Redlands, USA, with an emphasis on Geographical Information Systems, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University of Long Beach.
Chua Siew Hwi
Independent Director
Ms. Chua has a proven track record in leadership across multiple finance and corporate functions including operations, information technology, human resources, enterprise risk management and internal audit.
She has extensive experience running and working with diverse teams across various industries, jurisdictions and organisations that include government agencies, aviation, financial institutions, real estate and hospitality, and shipping groups listed on the Main Board of the SGX.
Ms. Chua is currently Senior Vice President, Enterprise Performance of Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd ("CAG") where she is responsible for CAG Group's enterprise finance functions. Before this, Ms. Chua was the Chief Financial Officer of its subsidiary, Changi Airport International Pte Ltd from October 2020 to February 2021.
From July 2017 to October 2020, Ms. Chua was the Divisional Director, Finance at Sentosa Development Corporation. She also held senior management positions at SGX-listed companies Stamford Land Corporation Ltd and Singapore Shipping Corporation Ltd, and Nikko Asset Management Asia Ltd.
Ms. Chua is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of Singapore, an ASEAN Certified Public Accountant, a Committee Member of CFO Committee of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountant and a Finance Committee Member of the Institute of Engineers, Singapore. She holds an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland and Bachelors degree in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University.