Wong Yu Loon named deputy group CEO of Boustead Group

He has extensive experience with top investment firms.

The Board of Directors of Boustead Singapore Limited has announced the appointment with effect from 1 May 2016 of Mr. Wong Yu Loon as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer of the Boustead Group.

According to a release from Boustead Singapore Limited, Mr. Wong joined the Group in 2003 and was appointed as an Executive Director in April 2013. He began his role at the Group level as the Corporate Planning Manager and subsequently was promoted to Group Investment Director, overseeing mergers and acquisitions, fund raising activities and heading the Group’s investments in the energy sector.

Mr. Wong has more than a decade of widespread experience in mergers and acquisitions, fund raising and corporate advisory in roles at top investment firms across Australia and Singapore including Carnegie, Wylie & Company, DBS Bank and Vickers Ballas & Company.

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In his role as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wong will assist the Group Chief Executive Officer in overseeing the day-to-day management, operations, business development and strategic planning of the Group.

The Board is of the view that Mr. Wong has gained considerable experience and extensive knowledge of the operations of the Group and considers the appointment to be beneficial to the Group. The appointment is also in line with the plans set out by the Board to ensure continuity of the operations of the Group.