Mr Natarajan Subramaniam is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board and a Non-Executive Director of the Company. He was first appointed a Director on 15 November 1995 and was last re-appointed on 29 April 2011. He is also the Chairman of the Audit, Nomination and Investment Committees and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Company. The Company's Nomination Committee considers Mr Subramaniam to be an independent director.

Mr Subramaniam began his accounting career in 1965 as a trainee with Blackborn Mellstrom & Co, London and subsequently with Ernst & Young, London. He had been a senior partner of Ernst & Young, Singapore from July 1976 to December 1993 and was an associate of the firm from January 1994 until December 2003. His major areas of experience include audit, investigations, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. He was for a number of years a member of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and a member of the Accounting and Auditing Standards, Quality Control and Professional Development Committees of Ernst & Young International. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Malaya in Singapore.  

Mr Inderbethal Singh Thakral ("Mr Bethal") is the Managing Director, Distribution Business of the Group. He was first appointed a Director on 12 August 1994 and was last re-elected on 22 April 2010.

Mr Bethal has extensive experience in the electronics distribution business and headed the Group's operations in Hong Kong and China since 1984. He joined the family business, Thakral Brothers (Pte) Ltd in Singapore in 1975. In 1980, he moved to Japan to familiarise himself with the operations and business partners there. With China trade becoming an important part of Hong Kong's business direction, Mr Bethal focused on expanding the Group's business in the PRC and developing trade relations in the PRC and Hong Kong. At the same time, he enlarged the range of brands as well as product lines carried by the Group thereby increasing its share of the consumer electronics market.

Mr Bethal is also a non-executive director of Thakral Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and Chairman of Sahib Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji Education Trust, Hong Kong.

Mr Ting Sii Tien @ Yao Sik Tien is a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Company. He was first appointed a Director on 5 May 2008 and was last re-elected on 30 April 2009. Prior to his appointment as non-executive director, he was an Alternate Director to Mr Teo Tong Kooi on the Board of the Company who had resigned on 18 November 2010.

Mr Ting is the Group General Manager of Hong Leong Corporation Holdings Pte Ltd, and an Executive Director and Acting Group Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia listed Tasek Corporation Berhad. He is also a Director of Singapore listed HL Global Enterprises Limited ("HLGE")  He was previously the Group Chief Financial Officer of Hong Leong Asia Ltd. and the Chief Financial Officer of New York listed China Yuchai International Limited. He ceased to be an Alternate Director to Mr Teo Tong Kooi on the board of HLGE (resigned on 18 November 2010), in 2009. He has over 25 years of experience as a financial controller in various companies including Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft (Singapore), Bank of Montreal, Singapore and is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mr Jasvinder Singh Thakral ("Mr Jasvinder") is an Executive Director of the Company. He was first appointed a Director on 15 November 1995 and was last re-elected on 29 April 2011.

Mr Jasvinder joined the Group as Managing Director of Thakral Japan in 1970 and is responsible for the operations of the Osaka buying office. Being born and brought up in Japan, he has extensive experience in Japanese business and work culture and has been in charge of sourcing consumer electronic products directly from Japanese manufacturers. Over the years, Mr Jasvinder has strengthened relationships with the Group's suppliers and has managed to retain their support despite difficult times. He has also been the key person in managing the change-over to the current high-end product line that the Group distributes.

Mr Jasvinder relocated to Shanghai in 2010. Since then, he has been actively involved in the local PRC operations and in further developing relations with suppliers including Canon and Panasonic for the PRC. He was also involved in building relationships with manufacturers including Canon, Panasonic and Sony in India.

Mr Lee Ying Cheun is a Non-Executive Director of the Company and is considered to be an independent director by the Company's Nomination Committee. He was first appointed a Director on 15 November 1995 and was last re-elected on 22 April 2010. Mr Lee is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr Lee held various appointments in the Economic Development Board locally and overseas and the Trade Development Board from 1966 to 1994. He was the Group General Manager of WBL Corporation and the Managing Director of Wearnes Technologies from 1994 to 1998 and an Executive Director of Hong Kong listed Vincent Intertrans Limited from 1999 to 2000. He held various executive positions (Asia) in Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA from 2001 to 2006. Mr Lee was an Independent Director on boards of various listed companies, including Jurong Technologies Industrial Corporation Limited where he was Non-Executive Chairman and subsequently Non-Executive Vice Chairman.

Mr Lee is currently the Corporate Investment Adviser to Bu Chang Pharmaceuticals Group, China and a Director of Global EMS Management Pte. Ltd. In public service, he was the Consul General to Osaka, Singapore Trade Representative to China, Singapore Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil and Panama. He is a Patron of Toa Payoh East Citizen Consultative Committee and Toa Payoh South Novo Winds Symphony.

Mr Lee holds degrees in Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science with Honours (Applied Chemistry) from the University of Singapore and had completed programs in Operations Research (University of Birmingham), Training Methodologies (Turin), Management of Small/Medium Size Enterprises (Osaka) and Advanced Management Programs at INSEAD and Harvard. He is an Honorary Fellow of the All India Management Association and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and was a Chartered Chemist of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, UK. 

Mr Jaginder Singh Pasricha is the Managing Director, Real Estate & Corporate of the Company. He was first appointed a Director on 2 September 2008 and was last re-elected on 30 April 2009. He is a member of the Investment Committee of the Company.

Mr Pasricha, a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria since 1979, had conducted a boutique law firm specialising in commercial and corporate matters prior to joining Babcock & Brown to lead the investment bank's real estate operations in India. Mr Pasricha has extensive experience in property transactions, corporate structuring, tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, company listing, international cross border transactions, debt restructuring, joint ventures and negotiating complex transactions, acting for a select corporate clientele in Australia and Asia.

Mr Pasricha is a non-executive Director of Singapore listed Jacks International Limited and Australia listed Thakral Holdings Limited. He is a graduate of King's College London University where he also read his masters at law. He is a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.