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The Investor Relations Professionals Association (Singapore) or IRPAS is an association set up in 2006 by leading investor relations (IR) practitioners with the primary objective of promoting awareness of, and best practices in IR. IRPAS is run by IR Officers (IROs) for IROs and strives to help all IR professionals to improve their IR through education, training and social networking events.  In 2009, IRPAS has embarked on a new programme, the IRPAS Seminar Series, in which IRPAS plans to organise IR training seminars that are tailored to the Asian market.  In addition, IRPAS also facilitates the sharing of IR knowledge and best practices by working with prestigious institutions and partners to provide research and information for its members. 

Mr Francis Heng, IRPAS President
Chief Financial Officer,
Wilmar International

Mr Heng joined Wilmar in September 2008 and is also the President of IRPAS.  He was previously the Group Chief Financial Officer of SingTel since March 2007.  Mr Heng has strong hands-on corporate and financial experience in various conglomerates. Before joining SingTel, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Singapore Technologies Engineering. He has previously worked for various leading international business conglomerates, banking and financial institutions locally and in New York, London, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Mr Heng graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore. He is married with two children.

Mr Seck Wai Kwong

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
Singapore Exchange Limited

Mr Seck joined SGX on 2 June 2003. He is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Head of Clearing & Commodities Businesses. Mr Seck also oversees Legal and Compliance at SGX. As CFO, his portfolio includes finance and treasury, capital and enterprise risk management, and investor relations. In his role as Head of Clearing & Commodities Businesses, he leads such projects as JADE (Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange), the commodity exchange joint venture with Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Asiaclear, the over-the-counter clearing facility for oil swaps and forward freight agreements. He is currently on the boards of the Energy Market Authority, the Financial Sector Development Fund, and the Institute of Banking and Finance. Mr Seck holds a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA, and a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) from Monash University, Australia.

Mr Lim Leong Kiat
PBM Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President,
Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd

Mr Lim joined Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd as its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President on 15 August 2006. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) degree from the Nanyang University and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. Backed by more than 27 years of audit and commercial experience, Mr Lim has held senior positions in Singapore Press Holdings Group, Cathay Organisation Group, SHC Capital Limited and other companies previously. He is also active in community service and was conferred the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (PBM) Award by the President of Singapore in 2002.

Mr Harold Woo
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
CapitaLand Limited

Mr Woo is Senior Vice President for Investor Relations of CapitaLand Limited, one of the largest property companies in Asia. He joined CapitaLand in 2003 as VP for  Investor Relations.

Prior to CapitaLand, he was Chief Executive Office of a Singapore based company, specialising in Internet-based financial services and in mobile commerce consulting and enabling services. He has more than 19 years of stockbroking experience in institutional sales, securities trading and investment research.  From 1990 - 1999, he was with Vickers Ballas & Co Pte Ltd, progressing from Director of Institutional Sales to Global Head of Institutional Sales.  Prior to 1990, he was Associate Director at James Capel Far East Limited, an international stock broker.  From 1981 to 1985, he was research manager at Ong & Co Pte Ltd.

Mr Li Jian Xiong
Vice President,
COSCO Corporation

Mr Li has vast knowledge of shipping management and business operations. He joined COSCO Corporation (formerly known as COSCO Investment), one of the largest counters listed on the Singapore Exchange, in April 2001 as vice president.

From 1997 to 2000, Mr Li became Managing Director of Cosco Container Service Ltd; Deputy General Manager of Cosco Pacific Ltd (Listed Company in HK); Deputy Managing Director of Cosco Pacific (China) Investment Co., Ltd. Mr Li joined COSCO Corporation (S) Ltd (formerly known as COSCO Investment (S) Ltd ) in April 2001 as Vice President.

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• To provide a platform to promote awareness of, and best practices in, investor relations thereby adding value to the relationship between SGX listed companies and the investment community
• To meet the needs of individuals and organisations in the field of investor relations
• To foster best practices and enhance ethical and professional standards in investor relations
• To provide a forum to exchange views and share experiences
• To assist in the professional development of members
• To represent the views of members on matters of common interest