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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

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Trevor Swete

Trevor Swete
Group Chairman

Mr Swete was appointed Group Chairman of LMA in January 2010. He has spent 18 years as an investment banker and three years managing a commercial bank in Germany, as well as six years as a fund manager in the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) in England and Wales.

 

John Lim Kok Min

John Lim Kok Min
Executive Deputy Chairman

Mr. Lim was appointed Group President and Director of LMA in October 2004. In December 2006, he stepped down from the position of Group President and was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman. He serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman or member of the Audit, Remuneration and the Nominating Committees of several listed and private companies. He is the immediate past Chairman of Senoko Power Limited and of the Building & Construction Authority. He is also the President and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and a member of the Securities Industry Council. He holds a BA Hons (Econs) degree from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.

 

William Crothers

William Crothers
Group CEO - The Laryngeal Mask Company Limited
Chief Executive Officer, LMA PacMed Pty Ltd

Mr. Crothers was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of LMA in June 2010. Mr. Crothers is a Director and co-founder of LMA PacMed Pty Ltd which was established in 1989 to launch the LMA™ airway in Asia Pacific. Mr. Crothers became a member of the Executive Management Team in January 2007, when the LMA Group acquired the majority shareholding in LMA PacMed Pty Ltd. Mr. Crothers is a Director and co-founder of other companies in the Crothers Brothers Group, which include Burra Foods, BioRevive and Trampoline Gelato. Mr. Crothers holds a B.Com and LLB (Melb Univ.)

 

 Steve Block

Steve Block
President and Chief Executive Officer, LMA North America, Inc.

Mr Block was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of LMA North America on December 1, 2006. Mr Block has more than 20 years of health care experience of which 16 years have been in the field of anaesthesia and medical devices, and he has worked in the United States and all major international markets. Mr Block, who joined the company in January 2005, has been in charge of sales, marketing and operations for the last two years as its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining LMA North America, he was acting President and Vice-President world-wide sales and marketing of Datascope Corporation’s patient monitoring division.

 

 Michael Briant

Michael Briant
Group Chief Financial Officer, LMA International N.V.

Mr Briant has been Group Chief Financial Officer since January 2004. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) in England and Wales. He has more than 19 years of experience in senior financial positions within small, medium and large international companies, including senior financial roles within various subsidiaries of THORN EMI plc and THORN plc.

 

Dr. Markus Haller

Dr. Markus Haller
President of LMA Urology

Dr. Haller was appointed President of LMA Urology in February 2008.  In addition to this role, Dr. Haller heads LMA’s Product Development Unit leveraging on his wide-ranging experience in product research and development.  Dr. Haller holds a Doctorate in Innovation Management from Lausanne, Switzerland, a MA in International Management from the University of St. Thomas, U.S. and a Masters Degree in Engineering.  He has more than 15 years experience in the medical device industry and had held senior technology and management positions in several corporations including Head of R&D Europe for Medtronic Inc. where he spent nine years, and as Chief Executive Officer of Cochlear Acoustics Ltd, a global leader in the research and development, manufacture and marketing of implantable hearing solutions, in Europe for more than five years.  

 

 

 

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Board of Directors

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Trevor Swete

Trevor Swete
Group Chairman

Mr Swete was appointed Group Chairman of LMA in January 2010. He has spent 18 years as an investment banker and three years managing a commercial bank in Germany, as well as six years as a fund manager in the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) in England and Wales.

 

John Lim Kok Min

John Lim Kok Min
Executive Deputy Chairman

Mr. Lim was appointed Group President and Director of LMA in October 2004. In December 2006, he stepped down from the position of Group President and was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman. He serves on the Board of Directors and is Chairman or member of the Audit, Remuneration and the Nominating Committees of several listed and private companies. He is the immediate past Chairman of Senoko Power Limited and of the Building & Construction Authority. He is also the President and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and a member of the Securities Industry Council. He holds a BA Hons (Econs) degree from the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur.

 

William Crothers

William Crothers
Group CEO - The Laryngeal Mask Company Limited
Chief Executive Officer, LMA PacMed Pty Lt

Mr. Crothers was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer of LMA in June 2010. Mr. Crothers is a Director and co-founder of LMA PacMed Pty Ltd which was established in 1989 to launch the LMA™ airway in Asia Pacific. Mr. Crothers became a member of the Executive Management Team in January 2007, when the LMA Group acquired the majority shareholding in LMA PacMed Pty Ltd. Mr. Crothers is a Director and co-founder of other companies in the Crothers Brothers Group, which include Burra Foods, BioRevive and Trampoline Gelato. Mr. Crothers holds a B.Com and LLB (Melb Univ.)

 

Jane Gaines Cooper

Jane Gaines Cooper
Director

Mrs Gaines-Cooper was appointed Director in March 2000. She has served on the Board of Directors of LMA North America since its inception and is a founder director of Venner Group. She has been a Non-Executive Director of FMT since 2001. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics from Thames Valley University, London.

 

David Curtis-Bennett

David Curtis-Bennett
Director

Mr Curtis-Bennett was appointed Director in May 2004. Since 1994, he has been the Managing Director of Chelle Medical Limited and Inter Medical Supplies Ltd and serves on the Board of FMT. Since 2000, he has served on the Board of Directors of Venner and Venner Trading S.A.

 

Robert Gaines-Cooper

Robert Gaines-Cooper
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Gaines-Cooper founded LMA in July 1998 and was appointed its Group Chairman in May 2004. He stepped down from his non-executive directorship of Orthofix International N.V. on December 5, 2006 and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Venner Capital SA, a Non-Executive Director of Vicplas International Limited and a Director of Chelle Medical Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Kensington University Glendale California and has completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School, Boston. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

 

Lim Hock Beng

Lim Hock Beng
Director

Mr Lim was appointed in May 2004. Since 1996 he has been the Managing Director of Aries Investments Pte Ltd, an investment holding company with its principal interests in investing in quoted securities and properties. Prior to that, he founded Lim Associates (Pte) Ltd in 1968 and was its Managing Director until his retirement in 1995. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as well as on the Audit Committee of Colex Holdings Limited, GP Industries Limited, Huan Hsin Holdings Ltd, King Wan Corporation Limited and VicPlas International Ltd.

 

Col. (Ret.) David Wong Cheong Fook

Col. (Ret.) David Wong Cheong Fook
Independent Director

Mr Wong was appointed Director in July 2004. He is currently serving on the Board of Directors of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited, APL Japan Trust Management (Singapore), Pan-United Marine Limited, Ascendas-MGM Funds Management Limited and Teva Pharmaceutical Investments Singapore Pte Ltd. He is also a Board Member of the National Environment Agency. He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ACA) in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore.

 

David Chew Heng Ching

David Chew Heng Ching
Independent Director

Mr Chew was appointed Director in May 2004. He is the founding President of the Singapore Institute of Directors (“SID”) and currently Chairman of its Governing Council. He is also the immediate past Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and was a Member of the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance. He is currently a Council Member of the Singapore Business Association. Mr Chew was a Member of Parliament and Deputy Speaker of the Singapore Parliament and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of various listed companies. A Graduate in engineering and economics, he is also a fellow of SID and CPA Australia.

 

Robin Sims, FCIS

Robin Sims, FCIS
Director

Mr Sims was appointed Company Secretary in October 2004. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries (FCIS) and has been working in company secretarial roles in public and private companies for all his working life. Since 1997, he has been working in a consultancy role involved in turnaround management, fund management, floatations and the acquisition and sale of businesses. He is also currently Company Secretary of 3DM Worldwide plc, an AIM listed company in the UK and is actively involved with a number of private companies in an advisory role.

 

 

 

 

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