The Board of Directors of HL Global Enterprises Limited announced that pursuant to the recommendation of the Nominating Committee, the Board has appointed Mr. Tan Eng Kwee as a Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from 8 January 2019. Mr. Tan has also been appointed a member of the Executive Committee of the company with effect from 8 January 2019. Mr. Tan is currently a Director and the Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Asia Ltd. He was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of HLA from 2008 to 2011 and has more than 30 years of operations, corporate, accounting and financial experience. Prior to his earlier stint with HLA, he was with the Gold Coin Group for more than 10 years, and during his tenure there held the senior management positions of CFO, Group Business Development Director, Group Logistics Director and Group Chief Operating Officer. In recent years, he has held senior management positions in Perennial China Retail Trust Management Pte. Ltd., Dynapack Asia Pte. Ltd. and Epsilon Global Communications Pte. Ltd.