Board of Directors

Mr. Philip Chan was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Company on 30 April 2025. He has been an Independent Director since 1 March 2018. Mr. Chan holds a degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has many years of experience in accounting and audit with KPMG London and PWC Singapore, investment banking with Morgan Grenfell Asia and HG Asia Securities and was a director of private equity investments at Suez Asia Holdings. Mr. Chan was head of the Listings Function of Markets Group at the Singapore Exchange for 3 years. Mr. Chan has also served on the Singapore’s Accounting Standards Committee, Singapore Zhejiang Business Council and also Singapore Shandong Business Council as well as non-executive director of National Volunteer Philanthropy Centre and Vision Fund, the international microfinance arm of global charity World Vision.

Mr. Masahiro Iwabuchi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Uni-Asia Group Limited on 29 February 2024, and concurrently Chairman of the Group's Management Committee and Review Committee. He has been an Executive Director since March 2018. He joined the Group when it was established in 1997 and was appointed as Senior Managing Director on 30 April 2014. Mr. Iwabuchi heads the Property Investment Department. He has extensive experience in the banking industry throughout Asia including Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the PRC, having spent some 13 years with The Hokkaido Takushoku Bank, Ltd. He has accumulated a property investment expertise in PRC, Japan and Hong Kong afterwards. He is currently President of Uni-Asia Investment Ltd., also a director of the company's subsidiaries including UniAsia Holdings Limited, Uni-Asia Capital Company Limited, Uni-Asia Guangzhou Property Management Co., Ltd, Uni-Asia Capital (Japan) Ltd, and some asset holding companies in which the Company invests. He completed Licensing Examination for HKSI Specialist Certificate (Asset Management, Corporate Finance, Derivatives and Securities). Mr. Iwabuchi graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Hirosaki University of Japan in 1985. In addition to Japanese, Mr. Iwabuchi speaks fluent Mandarin.

Mr. Lim Kai Ching was appointed as Executive Director of Uni-Asia Group Limited on 28 February 2025. He was previously Group Chief Financial Officer from 2011 to February 2025. Mr. Lim is a seasoned finance professional with a long career spanning corporate finance, private equity, hedge fund operations, audit, and investor relations. He has strong expertise in financial management, risk controls, and corporate governance, with leadership roles across both listed companies and investment institutions.
His earlier career includes roles as Client Relationship Manager at State Street Global Services from February 2009 to May 2011, Financial Controller at Haikui Pte Ltd from April 2008 to January 2009, and Vice President at Uni-Asia Capital (Singapore) Limited from 2007 to 2008, where he managed shipping fund operations and SGX listing matters. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Lim was a Manager at the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), leading accounting teams for private equity and hedge fund subsidiaries and implementing corporate governance frameworks. He began his career at Price Waterhouse Singapore from 1997 to 1999.
Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from Nanyang Technological University (1997). He is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore), a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) with an ISCA Sustainability Certification, and an Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He is currently a director of Uni-Asia Holdings Limited, Uni-Asia Capital (Singapore) Limited, Uni-Asia Capital Company Limited, Uni-Asia Capital (Japan) Ltd., Uni-Asia Investment Ltd., and an independent director of Nasdaq listed YY Group Holding Ltd.

Mr. Shinichiro Ishizaki was appointed as Executive Director on 25 September 2025. Mr. Ishizaki is currently Head of Shipping Division. He is responsible for various shipping business of the Group including projects, sales & purchase, spot/period chartering, ship operation and maritime asset management. He joined the Company in January 2016 and was appointed as General Manager-Project, Maritime Business Department of the Company in October 2017 and subsequently as Head of Maritime Business Department in September 2022 and as Executive Vice President in January 2024 and as Managing Director in July 2025. Prior to joining Uni-Asia, he was in charge of ship finance and sales & purchase at Singapore based ship owning company followed by 2 years' secondment to Ministry of Finance, Japan. He is currently a CEO of Uni-Asia Shipping Limited, a director of Uni Ships and Management Limited, and non-executive director of Uni-Asia Capital (Japan) Ltd., and Uni-Asia Investment Ltd.. Mr. Ishizaki graduated from Hokkaido University, Japan with a Master's degree in Field Engineering for the Environment in 2010.

Mr. Takeshi Iritono was appointed Executive Director on 25 September 2025. Mr. Iritono joined Uni-Asia in 2003 and was appointed as President of Uni-Asia Capital (Japan) Ltd. ("UACJ") in June 2024. He is responsible for property investment business in Japan includes real estate asset management and development of residential properties, hotel properties and commercial properties. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from Keio University in 1994.

Ms. Juliana Lee was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 1 March 2019. Ms. Lee is a Director of Aptus Law Corporation. She has more than 30 years of experience in legal practice and currently heads the corporate practice of Aptus Law Corporation. Her main areas of practice are corporate law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and venture capital. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Ms. Lee also presently serves as an Independent Director on the board of BH Global Corporation Ltd and Mencast Holdings Ltd.

Mr. Chong was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 3 February 2025. Mr. Chong has extensive years of experience in technology, business, finance and general management. From 1986 to 2004, Mr. Chong served as executive director and Group MD (Commercial) of SGX-listed Seksun Corporation, the world's largest top cover producer for the HDD industry; Glaxo Wellcome Asia Pacific; China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co., Ltd.; Standard Chartered Bank and the Economic Development Board. He was a Board Member of ACRA from 2004-2010 and its Investment Committee Chairman from 2008 to 2010. He was also a Board member of National Kidney Foundation from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Chong has over 20 years of experience as an Independent Director of various companies listed on the Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia Stock Exchanges. He is currently an Independent Director and Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee Chairman of AIMS APAC Reit Management Limited, the manager of SGX-listed AIMS APAC Reit and Independent Director and Chairman of the Board and Audit & Risk Committee of SGX-listed Multi-Chem Limited. Mr. Chong holds a Bachelor of Engineering from The University of Tokyo, and a Master of Business Administration fro the National University of Singapore.

Mr. Khalid Moinuddin Hashim was appointed as Non- Executive Director of the Company on 30 April 2025. Mr. Hashim is currently Managing Director and a Board Member of Precious Shipping Public Company Limited (“PSL”) of Bangkok and an adjunct lecturer at SMU. He comes from a long family line of professionals engaged in shipping/trade. His father, the late Moinuddin Hashim, was the Chairman of the Indian National Shipowners Association and his great-grandfather was a founding director of Scindia Steam Navigation Company. In 1978, after attaining an MBA specializing in Finance, Khalid began his career with Tolani Shipping, Bombay. Subsequently in 1979, he worked under the Hon. Ali Maniku, Minister of Shipping for the Maldives Government, in Singapore. In 1984, Khalid joined the GP Group of companies. PSL was born soon after and came of age in 1991. PSL has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since September 1993. Since then, the company has grown and is today one of the largest dry bulk shipowners in the world in the Handy/ Supramax/Ultramax size sectors with 40 existing ships, and another 4 X 64K ships on order for delivery, one every quarter, during 2026. In September 2007 Marine Money ranked Precious Shipping as the No.1 Listed Shipping Company in the World. Asia Money, in their 2008, 2009 and December 2010 issues conferred the Best Executive, Thailand and best Investor Relations Officer, Thailand titles on Khalid. In April 2012, Seatrade Asia awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ to Khalid. In November 2012, Lloyd’s List awarded PSL Best Ship Operator for 2012. In June 2013, Seatrade awarded the Maritime Security & Safety Award to PSL. In 1996 Khalid was elected to the Board of the Swedish Club, a long established Marine Mutual Insurance company; Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee in 1997, was elected Deputy Chairman in 2007, and became the inaugural member of the Risk Committee in 2024.