Board of Directors

The Board’s decision-making will be guided by the best interests of our staff, customers, shareholders and the communities we operate in.

Alice Yan

Independent
Non-Executive Chair

Salim Limanto

Executive Director and
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Cheong Hock Wee

Independent
Non-Executive Director

Alice Yan

Independent Non-Executive Chair Chairperson

Ms Alice Yan was appointed to the Board on 27 December 2019 and assumed the role of Independent Non-Executive Chairperson on 1 April 2021. She brings over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, with senior leadership roles spanning corporate, private, and consumer banking across international financial institutions.

Ms Yan began her career at Citibank Corporate Bank in Jakarta, where she spent 14 years and rose to the position of Vice President. She subsequently spent approximately 10 years at the Director level in the wealth management business, holding senior roles at Citibank Private Bank, Merrill Lynch, Standard Chartered Bank, and Julius Baer in Singapore, advising high-net-worth clients and delivering integrated financial solutions.

From 2014 to 2016, Ms Yan served as Executive Vice President at PT Bank ICBC Indonesia, where she led the Consumer Banking Group and was responsible for overall business performance, including retail banking, credit cards, and mortgage portfolios.

In 2019, Ms Yan co-founded Kode101, an education technology company focused on computer science learning for young students, where she continues to be involved in strategic direction and development.

Ms Yan is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from California State University, Los Angeles, USA. 

Salim Limanto

Executive Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Mr Salim Limanto was appointed to our Board and to the role of Chief Operating Officer on 12 December 2018. He assumed the role of Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 12 December 2025, as part of the Group’s leadership renewal and long-term succession planning. Mr Limanto’s responsibilities include assisting in the formulation and execution of corporate strategy, overseeing day-to-day operations, leading key initiatives and representing the Company in engagements with stakeholders. Mr Limanto has over 13 years of management and business development experience in the coal mining, transportation and trading industries, and has been involved in our Group’s business since the inception of PT DPAL and PT DNS.

Mr Limanto started his career in PT Sinar Deli, which was previously one of the domestic coal trading entities of the Deli Coal Group, where he was Head of Sales and Shipping from June 2006 to June 2018. He is the Director of our subsidiaries, PT DPAL and PT DNS since February 2013 and October 2013, respectively.

Mr Limanto obtained a Bachelor of Economics, majoring in Accountancy, from Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta, Indonesia in 2006.

Cheong Hock Wee

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Cheong Hock Wee was appointed to our Board on 1 September 2021.

Mr Cheong has more than 37 years of experience in the shipbuilding and marine industry. He started his career in 1985 with Far-East Levingston Shipbuilding (now known as Keppel Shipyard) as an engineer, before moving on to the Republic of Singapore Navy as Naval Engineering Officer. He later joined a few other shipyard companies in Singapore and held senior positions in Pan-United Corporation Group of Companies, ST Engineering Ltd, ASL Marine Holdings Limited, Jaya Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Singapore Star Shipping Pte. Ltd. and DDW-Pax Ocean Asia Pte. Ltd..

From 2012 to 2014,Mr Cheong served on the board of Beng Kuang Marine Ltd, a company listed on the Main Board of the SGX-ST.

Mr Cheong obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Naval Architecture from the University of Hamburg, Germany in 1982 and a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 1991. He attended the Programme for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in Boston in 1993.