Jack Ong Tong Hai
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director
As CEO, Jack Ong is responsible for steering its corporate and business strategies as well
as leading sales and marketing to major end-users and oil majors. Mr Ong, who first
joined the Group in 1998, has comprehensive, well-rounded experience and deep-seated
knowledge of both the Group and the steel industry, in particular, the Group’s logistics and
operations functions. Since joining the Group, he has also acquired in-depth management
experience in inventory and warehousing logistics and management, information systems
and technology management and administration. He holds a Bachelor of Business
(Accountancy) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.
Yasuhiko Watanabe
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Mr Watanabe joined as a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director on 1 November 2023
and is a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees. Mr Watanabe joined
Hanwa Co., Ltd. in 1992 and has worked in various capacities across different departments
including export, machinery, accounting and corporate planning. He moved to Hanwa
American Corp. in Houston in 1998 and returned to the Osaka office in 2004, under the
Amusement Rides and Water Equipment Section. Mr Watanabe rose through the ranks
and is currently the Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning, Legal, Credit and
Sustainability Promotion Division. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Chuo University,
Japan.
