About Us

Low Ngee Tong

Executive Chairman

Mr Low has over 42 years of experience in the global raw materials trade, with a distinct expertise in manganese ores and ferroalloys. Prior to founding OM in 1994, he gained his experience from several engineering and trading companies, from Chiyoda Limited, a global Japanese civil engineering company, to Intraco, and lastly C. Itoh & Co. (now Itochu Corporation), a major Japanese metals trading house. Mr Low has an excellent demonstrated track record of marketing ores and ferroalloys in Asia and a deep knowledge of the market structures of these products. He has been the CEO of OMH since listing on the ASX in 1998, and was instrumental in the development of the Group’s various production assets. In October 2008, Mr Low became the Executive Chairman of OMH.

Mr Low’s business relationships and reputation with global ore miners and multinational corporations in Asia have enabled OMH to raise its business profile, with operations based in Singapore and extending to Australia, China, Malaysia, and South Africa.

Mr Low is a qualified Mechanical Engineer, having graduated from the National University of Singapore.

ZAINUL ABIDIN RASHEED

Independent Deputy Chairman

Mr Zainul Abidin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Malay Studies from the University of Singapore. Mr Zainul was, until 2011, a Member of Parliament (from 1997) and served as Senior Minister of the State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Singapore, a position he held since 2006. Prior to becoming a politician, Mr Zainul had an outstanding career in journalism which included the positions of Editor of Berita Harian, The Singapore Business, The Sunday Times and Associate Editor of The Straits Times.

Mr Zainul currently serves as the Ambassador to Kuwait (Non-Resident) and the Foreign Minister’s Special Envoy to the Middle East. Mr Zainul is also currently a Corporate Adviser to Singapore’s Temasek International Pte Ltd, and member of the Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees and Board of Directors of Mediacorp.

Mr Zainul served numerous government agencies, councils and civic organizations including Executive Secretary of the Singapore Port Workers’ Union, a member of the Board of Directors of the Port of Singapore Authority. President of the Singapore Islamic Religious Council, Chairman of the Malay Heritage Foundation, Chief Executive Officer of the Council for the Development of the Malay/Muslim Community (MENDAKI), the Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific, the National University of Singapore Council as well as being the Patron of the Singapore Rugby Union and Adviser to the Hockey Federation.

Mr Zainul Abidin is a member of the Company’s Audit and Remuneration Committee.

Julie Anne Wolseley

Non-Executive Director and Joint Company Secretary

Ms Wolseley holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a Chartered Accountant. She is the Principal of a corporate advisory company and has over 26 years of experience as Company Secretary to a number of ASX-listed companies operating primarily in the resources sector. Previously Ms Wolseley was an Audit Manager both in Australia and overseas for an international accounting firm. Her expertise includes corporate secretarial, management accounting, financial and management reporting in the mining industry, IPOs, capital raisings, cash flow modelling and corporate governance. Ms Wolseley has been the Joint Company Secretary of OMH since 2001. She was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 24 February 2005.

Tan Peng Chin

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Tan Peng Chin was the founder, managing director and consultant of Tan Peng Chin LLC until he retired from the firm on 31 December 2015. Mr Tan was also a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths from 1995 to 2015. He is presently an Accredited Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Center. Mr Tan’s legal expertise includes corporate finance, banking, company and commercial laws, international trade, joint ventures and issues concerning shareholders and directors. In addition, Mr Tan has acted in numerous complicated cross border transactions in the course of his legal career spanning more than 35 years. Mr Tan has served as an Independent Director in numerous listed companies since 1996.

He was also a member of the Institutional Review Board of the Singapore National Cancer Center from 2007 to 2014. Mr Tan was instrumental in setting up and is currently the Vice Chairman of Clarity Singapore Limited, a charity under the auspices of Caritas (the Catholic Church) to assist persons suffering from mental illnesses. Mr Tan has also volunteered with various charities including Christian Outreached for the Handicapped and the Roman Catholic Prison Ministry.

With his board experience in various companies in Asia and his legal expertise, Mr Tan is able to assist the Company in its strategic pursuits. He has been a Non-Executive Director since 14 September 2007. Mr Tan is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

DATO' ABDUL HAMID BIN SH MOHAMED

Independent Non-Executive Director

Dato’ Abdul Hamid Bin Sh Mohamed is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant. He started off his career in an accounting firm before joining Bumiputera Merchant Bankers Berhad, a merchant and investment bank, and subsequently Amanah Capital Malaysia Berhad.

He eventually joined the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (“KLSE”), now known as Bursa Malaysia where he rose from Senior Vice President Strategic Planning & International Affairs, subsequently to Deputy President (Strategy and Development) and finally to the position of Chief Financial Officer. During his 5 years with KLSE, he led several major projects including the acquisition of Kuala Lumpur Options and Financial Futures Exchange, Commodity and Monetary Exchange of Malaysia and the subsequent merger of both exchanges to form the Malaysian Derivatives Exchange, as well as the acquisition of Malaysian Exchange of Securities Dealing and Automated Quotation. He also led KLSE’s demutualisation exercise.

He holds directorships in various companies in Malaysia including MMC Corporation Berhad (a listed company on Bursa Malaysia), Maybank Investment Bank Berhad (a subsidiary and investment banking arm of Malayan Banking Berhad which is also listed on Bursa Malaysia), and Ekuiti Nasional Berhad (a Malaysian government-linked private equity company). He is currently the Executive Director of Symphony House Sdn Bhd, a privately owned investment holding company. 

Other directorships outside Malaysia include Maybank Kim Eng Holdings Limited and PT Maybank Kim Eng Sekuritas where both companies are involved with dealings in securities.

TAN MING-LI

Independent Non-Executive Director

Ms Tan Ming-li is currently a partner of the Malaysian legal firm, Cheang & Ariff. She graduated with a double degree in Law (Hons) and Science from the University of Melbourne. She was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1994 and has been in legal practice for over 29 years. Her areas of expertise include corporate and securities laws where she is involved in advising on capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and corporate finance related work. She currently serves as an independent director for CapitaLand Malaysia Trust, BP Plastics Holding Berhad and from 1 April 2023, she has been redesignated as a non-independant non-executive director of Tune Protect Group Berhad (companies listed on Bursa Malaysia) and Tune Insurance Malaysia Berhad, a subsidiary of Tune Protect Group Berhad.