Mark Chim Suan Kit was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director on 1 April 2024.

Mr Chim  is the managing director of Primer International Management Ltd.(HK)/Primer International Management Pte. Ltd.(Singapore) since 2005 and was appointed to the board of directors of the group in 2016. Mr Chim has spent 34 years working in the Asia pacific region, primarily engaged in the marketing and distribution of international lifestyle brands in the footwear, carry wear and sportswear categories. He has extensive experience and knowledge in setting up and running operations in the Asia Pacific region.  His role in these countries have been in assessing partner’s integrity, studying market trends, developing business and marketing strategies, assessing customer requirement opportunities effectively, forging long term business relationships with the key partners, and implementing internal controls and reporting systems to maintain the integrity of the organisations. His experience also extends to negotiations with brand owners for distribution rights,  franchising rights and brand licensing rights for Asia pacific. This incorporated factory audits, merchandising reviews, quality assurances as well as reporting and communicating with brand owners to ensure proper and appropriate compliance to quality and standards.

Prior to joining the primer group, Mr Chim was the General Manager of the Petite Cherie Group which was primarily involved in the retail and distribution of lifestyle brands in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Mr  Chim was educated at the University of Newcastle, Australia and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce  majoring in Economics. He has a Graduate Diploma in Marketing Communications (Gold Medal) from the Marketing Institute of Singapore, and has attained a Master of Business majoring in International Marketing and a Master of Accounting from the Curtin University of technology, Australia. He is a full member of CPA Australia completing as Singapore divisional award winner, he is also a full member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and recently accredited as Senior Accredited Director by the institute. Mr Chim holds several board memberships in the Asia Pacific and for 5  years was the lead independent director of a Singapore listed entity . In 2016 he completed the INSEAD International Directors Program held in Singapore and France. In 2019 he completed a Graduate Certificate in Digital Finance from Singapore Management University Academy and in 2021 under the National University of Singapore and Asian Institute of Digital Finance. He also completed the online Web3.0 knowledge Certificate in Financial Services.