Chian Tat Ah Teck
(Tommy Ah Teck)
Tommy Ah Teck is the Executive Chairman of Kolos Cement Ltd since April 2020 and member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Tommy is one of the founders of the Gamma Group and he has held several executive roles in Gamma since 1987. His roles across the cement and construction sectors amongst the different industries and sectors where Gamma holds investments, have honed his ability to forge partnerships both locally and international level, driving business development and joint-venture success stories. He is also the Executive Chairman of Gamma Civic Ltd.
He holds a BSc (Hons) Engineering and MPhil Mechanical Engineering from Louborough University of Technology.
Patrice Ah Teck is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2008. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.
Patrice has deep expertise in sales leadership and strategic marketing, which he brings to the Kolos Cement Ltd as one of its directors. He began his career in the UK before joining Gamma Civic Ltd in 1993, where he held different executive positions until July 2015 and non-executive role thereafter. Since August 2020, he is the Vice Chairman of Gamma Civic Ltd.
He holds a BA (Hons) Accounting & Finance.
Jason Ah Teck is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since April 2020.
Jason began his career in UK before joining Gamma Civic Ltd as Corporate Affairs Executive in 2019. Prior to joining the Gamma group, he was a strategy consultant with a renowned consultancy firm in London, where he focused on growth strategy and data analytics for multinational corporations. He brings this expertise and experience in materials science, industrial processes and technical problem solving, amongst others, to Kolos Cement Ltd and the Gamma group.
He holds a BEng Materials Engineering with Management and a master’s degree in management.
GAJANAND GOPALLA (Vishen Gopalla)
Vishen Gopalla has been appointed as Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since June 2024. He joined the company in September 2023 as Deputy General Manager and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in June 2024.
Vishen brings over 20 years of financial leadership. His early career in audit and assurance in UK provided deep technical fluency in financial and regulatory requirements, and his later roles at a leading UK merchant banking group, expanded his expertise in corporate finance and advisory. Since his relocation to Mauritius in 2011, he has steered finance functions at the executive level in leading local firms.
He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and holds a BA & MA (Cantab) in Economics from the University of Cambridge.
JAVIER DE BENITO
Javier De Benito is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2016, and he chairs the Audit & Risk Committee and the Corporate Governance Committee.
He brings extensive expertise in project finance, international operations and technical consulting to the company. After developing his skills in structuring and managing large‐scale financing deals at a global steel‐products trading firm, he spent 27 years at Holcim. In private practice, he advises cement‐industry clients on process optimization and business strategy, and through board he contributes deep insights on governance, risk management and market expansion. He holds a Degree in Business Administration and Economics from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid and undertook further studies at Harvard Business School.
SUI LIEN CHONG AH YAN (Marie Claire Chong Ah-Yan)
Marie Claire Chong Ah-Yan is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2016 and is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Marie Claire brings over 20 years of strategic human resources leadership, having led people strategy for the Gamma Group as Head of HR since 2000. Her cross-functional collaboration experience enables her to bridge HR, operations and governance, driving people-centric change through policy design to board-level decision-making.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in arts, a bachelor’s degree in human resources management and has been awarded the FT Non-Executive Director Diploma.
TWALHA DHUNNOO
Twalha Dhunnoo is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2017 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Twalha brings over 25 years of financial and investment leadership to the company. He began his career building audit and corporate-finance expertise at leading professional services and banking institutions in London. He then led finance, operations and IT functions at a UK-regulated bank, rising to CFO and Executive Director. He joined Gamma Civic Ltd as Group Chief Financial Officer in 2017 and was thereafter appointed as Executive Director. In 2023, he has been promoted to Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Gamma Civic Ltd.
He has an MEng degree in Electrical and Information Sciences and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
JACQUELINE SITORUS
Jacqueline Sitorus is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2018.
Jacqueline Sitorus began her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs Singapore, before moving into cement manufacturing industry in 2012. She was promoted to Commercial Director in 2014 and Vice President Director in 2015, a role she continues to hold today.
She graduated from Singapore Management University with a bachelor’s in business management in 2010.
CHALLA VIVEKANANDA REDDY
Vivek is a Non-Executive Director of Kolos Cement Ltd since 2018 and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Vivek brings deep expertise in commodity markets, financial risk management and strategic investment. He began his career as a management trainee and derivatives trader at a global commodities trading firm, developing hands-on skills in pricing, hedging and market analysis. He then moved to a leading agribusiness and commodities group as a foreign-exchange trader, later leading business development and treasury functions, managing FX exposures, launching new commercial initiatives and overseeing corporate liquidity. Since 2016, as Head of Treasury & Investments at a major regional cement trading firm.
He holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from India, an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
The Board has three principal committees with the objective of assisting the Board to efficiently fulfill its responsibilities as provided under the Companies Act 2001, the Code of Corporate Governance and the Gamma Charter.
These three committees are the Audit & Risk Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Technical Committee. The Audit & Risk Committee also fulfills the functions of a Risk Committee, while the Corporate Governance Committee fulfills the functions of Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. A copy of the Charter is available for inspection to any Shareholder upon request made to the Company Secretary.
The Technical Committee is a committee set up to ensure that Management is functioning within the strategy and budget as approved by the Board of Directors. In no event shall the Technical Committee have authority over or substitute itself for the Board. The Technical Committee consists of representatives of the Board and of Management, and it holds monthly meetings.
The Audit & Risk Committee (“ARC”) assists the Board for reporting financial information, for appropriate application and amendment of accounting policies, for the identification and management of risk, for the implementation of internal control systems and for internal audit, statutory and regulatory compliance of the Company. The Committee provides a forum for effective communication between the Board and the external and internal auditors. The Audit & Risk Committee holds quarterly meetings to examine the quarterly financial statements and the audited financial statements, as well as reports from the auditors.
The Corporate Governance Committee acts as a mechanism for making recommendations to the Board on all corporate governance matters relevant to the Company to ensure that the Board remains effective and complies with the Code of Corporate Governance (the “Code”) and prevailing corporate governance principles. The Committee is also responsible for remuneration and nomination matters. The remuneration philosophy is geared towards rewarding efforts and merits for individual and joint contribution to the Company’s results, whilst having also due regards to market conditions, the interest of the shareholders and to the financial well-being of the Company.
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