RF Acquisition Corp II

RF Acquisition Corp II

Mar 11, 2024 by Ashley Penfield

MANAGEMENT & BOARD


Executive Officers

Tse Meng Ng, 49
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman

Since January 2021, Mr. Ng has also served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of RF Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company that consummated a $115 million initial public offering in March 2022 and is seeking to consummate its initial business combination with GCL Global Holdings Ltd. In February 2019, Mr. Ng co-founded Ruifeng Wealth Management Pte Ltd, a Singapore Capital Markets Services licensed financial institution regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore for which he serves as the chief executive officer. Mr. Ng and his team provide fund management services to ultra-high net worth individuals. From May 2014 to January 2019, Mr. Ng served as the Managing Director of Credit Agricole, an international full-service banking group. He was voted ‘Outstanding Young Private Banker’ in 2011 by Private Banker International, the leading journal for the global wealth management industry. Prior to that, Mr. Ng was a Director at Credit Suisse where he helped form the team that covered the North Asia markets. He started his career in 1998 at Citibank N.A where he managed a team of banking staff. Mr. Ng earned a B.S. in Business from Nanyang Technological University. Mr. Ng’s qualifications to serve as an officer and on the board of directors includes his managerial experience and educational background.


Chee Soon Tham, 59
Chief Financial Officer and Director

Chee Soon Tham, our Chief Financial Officer and director since February 2024, was an audit partner at Ernst & Young, in Singapore, from 2004 until 2018. While at Ernst & Young, Mr. Tham worked in a number of overseas offices, including New Orleans and Boston, in the USA. In 2018, he founded iCFO Advisors Pte Ltd, where together with a small team of senior executives, he provides outsourced finance support, financial due diligence, liquidation and other related services to SME and listed clients. He has led various audit assignments including that for an Asia-based group listed in the US as a foreign private issuer that reported in US GAAP. Mr. Tham qualified as a CPA in the State of Oregon and is a Chartered Accountant in Singapore and a CFA charter-holder. Mr. Tham graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s in Accountancy in 1987. Mr. Tham’s qualifications to serve as an officer and on the board of directors includes his financial services experiences and educational background.



Board of Directors

Vincent Yang Hui, 36
Independent Director

Since January 2021, Mr. Hui has also served as a director of RF Acquisition Corp. Mr. Hui currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of abComo eCommerce Pte Ltd, a multinational influencer platform that he founded in 2020. He also co-founded Long-bridge, an overseas asset investment company, in 2019, and Alphabit Consulting Pte Ltd, a Singapore based technology consulting company, in 2018. From 2014 to 2018, Mr. Hui served as a Business Development Director for the Alibaba Group and Ant Financial. Mr. Hui has a BSc in Information Management and Information Systems from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and a graduate diploma in systems analysis from the National University of Singapore. Mr. Hui’s qualifications to serve on our board of directors includes his entrepreneurial experiences and educational background.


Ryan Lee Wen, 30
Independent Director

Mr. Wen has served as a Director at Avatar Capital, a Singapore Capital Markets Services licensed financial institution regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, since February 2024. Since January 2022, Mr. Wen has also served as a Venture Partner at Artichoke Capital, a web3 venture capital firm which invests in companies utilizing blockchain technology. Previously, from April 2019 to January 2022, Mr. Wen was responsible for corporate and business development at Transmedic, the largest medical device distributor across the ASEAN region. He started his career as an investment banker at Deutsche Bank as an analyst from July 2018 to April 2019. Mr. Wen graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics. Mr. Wen brings to the board of directors his background in operating companies across different industries, as well as deal-sourcing capabilities.