Mr. Sam was appointed to the Board on 21 December 2018. He is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating Committee. Mr. Sam started his career as a Marine Surveyor with the American Bureau of Shipping (āABSā) on 15 July 1973. He garnered vast experience in various aspects of the shipping and offshore industry over the next 43 years, and retired on 31 December 2016 as Vice President of Service Delivery.
Over these four decades, Mr. Sam held various management positions in the ABS Pacific Division, including a five-year stint in China as Vice President/Country Manager responsible in the operations, business and financial aspects of ABS.
Mr. Sam has a Mechanical Engineering Diploma from the Singapore Polytechnic in 1970 and a Bachelor of Engineering Management from the University of Western Sydney in 1999. He also holds various certificates including a Graduate Certificate Project Management from RMIT.