Prof Thian Chew
Executive Chair and CEO
Prof Chew has over 30 years’ experience in healthcare biotech, investing and transforming business operations.
He is also the Co-Founder of Chronic Airway Therapeutics, a clinical stage firm focused on the treatment of respiratory diseases, and an Advisory Board Member at Stanford Medicine’s Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE).
Prior to this, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs (New York, Hong Kong), responsible for the firm’s proprietary investments, and was a Consultant Project Manager at Morgan Stanley’s Strategic Services Group (New York). He also held a number of positions in KPMG across Asia Pacific including Director at KPMG Consulting (Singapore and Sydney) where he led several large scale operational restructuring, post-merger integration, transformation, and business performance improvement programs. As a Senior Manager at KPMG (Taipei and Melbourne), he led several business process re-engineering initiatives, and also performed financial and information technology audit, risk and assurance engagements across multiple industries.
Prof Chew is Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology and has taught in both the School of Business and Management, as well as the Division of Life Sciences. He is also Visiting Professor at UCL Global Business School for Health. Prof Chew holds an MBA from the Wharton School (Palmer Scholar) / MA (Lauder Institute), University of Pennsylvania, and a BA. in Information Systems from Monash University. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant.
Alan Yamashita
Non-Executive Director
Mr Yamashita is a highly experienced corporate consultant and investment professional, with over 40 years’ experience in investment management, investment banking and alternative investment throughout the APAC region.
From 1999 to 2005, Mr Yamashita was President and CEO of Search Investment Group and founding CEO and CIO of Search Alternative Investment Ltd (SAIL), a major private global hedge fund and private equity investment practice headquartered in Asia.
Prior to Search Investments Group, Mr Yamashita was Managing Director and Head of Asia Capital Markets for Merrill Lynch from 1996 to 1998.
Mr Yamashita is currently Managing Partner at Polar Ventures and has held numerous positions as a 16-year veteran of Goldman Sachs and an advisor to various companies, including Plantation Timber Partners, Wuhan; Duty Free Shoppers, Asia; TVSN, Shanghai; and Mizuho Alternative Investments LLC.
Alistair Bennallack
Non-Executive Director
Mr Bennallack has over 30 years’ experience in business management and finance, strategic development, risk and compliance, international business, leadership and relationship management.
Mr Bennallack is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Village Roadshow Theme Parks Asia and Head of Risk at Village Roadshow Ltd with the primary executive responsibility for conceptualising, executing and delivering Village Roadshow’s expansion into China and Asia.
He is a former member of the Village Roadshow Ltd Executive Committee, current member of the Village Roadshow Theme Parks Executive Committee and current member of all Village Roadshow Ltd’s Management and Risk Committees.
His previous roles have included Chief Financial Officer of Village Roadshow Ltd and General Manager Business Affairs of Village Roadshow Corporation Pty Ltd (controlling shareholder of Village Roadshow Ltd).
Mr Bennallack is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and has a Graduate Diploma in Wine Business. He is also the former President and Board Member of The Gawler Foundation.
Melanie Leydin
Non-Executive Director, Company Secretary & CFO
Ms Leydin has over 30 years’ experience in the accounting profession and over 20 years’ experience holding Board positions including Company Secretary of ASX listed entities.
She was the Company’s former Company Secretary and holds a Bachelor of Business
majoring in Accounting and Corporate Law. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants, Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia and is a Registered Company
Auditor.
Ms Leydin graduated from Swinburne University in 1997, became a Chartered Accountant
in 1999 and from February 2000 to October 2021 was the principal of Leydin Freyer. In
November 2021 Vistra acquired Leydin Freyer and, Melanie is now Vistra Australia’s Managing
Director. Vistra is a prominent provider of specialised consulting and administrative services to clients in the Fund, Corporate, Capital Markets, and Private Wealth sectors.