Mr. Chee-Lung Tham - Chairman of Human Resources                                                    Solution Group                                                                             Managing Director,                                          Executive Interim Management                                          Patron Member

Mr. Chee-Lung Tham has over 20 years experience in sales, market-research, human resources and general management with US Multinationals and Asian start-up companies. 

Mr. Tham  has worked extensively in the US, Latin America, Europe and Asia, on market-entry as well as market-defence strategies, new market launches and frontline sales and distributor management.  Over a 12-year period, Chee-Lung helped grow the Gore business in the Far East region ten-fold with teams in eight locations. He has been intimately involved in the development of a regional apparel retail chain, start up of an environmental control equipment manufacture in the PRC, and the introduction of new technologies to the region in the fields of apparel, electronics manufacture, surgical implants and industrial production.  Chee-Lung then served as CEO of Magically Asia Limited – a leading communication and collaboration service provider to telecommunication companies and enterprises, as well as director of PCCW Schoolteam Limited; which provides a community platform to schools in Hong Kong.

Mr. Tham is currently Managing Director of EIM - Executive Interim Management.  EIM is a 15 year-old partnership with 14 offices worldwide.  A leader in Interim Management, EIM runs companies (or parts of companies) going through critical transitions such as expansions into new markets, strategic changes in operating mode, and turn around, leveraging on the skills of experienced interim managers.

Committed to contributing towards the community, he has served as Vice President on the Executive Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, and is currently on the Board of Governors and Chair of the Community Relations Committee.  He is a Past President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association of Hong Kong and is a Director of the Association.

Educated in Malaysia and the US, Chee-Lung has a First-Class Honours undergraduate degree in Agricultural Science from the University of Malaya and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.