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Sukanto Tanoto is the Founder and Chairman of RGE.
Mr. Tanoto started his first business in 1967 as a supplier of spare parts and construction contractor to the oil industry. In 1973, the visionary entrepreneur founded RGE as a plywood business. RGE has since progressed from being a local-only player to become a truly global one. Today, its business groups are at the forefront of industries such as pulp and paper (APRIL and Asia Symbol), palm oil (Asian Agri and Apical), viscose staple fiber (Sateri and Asia Pacific Rayon), specialty cellulose (Bracell), and energy development (Pacific Oil & Gas),with operations spanning Indonesia, China, Brazil, Canada, Spain and sales offices in more countries worldwide.
RGE’s businesses operate on Mr. Tanoto’s 5 C’s philosophy of doing what is good for the Community, Country, Climate and Customer, and only then will it be good for the Company.
Believing that everyone should have the opportunity to realise his or her potential, Sukanto Tanoto and his family started the Tanoto Foundation in 1981. The Foundation seeks to harness the transformative strength of education to help people realise their full potential and to improve lives by focusing on driving impact in three areas: Education, leadership development, as well as medical research and sciences.
Mr. Tanoto is a member of the INSEAD International Council, the Wharton Board of Overseers and various other educational, community and industry bodies. He is a recipient of the Wharton School Dean’s Medal Award, which recognises individuals for their contributions to the enlargement of the global economy and to the improvement of lives worldwide.
Related links:
- Tanoto Foundation
- Sukanto Tanoto (Profile page)
Tey Wei Lin is the President of RGE.
Mr. Tey has management responsibilities over RGE’s global fibre-based businesses, as well as key corporate functions such as corporate finance, treasury, banking and strategic planning. Since joining RGE in 2001, he has held various senior positions within the group. Business leadership roles concurrently held by Mr. Tey include Chairman of RGE China Management Committee, and CEO of Bracell.
He is also a member of the Investment Advisory Committee at Pacific Eagle Asset Management, which invests in financial assets globally.
Prior to RGE, Mr. Tey was Vice-President at GIC Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a first class honours from the National University of Singapore.
Bey Soo Khiang is the Vice-Chairman of RGE and Chairman of APRIL Group.
As RGE Vice-Chairman, an appointment he held since March 2011, Mr. Bey oversees various aspects of RGE’s business management and corporate support functions across its key business groups in areas such as Environmental Sustainability, Research & Development (R&D) and Digital Transformation. He also spearheads the Group’s transformation into a LEAN organisation that embraces continuous improvement while advancing knowledge management capabilities.
As the Chairman of APRIL Group, he actively advises APRIL Group’s operations in Indonesia on matters relating to sustainable development.
Mr Bey is also the Executive Adviser of the Tanoto Foundation, providing counsel and close management on critical matters affecting the Foundation’s longer-term strategic direction.
Before joining RGE, Mr. Bey spent 11 years in Singapore Airlines (SIA) holding positions in Technical/Operations as well as Human Resources. He has also held key appointments such as Chairman of SIA Cargo Pte Ltd, Chairman of Silkair Pte Ltd, Chairman of Singapore Flying College, and Board Member of Virgin Atlantic Limited.
As former Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), Mr. Bey made significant contributions to the transformation of the RSAF into the modern and advanced air force it is today. His continued success with the forces saw him eventually assume the top post as Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force (CDF) from 1995-2000, where he played an instrumental role in defence diplomacy by strengthening and expanding ties between the SAF and other armed forces around the world.
While serving as the CDF, he was also appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for Singapore Technologies Engineering and Singapore Airlines Limited.
Bey Soo Khiang holds a Master in Arts (Engineering) from University of Cambridge and a Master in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Imelda Tanoto is the Managing Director of Pacific Eagle Asset Management (PEAM), a single-family office that provides fund management services to the family of Mr Sukanto Tanoto. Founded in 2002 and with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, PEAM invests globally across a wide range of asset classes and sectors, with a medium to long-term focus on both private and public markets.
As a member of the Investment Advisory Committee at PEAM, Imelda is responsible for the strategic direction of the family office, covering Strategic Asset Allocations, Asset Class Management, Staffing and Operations.
Imelda is also Managing Director at RGE, a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies with assets exceeding US$30 billion and more than 60,000 people. A strong believer in the company’s 5Cs principle, Imelda’s operating philosophy is to achieve key business outcomes by doing what is good for the Community, good for the Country, good for the Climate, good for the Customers and good for the Company.
Beyond her work at PEAM and RGE, Imelda contributes actively as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Tanoto Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation founded in 1981 by Mr. Sukanto Tanoto and his wife, Tinah Bingei Tanoto. Anchored on the belief that everyone has the right to realise his or her full potential, the foundation focuses on enhancing learning environments, developing future leaders and supporting medical research and sciences to improve lives across Indonesia, China and Singapore.
Imelda received her education from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with triple majors in Finance, Management and Real Estate. She is also a member of the Executive Board for Asia at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Kelvin Tio
Kelvin Tio is a Director of the RGE Executive Management Board and Deputy Chairman of the RGE Palm Business Board.
Mr Tio oversees RGE’s agriculture business, encompassing upstream and downstream operations at Asian Agri and Apical and is also the President of Apical, an appointment he has held since 2024. As President of Apical, he provides leadership and strategic direction across its operations in mid-stream refining, downstream processing and commercial operations.
With over 25 years of experience in the commodities industry, Mr Tio’s was previously Managing Director of Asian Agri, one of Asia’s largest palm oil producers, where he led the management of 100,000 hectares of plantations and developed partnerships with over 30,000 smallholders.
Sukanto Tanoto
Sukanto Tanoto is the Founder and Chairman of RGE.
Mr. Tanoto started his first business in 1967 as a supplier of spare parts and construction contractor to the oil industry. In 1973, the visionary entrepreneur founded RGE as a plywood business. RGE has since progressed from being a local-only player to become a truly global one. Today, its business groups are at the forefront of industries such as pulp and paper (APRIL and Asia Symbol), palm oil (Asian Agri and Apical), viscose staple fiber (Sateri and Asia Pacific Rayon), specialty cellulose (Bracell), and energy development (Pacific Oil & Gas),with operations spanning Indonesia, China, Brazil, Canada, Spain and sales offices in more countries worldwide.
RGE’s businesses operate on Mr. Tanoto’s 5 C’s philosophy of doing what is good for the Community, Country, Climate and Customer, and only then will it be good for the Company.
Believing that everyone should have the opportunity to realise his or her potential, Sukanto Tanoto and his family started the Tanoto Foundation in 1981. The Foundation seeks to harness the transformative strength of education to help people realise their full potential and to improve lives by focusing on driving impact in three areas: Education, leadership development, as well as medical research and sciences.
Mr. Tanoto is a member of the INSEAD International Council, the Wharton Board of Overseers and various other educational, community and industry bodies. He is a recipient of the Wharton School Dean’s Medal Award, which recognises individuals for their contributions to the enlargement of the global economy and to the improvement of lives worldwide.
Related links:
- Tanoto Foundation
- Sukanto Tanoto (Profile page)
Tey Wei Lin
Tey Wei Lin is the President of RGE.
Mr. Tey has management responsibilities over RGE’s global fibre-based businesses, as well as key corporate functions such as corporate finance, treasury, banking and strategic planning. Since joining RGE in 2001, he has held various senior positions within the group. Business leadership roles concurrently held by Mr. Tey include Chairman of RGE China Management Committee, and CEO of Bracell.
He is also a member of the Investment Advisory Committee at Pacific Eagle Asset Management, which invests in financial assets globally.
Prior to RGE, Mr. Tey was Vice-President at GIC Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a first class honours from the National University of Singapore.
Bey Soo Khiang
Bey Soo Khiang is the Vice-Chairman of RGE and Chairman of APRIL Group.
As RGE Vice-Chairman, an appointment he held since March 2011, Mr. Bey oversees various aspects of RGE’s business management and corporate support functions across its key business groups in areas such as Environmental Sustainability, Research & Development (R&D) and Digital Transformation. He also spearheads the Group’s transformation into a LEAN organisation that embraces continuous improvement while advancing knowledge management capabilities.
As the Chairman of APRIL Group, he actively advises APRIL Group’s operations in Indonesia on matters relating to sustainable development.
Mr Bey is also the Executive Adviser of the Tanoto Foundation, providing counsel and close management on critical matters affecting the Foundation’s longer-term strategic direction.
Before joining RGE, Mr. Bey spent 11 years in Singapore Airlines (SIA) holding positions in Technical/Operations as well as Human Resources. He has also held key appointments such as Chairman of SIA Cargo Pte Ltd, Chairman of Silkair Pte Ltd, Chairman of Singapore Flying College, and Board Member of Virgin Atlantic Limited.
As former Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), Mr. Bey made significant contributions to the transformation of the RSAF into the modern and advanced air force it is today. His continued success with the forces saw him eventually assume the top post as Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force (CDF) from 1995-2000, where he played an instrumental role in defence diplomacy by strengthening and expanding ties between the SAF and other armed forces around the world.
While serving as the CDF, he was also appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for Singapore Technologies Engineering and Singapore Airlines Limited.
Bey Soo Khiang holds a Master in Arts (Engineering) from University of Cambridge and a Master in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Imelda Tanoto
Imelda Tanoto is the Managing Director of Pacific Eagle Asset Management (PEAM), a single-family office that provides fund management services to the family of Mr Sukanto Tanoto. Founded in 2002 and with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, PEAM invests globally across a wide range of asset classes and sectors, with a medium to long-term focus on both private and public markets.
As a member of the Investment Advisory Committee at PEAM, Imelda is responsible for the strategic direction of the family office, covering Strategic Asset Allocations, Asset Class Management, Staffing and Operations.
Imelda is also Managing Director at RGE, a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies with assets exceeding US$30 billion and more than 60,000 people. A strong believer in the company’s 5Cs principle, Imelda’s operating philosophy is to achieve key business outcomes by doing what is good for the Community, good for the Country, good for the Climate, good for the Customers and good for the Company.
Beyond her work at PEAM and RGE, Imelda contributes actively as a member of the Board of Trustees at the Tanoto Foundation, an independent philanthropic organisation founded in 1981 by Mr. Sukanto Tanoto and his wife, Tinah Bingei Tanoto. Anchored on the belief that everyone has the right to realise his or her full potential, the foundation focuses on enhancing learning environments, developing future leaders and supporting medical research and sciences to improve lives across Indonesia, China and Singapore.
Imelda received her education from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with triple majors in Finance, Management and Real Estate. She is also a member of the Executive Board for Asia at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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