Management Committee
Name |
Year of birth |
Nationality |
Function |
| Loo Hooi Keat | 1955 | Malaysia | President/ Chief Executive Officer |
| Claudio Esteban Seleguan | 1962 | Argentina | Head of Sales and Marketing, Americas |
| Dr. Thorsten Lifka | 1965 | Switzerland | Head of Group Product Development, Production and R&D |
| Loo Seow Beng | 1958 | Malaysia | Head of Group Procurement |
| Azuma Ikeda | 1954 | Japan | Head of Sales and Marketing, Japan and South Korea |
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1958 |
Taiwan |
Head of Sales and Marketing, People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong |
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Loo Hooi KeatPresident/ Chief Executive OfficerLoo Hooi Keat is a certified public accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA). He received his training in accountancy from a reputable international accounting firm in Malaysia where he received his Certified Public Accountant accreditation. Since then, he has gained over 23 years of experience in various international companies in Malaysia, namely as Group Accountant for the Sime Darby Group of Companies (1982-1985) and Lion Group of Companies (1986-1989). He was the Group General Manager for Business Management of United Engineers (Malaysia) Berhad from 1990 to 1992. |
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Claudio Esteban SeleguanHead of Sales & Marketing, AmericasClaudio Esteban Seleguan has a Bachelor in Business Administration. He joined Pelikan Group as a manager of Pelikan Costa Rica in 1989. In 1992, he was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Productos Pelikan S.A. de C.V.. |
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Thorsten LifkaHead of Group Product Development, Production and R&DThorsten Lifka joined Pelikan Hardcopy Production AG on January 2006 as Managing Director. He graduated from a German university with Diploma in Chemistry, and subsequently obtained a Phd in natural science. After having worked as academic researcher for German and Japanese universities, he joined Agfa-Gaevert group in 1996 as R&D manager, where he developed new products and production processes in digital offset plate making. With 6 years of international experience as plant manager in Sao Paolo, Brazil and an assignment to build and start-up a new production site in Wuxi, China in the graphics industry, Thorsten Lifka is now heading the production plants, R&D facilities and industrial sales division of Pelikan Hardcopy global operations and leads the set-up of Pelikan new ink jet production facility in Malaysia. |
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Loo Seow BengHead of Group ProcurementLoo Seow Beng has a Bachelor of Science in Business. Previously, he worked with a large audit firm. He joined Pelikan Singapore-Malaysia Pte. Ltd. in 1995 and was subsequently transferred to Pelikan Hanover, then Pelikan Holding AG, responsible for the coordination of sales in Asia/Rest of World. He is now in charge of sourcing and international procurement. |
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Azuma IkedaHead of Sales and Marketing, Japan and South Korea
Azuma Ikeda has a Bachelor Degree in Commerce and a Masters of Business Administration. He joined Pelikan Japan K.K. in 1990 as a Finance Manager. He was promoted to Managing Director in 1993 and is responsible for the sales and marketing in Japan and South Korea markets. He is also a board member of the Japan Imported Pen Association for the past 8 years. |
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William LiuHead of Sales and Marketing, People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong
William Liu graduated with a Bachelor of Agriculture from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan. He has had more than 20 years of experience in the Taiwan consumer market. He was the Country Manager for Pelikan business in Taiwan since and is responsible for the sales and marketing in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Hong Kong markets. |
