Mr Alfred Lim began his career in 1978 with May & Baker / Rhone Poulenc, a leading European chemicals and pharmaceutical firm. In 1990 he joined Neste Chemicals Trading and was responsible for U.S., Europe and Asia trading.

During 1994, Mr Lim was appointed as Managing Director for Borealis Singapore, a subsidiary of Neste Oil and Statoil, whereby he managed the Asia Pacific operations. Under his leadership, Borealis was awarded the International Trade Award (Ministry of Finance), Approved International Trader Status (Ministry of Trade & Industry) and recognition in the Singapore 1,000 ranking.

Mr. Lim holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Chemistry from the University of Singapore (1976), a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Singapore Institute of Management (1986), and management programs at INSEAD Business School in France.