Mr Monteiro is a Director of Japfa Pte Ltd and serves concurrently as Chief Financial Officer responsible for developing a balanced capital structure, to source for adequate funding for our Group, and to ensure the integrity of the Group’s financial data. He has oversight over all the financial operations of our Group.
Mr Monteiro was previously the Head of Corporate Finance of our subsidiary, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk and has longstanding experience of working in the agri-food industry, having joined PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk in 1999. His responsibilities in this position included overseeing the company capital structure and managing equity-related matters such as investor relations, annual reports and IDX-compliance.
Prior to joining PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk, Mr Monteiro was a financial advisor to another IDX-listed company between 1995 and 1999. Between 1985 and 1995, Mr Monteiro practised as a chartered accountant, first as a sole practitioner, and later as a partner of Callaway & Hecht in Melbourne. Whilst in practice, Mr Monteiro was a registered tax agent and registered company auditor in Australia.
Mr Monteiro obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from Monash University, Australia in 1979 and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia since 1982. Mr Monteiro is a member of the Asia Pacific Chapter of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Chief Financial Officers Leadership Network since 2021.
Mr Monteiro represents Japfa Pte Ltd as founding member of SGListCos Ltd ("SGListCos"), an association that represents all SGX listed companies, where he sits on its ESG Advisory Panel. Mr Monteiro is SGListCos representative on the Sustainability Reporting Advisory Committee which advises on the sustainability reporting roadmap for Singapore-incorporated companies.
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