Mr Kok was appointed Group Chief Executive of Dairy Farm on 1st April 2007. Mr Kok joined Dairy Farm in 1987, and was responsible for the Group's retail businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, India and Indonesia. Mr Kok has over 30 years' experience in retailing in Asia. He is a member of the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing, and attended the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.