After his retirement from active duty as Chairman of the Group, KSN continued to be a fount of wisdom and inspiration to Sanmar as its Chairman Emeritus. He watched with quiet pride as the Group grew from strength to strength, establishing standards worthy of emulation in the way joint ventures should be conceived, structured and practised. To his satisfaction, the international partnerships steadily grew in number, strength and variety as models of good governance and mutual trust. The ethical foundations he laid for the Group took concrete shape over the decades, to find expression as its mission statement, to be codified into practical manuals every employee could internalise and follow.