Board of Directors

Click on image for more information. Mr Lee Hsien Yang Mr Timothy Chia Chee Ming Mr Ho Tian Yee Mr Simon Israel Mr Koh Beng Seng Mr Stephen Lee Mr Soon Tit Koon Mr Tan Chong Meng Mr Nicky Tan Ng Kuang

Mr Lee Hsien Yang

Lee Hsien Yang is the Chairman of Republic Polytechnic. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Singapore Exchange Limited and an independent director of the Islamic Bank of Asia Private Limited. He also sits on the Governing Board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

From April 1994 to April 2007, Hsien Yang worked at Singapore Telecommunications Limited ("SingTel"). He joined SingTel soon after its privatisation and led the Company as its Group CEO from May 1995 till he relinquished his appointment in April 2007. During his tenure as CEO, Hsien Yang successfully led SingTel through a series of acquisitions and investments which transformed the Company from a domestic monopoly player into one of the market leaders in Asia. Whilst he was CEO, SingTel's revenues grew from $3.2 billion to $13.2 billion and its profits after tax grew from $1.2 billion to $3.8 billion.

Prior to his joining SingTel, Hsien Yang served in command and staff positions in the Singapore Armed Forces ("SAF") reaching the rank of Brigadier-General; his last appointment was as the Director of the Joint Operations and Planning Directorate.

Hsien Yang was a President's Scholar and Singapore Armed Forces Scholar. He graduated with a double first in engineering science from Cambridge University, England in 1979 and has a degree in Business from Stanford University, California.

Mr Timothy Chia Chee Ming

Mr Chia was appointed a Director in January 2006. He is currently the Founding Chairman of Hup Soon Global Pte Ltd. Mr Chia was President of PAMA Group (previously known as Prudential Asset Management Asia Limited). He also serves on the boards of several private and public listed companies and government-linked companies. They include Macquarie Pacific Star Prime REIT Management Limited, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd, Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd, SP PowerGrid Limited, Singapore Post Limited, Magnecomp Precision Technology Co Ltd (Thailand) and Meritz Securities Co Ltd (Korea). Mr Chia is a Trustee of the Singapore Management University.

Mr Ho Tian Yee

Mr Ho was appointed a Director in December 1997. He is currently the Executive Director of Pacific Asset Management (S) Pte Ltd. Mr Ho was previously the General Manager and Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company Singapore. He also serves on the boards of Singapore Exchange Limited, Great Eastern Holdings Ltd and Singapore Power Ltd.

Mr Simon Israel

Mr Simon Israel was appointed a Director in January 2007. He has been an Executive Director of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, the Singapore-headquartered investment firm, since July 2006. Previously, Mr Israel spent 10 years as Chairman Asia Pacific of the Danone Group and as a member of that group's Executive Committee. Prior to this, he worked across the Asia Pacific region in a 22-year career with Sara Lee Corporation. Mr Israel chairs the Singapore Tourism Board, is a director of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, and Asia Financial Holdings Pte Ltd. He also sits on the Business Advisory Board of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.

Mr Koh Beng Seng

Mr Koh was appointed a Director in January 2006. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Octagon Advisors. He is also a non-executive director of Singapore Technologies Ltd, BOC Hong Kong (Holdings), Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited and Sing-Han Financial Services. He held various positions in his 24 years, up to 1998, with Monetary Authority of Singapore and his last appointment was Deputy Managing Director, Banking and Financial Institution Group. Thereafter, he was an advisor to the International Monetary Fund to reform Thailand's financial sector until 2000. He was also the Deputy President of Singapore's United Overseas Bank Ltd, a leading banking group in the country, from 2000 to 2004.

Mr Stephen Lee

Mr Lee was appointed a Director in July 1997. He is currently the Managing Director of Great Malaysia Textile MFG Co. Pte Ltd and Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank (Taiwan). Mr Lee is also the Chairman of Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore Business Federation, President of Singapore National Employers Federation and Director of Singapore Labour Foundation. He was the Chairman of PSA International Limited from September 2002 till October 2005.

Mr Soon Tit Koon

Mr Soon was appointed Director in January 2008. Mr Soon is the Chief Financial Officer of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited since September 2002. Prior to that Mr Soon was the CFO of Wilmar Holdings, and before that Managing Director of Citicorp Investment Bank. His 17-year career in Citigroup Singapore included managerial responsibilities in several investment banking businesses of Citigroup. Mr Soon currently sits on the boards of Bank of Ningbo and several subsidiaries of OCBC Bank.

Mr Tan Chong Meng

Mr Tan was appointed a Director in June 2008. He is currently serving as Executive Vice President of the Global B2B businesses in Shell. He has been with the Shell Group since 1989, holding various positions in its regional and global downstream businesses. Prior to this, he worked in the Ministry of National Development, Singapore. He has also been serving on the board of Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, Japan, as a non-Executive Director since March 2006.

Mr Nicky Tan Ng Kuang

Mr Tan was appointed a Director in October 2003. He currently runs nTan Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd and is also a Director of Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Mr Tan was previously Partner, Head of Global Corporate Finance of Arthur Andersen Singapore and ASEAN region; Partner, Head of Financial Advisory Services of Price Waterhouse Singapore and Chairman of Financial Advisory Services of PricewaterhouseCoopers Asia Pacific region.