Board of Directors

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

Mr Lee Hsien Yang

Mr Lee was appointed a Director & Chairman-Designate on 6 September 2007 and assumed Chairmanship on 15 October 2007. Mr Lee was Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Telecommunications Limited from 1995 to 2007.

Mr Lee is currently the Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore; a director of the Singapore Exchange Limited, the Islamic Bank of Asia Private Limited (a DBS Bank subsidiary) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited. He also serves on the Governing Board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Mr Lee was a President's Scholar and SAF Scholar. He graduated with a double first in Engineering Science from Cambridge University, UK and has a Master of Science (Management) from Stanford University, USA. 

Mr Timothy Chia Chee Ming

Mr Chia was appointed a Director in January 2006. He is currently the Deputy Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Hup Soon Global Corporation Limited. Mr Chia was President of PAMA Group (previously known as Prudential Asset Management Asia Limited). He was also a director of Thailand Magnecomp Precision Technology Public Co. Ltd (formerly known as K R Precision Public Co. Ltd), Macquarie Pacific Star Prime REIT Management Ltd (renamed Starhill Global Real Estate Investment Trust), Meritz Securities Co. Ltd and FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd. Mr Chia is the Chairman of UBS Investment Bank, Singapore Branch. He also serves on the boards of several private and public listed companies and government-linked companies, which include Banyan Tree Holdings Limited, SP PowerGrid Limited and Singapore Post Limited. 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. He also serves on the boards of Singapore Exchange Limited and Singapore Power Limited. Mr Ho was previously the General Manager and Managing Director of Bankers Trust Company Singapore and a director of The Overseas Assurance Corporation Limited, Great Eastern Holdings Limited and The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited. He also serves on the Risk Committee of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) and Investment Committee of Mount Alvernia Hospital. 

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 Engineering Limited, BOC Hong Kong (Holdings), Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, Sing-Han Financial Services, Great Eastern Holdings Limited and Japan Wealth Management Securities Inc. 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 Limited, a leading banking group in the country, from 2000 to 2004.

Mr Soon Tit Koon

Mr Soon was appointed a Director in January 2008. Mr Soon was the CFO of OCBC Bank from September 2002 to June 2008. He is now the Head of Group Investments of OCBC Bank responsible for investment banking, securities brokerage, strategic investments and property services. Prior to OCBC Bank, Mr Soon was the CFO of Wilmar Holdings, and before that Managing Director of Citicorp Investment Bank. Mr Soon currently sits on the boards of Bank of Ningbo, Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and several subsidiaries of OCBC Bank.  

Mr Tan Chong Meng

Mr Tan was appointed a Director in June 2008. He is currently the 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 Limited. 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.