Professor TAN Chorh Chuan Deputy President & Provost, Member of the Board of Trustees and Member of Entrepreneurship Committee

Professor Tan, a renal physician, is concurrently a senior consultant with the Division of Nephrology at National University Hospital (NUH) and a Professor of Medicine with the University. He is also deputy chairman of A*STAR and A*STAR’s Biomedical Research Council as well as chairman of A*STAR’s Finance and Budget Committee. Professor Tan was awarded the Public Service Star (Singapore National Day Award) in 2003, the Public Administration Gold Medal in 2004, the Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal (awarded by the Polish Academy of Medicine), and the Achievement Medal (awarded by the Singapore Society of Nephrology). In addition, he won the 1996 Singapore Youth Award for his research on the regulation of erythropoietin. Professor Tan is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of London; Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Fellow of the American College of Physicians as well as of the Royal Geographical Society, UK. Professor Tan received his MBBS and Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) from the National University of Singapore, and MRCP (UK) from Royal College of Physicians, UK. He carried out his research training in the Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, and obtained his doctorate from National University of Singapore . Other Fellowship awards which he has received include the Commonwealth Medical Fellowship of Association of Commonwealth Universities, UK; Wellcome Fellow, University of Oxford, UK; Elected Fellow of Polish Academy of Medicine.

Mr WONG Ah Long Member of Board Trustees, Member of Audit Committee, Member of Remuneration Committee, and Member of Investment Committee

Mr Wong is currently chairman of Pacific Star China Pte Ltd, and he also holds directorships in REDAS. Com Private Limited and NTUC Club Investments Pte Ltd. Mr Wong is also chairman of NUS Business School MBA Advisory Board; deputy chairman of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies’ Board of Trustees; president of FIABCI – Singapore Chapter; president of Siddhartha Centre; and member of National Council Against Drug Abuse and Ren Ci Hospital & Medicare Centre. Mr Wong was awarded the Medal of Commendation by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) during the May Day Awards in 2002; the Eminent Alumni Award by NUS Business School in 2003; the inaugural Distinguished Alumni Service Award by the University in 2005; and the Distinguished Science Alumni Award by the University in 2005. Mr Wong holds an honours degree in Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry and a Masters in Business Administration from University of Singapore.

Mr Lucien WONG Yuen Kuai Member of Board of Trustees, Member of Nominating Committee, and Member of Campus Planning and Development Committee

Mr Wong, an Advocate & Solicitor, is currently the managing partner of Allen & Gledhill. He also holds directorships in public listed and private companies including Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd and Cerebos Pacific Limited. He is also a board member of Monetary Authority of Singapore and a trustee of SingHealth Foundation. Mr Wong holds an honours degree in Bachelor of Laws from University of Singapore.

Mdm Halimah bte YACOB Member of Board of Trustees and Member of Remuneration Committee Mdm Halimah is a Member of Parliament of Singapore since November 2001 and currently the Assistant Secretary-General of NTUC. She is concurrently the divisional director of the NTUC Administration and Research Unit and a governor of the Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour Studies. Mdm Halimah is chairman of Jurong Town Council as well as a member of various public service and community organisations including Housing & Development Board, Nanyang Polytechnic Board of Governors, National Environment Agency, Workforce Development Agency, Jurong Town Corporation and Economic Development Board. Mdm Halimah was awarded the Berita Harian/McDonald’s Achiever of the Year Award in 2001 and was awarded the Woman of the Year by Her World Magazine in 2003. Mdm Halimah is active in international labour relations and is a deputy member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation, a UN Agency. She holds an honours degree in Bachelor of Laws from the University of Singapore and a Master of Laws from the National University of Singapore.

Dr Tadataka YAMADA Member of Board of Trustees Dr Yamada is currently president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Program. He leads the foundation’s efforts to help and deliver low-cost, life-saving health tools for the developing world, and oversees the global health grant portfolio and Global Health Advocacy. Prior to joining the foundation, Dr Yamada served as chairman of Research and Development as well as a member of the board of directors of GlaxoSimthKline. Prior to that, he was chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School and Physician-in-Chief at the University of Michigan Medical Center. Dr Yamada was also the past president of the American Gastroenterological Association and the Association of American Physicians; a master of the American College of Physicians; and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in the United States and the Academy of Medical Sciences in the United Kingdom. Dr Yamada has received numerous awards including the Distinguished Achievement Award in Gastrointestinal Physiology from the American Physiological Society; the Friedenwald Medal from the American Gastroenterological Association; the Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award from the University of Michigan; and the Distinguished Medical Scientist Award from the Medical College of Virginia. Dr Yamada holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Stanford University and obtained his M.D. from New York University School of Medicine.