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WONG Ngit Liong  
WONG Ngit Liong
Chairman
Board of Trustees
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Venture Corporation Limited
 
Appointed on 28 March 2006
 
Mr Wong is a member of the Singapore Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council under the Prime Minister's Office. He is currently the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Venture Corporation Limited, a leading global provider of technology services, products and solutions. He holds a First Class (Honours) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Malaya and a Master's degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree with distinction from McGill University under the Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship.
     
Hans-Dieter BOTT  
Hans-Dieter BOTT
Former Managing Director
Siemens Pte Ltd
Former President
Singapore-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce
 
Appointed on 1 April 2009
 
Mr Bott has served on the boards of the Singapore Symphonia Company Limited, SMa Services Pte Ltd, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore and Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd. He holds a diploma in Business Administration from the Chamber of Commerce Nuremberg, Germany.
     
Ambassador CHAN Heng Chee  
Ambassador CHAN Heng Chee
Ambassador-at-Large
 
Appointed on 1 April 2012
 
Ambassador Chan is Advisor to the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities in Singapore University of Technology and Design and Vice Chair of World Economic Forum's Global Council on Urban Development. She was Ambassador of Singapore to the United States, Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, High Commissioner to Canada, Ambassador to Mexico, Director of the Institute of South East Asian Studies and a member of the Presidential Council of Minority Rights. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Political Science, a Master of Arts in Political Science from Cornell University and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Singapore.
     
CHONG Siak Ching  
CHONG Siak Ching
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ascendas Pte Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2011
 
Ms Chong sits on the boards of Ascendas Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries, Singapore Press Holdings and Jurong Health Services. She is Deputy Chairman of Spring Singapore and Governing Board Member of Yale-NUS College. Ms Chong holds an honours degree in Estate Management and a Master's degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.
     
Lucas CHOW Wing Keung  
Lucas CHOW Wing Keung
Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Far East Orchard Limited
Executive Director
Far East Organization
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Mr Chow is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Far East Orchard Limited, a listed company under Far East Organization. Concurrently, he is the Executive Director of Far East Organization. He joined the Organization from MediaCorp where he was its Chief Executive Officer. Mr Chow chairs the Singapore Health Promotion Board. Mr Chow graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Aston, United Kingdom.
     
Edward Alec D'SILVA  
Edward Alec D'SILVA
Senior Advisor
SAA Architects Pte Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Mr D'Silva is a Board Member of the Public Service Commission, Presidential Council for Religious Harmony, National Institute of Education as well as a Councillor for Central Singapore Community Development Council. He is also the Chairman of the Singapore Youth Award Panel and the Publications Consultative Committee (Media Development Authority). He is a member of the Strata Titles Board, and English Language Institute of Singapore and a Director of NIE International Pte Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Singapore.
     
GOH Yew Lin  
GOH Yew Lin
Managing Director
G.K. Goh Holdings Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2008
 
Mr Goh serves on the boards of various companies including Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Trailblazer Foundation Ltd and CIMB Southeast Asia Research Sdn Bhd. He is also Chairman of Seatown Holdings Pte Ltd, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and Singapore Symphonia Company Limited. Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
     
HAN Fook Kwang  
HAN Fook Kwang
Managing Editor of English & Malay Newspapers Division
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2008
 
Mr Han is a Board Member of the National Environment Agency. He has served in various public service organisations, including the Land Transport Authority, Feedback Unit Supervisory Panel, Community and Parents in Support of Schools Advisory Council, Bioethics Advisory Committee and Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund Advisory Council. Mr Han graduated from the University of Leeds in Mechanical Engineering and holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University.
     
HIEW Yoon Khong  
HIEW Yoon Khong
Group Chief Executive Officer
Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2009
 
Mr Hiew is a Director of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd, Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd, Mapletree Commercial Trust Management Ltd and a member of the Pro-Tem Singapore Accountancy Council. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Warwick as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Portsmouth.
     
Peter HO Hak Ean  
Peter HO Hak Ean
Senior Advisor
Centre for Strategic Futures
Senior Fellow
Civil Service College
 
Appointed on 1 April 2011
 
Mr Ho is the Chairman of Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore, and Chairman of the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering. He was Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs), and Permanent Secretary (Defence). He was the founding Chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in the Engineering Tripos and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore.
     
Professor Olaf KUBLER  
Professor Olaf KÜBLER
President Emeritus
ETH Zurich
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Professor Kübler is a member of the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat). He serves on the President's International Advisory Council of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and on the Board of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria). He is a partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG and also serves on its Supervisory Council. Professor Kübler holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in theoretical physics from TU Karlsruhe and ETH Zurich respectively, and obtained his doctorate from the University of Heidelberg.
     
Kay KUOK Oon Kwong  
Kay KUOK Oon Kwong
Executive Chairman
Shangri-La Hotel Limited
 
Appointed on 1 April 2008
 
Mdm Kuok is the Managing Director of Shangri-La Hotels (M) Berhad and Director of Allgreen Properties Limited and Kuok (Singapore) Limited. She is also the Chairman of the board of National Healthcare Group, Chairman of the Yale-NUS College Governing Board, President of the Singapore Hotel Association, Director of the Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund and sits on the National Youth Achievement Award Council. She is a Barrister-at-Law from Gray's Inn London.
     
Michael LIEN Jown Leam  
Michael LIEN Jown Leam
Executive Chairman
Wah Hin & Co Pte Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2009
 
Mr Lien is Executive Chairman of Wah Hin & Company. He is a Board Member of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. Mr Lien was a UOB Bank Board Director from 2005 to 2009. He was a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and headed its Singapore corporate finance business up to 2002. Mr Lien was a Colombo Plan Scholar and holds a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours) degree, with majors in Finance and Econometrics from Monash University, Australia.
     
Andrew LIM Ming-Hui  
Andrew LIM Ming-Hui
Partner
Allen & Gledhill LLP
 
Appointed on 1 April 2012
 
Mr Lim is Co-Head of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions at Allen & Gledhill. He is currently a Director of Jurong Engineering Limited. He also serves on the Board of the Council for Private Education of Singapore and on the Board of Governors of St Andrew's Junior College. Mr Lim graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws honours degree and a Master of Laws degree.
     
Paul MA Kah Woh  
Paul MA Kah Woh
Chairman
Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Mr Ma holds directorships in Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd, CapitaLand China Development Fund Pte Ltd, CapitaLand China Development Fund II Ltd, SMRT Corporation Limited, Hwa Hong Corporation Limited, Nucleus Connect Pte Ltd, Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd and National Heritage Board. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.
     
Professor SAW Swee Hock  
Professor SAW Swee Hock
Professorial Fellow
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Professor Saw is NUS President's Honorary Professor of Statistics. He is an Honorary Professor of Statistics in the University of Hong Kong, Honorary Professor in Xiamen University, and Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics. He is the benefactor of the NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health. He holds a Master of Arts degree from the then University of Malaya in Singapore and a doctorate in Statistics from the London School of Economics.
     
Davinder SINGH  
Davinder SINGH
Senior Counsel & Chief Executive Officer
Drew & Napier LLC
 
Appointed on 1 April 2012
 
Mr Singh is a Director of Petra Foods Limited, PSA International Pte Ltd, Singapore Technologies Ltd and Singapore Exchange Limited. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws honours degree.
     
Professor TAN Chorh Chuan  
Professor TAN Chorh Chuan
President
National University of Singapore
 
Appointed on 1 April 2006
 
Professor Tan is the Chairman of National University Health System, Deputy Chairman of Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Chairman of the International Alliance of Research Universities and member of the World Economic Forum's Global University Leaders Forum. He obtained his MBBS, Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) and PhD from the National University of Singapore and MRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians.
     
Phillip TAN Eng Seong  
Phillip TAN Eng Seong
Director
EQ Insurance Company Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2008
 
Mr Tan is a Director of EQ Insurance Company Ltd and is currently serving on the boards and the Audit, Finance and Investment committees of a number of statutory and charitable bodies. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.
     
Abdullah TARMUGI  
Abdullah TARMUGI
Member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights & Former Speaker of Parliament
 
Appointed on 1 April 2012
 
Mr Tarmugi is a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, former Speaker of Parliament, Singapore, and former Minister of Community Development and Sports. He is also an Independent Director for Devotion Energy Group Ltd, the Islamic Bank of Asia and GuocoLand Ltd. He holds an honours degree in Social Science from the University of Singapore and a postgraduate diploma (merit) in Urban Studies from the University of London under the Commonwealth Scholarship.
     
Dr TEH Kok Peng  
Dr TEH Kok Peng
Advisor & Chairman of the China Business Group
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd
 
Appointed on 1 April 2011
 
Dr Teh is a Board Member of GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd, Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and China International Capital Corporation, and a member of the Trilateral Commission. Dr Teh obtained First Class Honours in Economics at La Trobe University, Melbourne and his doctorate in Economics at Nuffield College, Oxford University.
     
Sunny George VERGHESE  
Sunny George VERGHESE
Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Olam International Limited
 
Appointed on 1 April 2009
 
Mr Verghese is the Chairman of International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and Chairman of the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI). He holds a post graduate Management degree from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and completed the Advanced Management Program from the Harvard Business School.
     
YEOH Chee Yan  
YEOH Chee Yan
Permanent Secretary (Education Development)
Ministry of Education, Singapore
 
Appointed on 14 July 2008
 
Ms Yeoh is the Chairman of National Library Board. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of London and a Master of Science degree in Social Psychology (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London.