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Choo Chiau Beng
CHAIRMAN |
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Choo Chiau Beng, 60, is Chairman
of SMRT Corporation Ltd. He is
also Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Keppel Offshore & Marine
Ltd, Senior Executive Director of
Keppel Corporation Limited and
Chairman of Singapore Petroleum
Company Limited and Singapore
Refining Company Private Limited. |
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Mr Choo sits on the boards of
Keppel Land Limited, k1 Ventures
Ltd and Singapore Maritime
Foundation Limited and is a board
member of the Maritime and
Port Authority of Singapore. He is
Chairman of the Nanyang Business
School’s International Advisory
Board. He is also Chairman of Det
Norske Veritas South East Asia
Committee, a board member of the
American Bureau of Shipping and a
member of the American Bureau of
Shipping’s Southeast Asia Regional
Committee and Special Committee
on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units. |
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| He is Singapore’s Non-resident
Ambassador to Brazil. Mr Choo was
conferred the Public Service Star
Award (BBM) in August 2004. |
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Saw Phaik Hwa
PRESIDENT &
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
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Saw Phaik Hwa, 53, is President and
Chief Executive Offi cer of SMRT
Corporation Ltd. Ms Saw brings to
SMRT a wealth of experience in
retail and international business.
Prior to joining SMRT, she served as
Regional President for DFS Venture
Singapore (Pte) Ltd, in charge of
businesses in Singapore, Indonesia
and Malaysia. Her 19-year career
with the DFS group of companies
saw her rising through management
ranks, including assuming
operational responsibilities in Hong
Kong, Macau and Vietnam, to her
final position. |
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She is a director of The Esplanade
Co Ltd and a board member of the
National Environment Agency. She
also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management
University, the Tan Tock Seng
Hospital Community Charity Fund
and Youth Business Singapore.
Ms Saw is also a resource panel
member on the Government
Parliamentary Committee (Transport). |
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| She was conferred the Leading CEO
Award in 2005, organised by the
Singapore HR Institute and a Medal
of Commendation at the 2007 May
Day Award. |
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Ms Saw graduated with an Honours
degree in Biochemistry from the
University of Singapore. She also
attended an Advanced Management
Programme at the University of Hawaii. |
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| Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara |
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| Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara,
45, is the Managing Partner of
WongPartnership LLP. He has
19 years of experience in the
legal industry. His main areas of
practice are in the fields of mergers
and acquisitions and corporate
governance. Mr Dilhan Pillay holds
a Bachelor of Laws Honours degree
from the National University of
Singapore and a Master of Law
degree from the University of
Cambridge. He was admitted to the
Singapore Bar in 1989. |
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He is a Trustee of the Singapore
Management University as well as
a member of the Advisory Board of
its Law School. In addition, he is a
board member of the Accounting
and Corporate Regulatory Authority
of Singapore and a director of
Alexandra Health Pte Ltd, Babcock
& Brown Structured Finance Fund
Limited, Banyan Tree Holdings
Ltd, CapitaRetail China Trust
Management Limited, Changi
Airports International Pte Ltd, Hup
Soon Global Corporation Limited,
MOH Holdings Pte Ltd and SP
Services Ltd. |
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| Halimah Yacob |
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| Halimah Yacob, 53, is a Member
of Parliament of the Jurong Group
Representation Constituency, Chairman
of the Government Parliamentary Committee on Health and Chairman
of the Jurong Town Council. She
is also the Deputy Secretary
General of NTUC and the Executive
Secretary of the United Workers of
Electrical and Electronics Industries. |
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| Since 1999, Mdm Halimah has
been a Member of the International
Labour Organisation Governing
Body in Geneva, Switzerland,
representing the Workers’ Group.
Currently, she is the Workers’
Spokesperson for the Technical
Cooperation Committee of the
International Labour Conference. |
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| Mdm Halimah is a board member of
the Economic Development Board,
Housing & Development Board and
a trustee of the National University
of Singapore. She is a trustee of
seven unions affi liated to the NTUC,
Co-Chairperson for the Tripartite
Alliance on Fair Employment
Practices, and Chairperson for the
Tripartite Workgroup on Women
Back to Work Programme. Mdm
Halimah is also actively involved in
the Malay community. She is the
Co-Chairperson of the Employability
Network and the UFUK Cooperative,
President of the Malay
Teachers’ Union Co-operative,
and Patron of the Young Muslim
Women’s Association. |
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| Mdm Halimah holds a Master of
Laws degree from the National
University of Singapore and was
called to the Singapore Bar in 1981. |
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Ho Kim Wai |
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| Dr Ho Kim Wai, 54, is an Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at the Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). At the Business School, he had served as the Associate Dean (Research), the founding Director of the MSc (Financial Engineering) Programme, the Director of the MBA (Banking and Finance) programme and a member of the MBA Advisory Committee. Dr Ho’s teaching and research interests are in corporate finance, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, financial modelling and business valuation. He conducts executive education programmes in these areas for multinational companies, banks and government organisations. |
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| Prior to joining NTU, Dr Ho was the Financial Controller and Company Secretary of a publicly listed multinational corporation, Metal Box Singapore Limited. Before that, he had several years of audit experience in Big Eight (now Big Four) international accounting firms in London and Singapore. |
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| Dr Ho has a First Class Honours in BSc (Mechanical Engineering) from Imperial College London, a Master of Finance from RMIT University, Australia and a Doctor of Philosophy in Finance from NTU. He is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore. |
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| Dr Ho is Chairman of the Telok Blangah PCF Pre-School Education Centre and Student Care Centre Management Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Dover Community Centre Management Committee. He also serves on the School Advisory Committee of Blangah Rise Primary School. Dr Ho was conferred the Public Service Medal Award (PBM) in August 2005. |
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| Koh Yong Guan |
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Koh Yong Guan, 62, is currently
Chairman of the Central Provident
Fund Board, and is also a member
of the Board of the Monetary
Authority of Singapore. |
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| Mr Koh’s career in the Singapore
Civil Service included appointments
at the Permanent Secretary level in
the Ministries of Defence, Finance,
Health and National Development
as well as the Commissioner of
Inland Revenue, and Managing
Director of the Monetary Authority
of Singapore. |
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Mr Koh did his undergraduate
and postgraduate studies at the
University of Toronto, and his
Master of Business Administration
in the Catholic University of Leuven. |
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| Mr Koh was appointed as
Singapore’s High Commissioner to
Canada in January 2008. |
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| Paul Ma Kah Woh |
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| Paul Ma, 60, is Chairman of
Mapletree Logistics Trust
Management Limited and a director
of Mapletree Investments Pte
Ltd. He is also a director of Ascott
Residence Trust Management
Limited, Capitaland China
Development Fund Pte Ltd, Hwa
Hong Corporation Limited and Tenet
Insurance Company Limited. In
addition, Mr Ma sits on the Board
of Trustees of the National
University of Singapore. |
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Mr Ma was a senior partner of
KPMG Singapore where he was in charge of the Audit & Risk Advisory
Practice and the partner in charge of
Risk Management of the firm until
his retirement in September 2003.
Mr Ma is a Fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales and a Member
of the Institute of Certifi ed Public
Accountants of Singapore. |
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| Ong Ye Kung |
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Ong Ye Kung, 38, is Chief
Executive of Singapore Workforce
Development Agency (WDA). Prior
to joining WDA, Mr Ong served as
Principal Private Secretary to Prime
Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He also
held several other positions in the
Singapore Government, including
that of Director (Organisation and
Systems) in the Public Service
Division of the Prime Minister’s
Office, Director of Trade in the
Ministry of Trade and Industry,
Deputy Chief Negotiator for the USSingapore
Free Trade Agreement and
Press Secretary to the then Deputy
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. |
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Mr Ong has served on the boards
of several public and private
organisations. Currently, he is the
Deputy Chairman of the Employment
and Employability Institute Pte
Ltd (e2i). He sits on the Boards of
Ascendas Pte Ltd, SPRING Singapore
and the Institute of Systems Science.
He also serves on the Board of
Trustees of UniSIM, the Board of
Governors of Northlight School, and
the Board of the Singapore Workforce
Development Agency. He is also a
member of the Panel of Advisors
to the Institute of Management
Consultants Singapore and a Trustee
of the Singapore LSE Trust. |
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Mr Ong has a First Class Honours
in B.Sc (Economics) from the
University of London, London School
of Economics and Political Science
(UK) and a Master of Business
Administration from the Institute
of Management Development,
Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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| Bob Tan Beng Hai |
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Bob Tan, 56, is Chairman of Jurong
Engineering Limited as well as a
director of Power Seraya Ltd.
Mr Tan is also Chairman of the
Institute of Technical Education,
Vice President of the Singapore
National Employers Federation and
Co-Chairman of the Tripartite Alliance
for Fair Employment Practices. He
serves as a board member in the
Ong Teng Cheong Institute of Labour
Studies. He is also a member of the
National Wages Council, NTUC Club
Management Council and Deputy
Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore
Business Federation. |
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| Mr Tan is a Fellow of the Institute
of Chartered Accountants in England
and Wales. |
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