Board of Directors

Ms Olivia Lum
Group CEO & President

Ms Lum started corporate life as a chemist with Glaxo Pharmaceutical and left in 1989 to start up Hydrochem (S) Pte Ltd, the precursor to Hyflux Ltd.

Managing the Group for 18 years now, Ms Lum is the driving force behind Hyflux's growth and business expansion, responsible for policy and strategy formulation and corporate direction.

A former Nominated Member of Parliament, Ms Lum holds several positions in the public service. She serves on the board of Health Science Authority and the Singapore Exchange Ltd and is a member of the Singapore-Sichuan Trade and Investment Committee (SSTIC). She is also a Trustee member of both the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees and The Chinese Development Assistance Council. Ms Lum is also the President of the Singapore Water Association.

Among the many accolades Ms Lum has received for her entrepreneurial achievements is the Winner of the Regional Growth Award by Nihon Keizai Shimbun at the 11th Nikkei Asia Prize 2006. She was also awarded Asiamoney's Corporate Executive of the Year 2005 in Singapore and Businessman of the Year 2004 at the Singapore Business Awards.

Olivia holds an Honours degree in Science from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Teo Kiang Kok
Non-Executive Director

Mr Teo has been a Non-Executive Director of Hyflux Ltd since December 2000. He is also the member of the company's Nominating, Audit, Remuneration, Risk Management and Executive Committees.

A lawyer with more than 20 years experience in legal practice, Mr Teo is a senior partner of Shook Lin & Bok, a firm of advocates and solicitors. He is currently the finance partner and head of corporate finance and China practice groups in Shooklin & Bok. His main areas of practice are corporate finance, international finance and securities. He has advised listed companies extensively on corporate law and compliance requirements.

He serves on the boards of a number of other companies including Memtech International Limited, Jadason Enterprises Ltd, Ocean Sky International Ltd and Unisteel Technology Limited.

Mr Teo holds an Honours degree in Law from the University of Hull and is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn.

Mr Lee Joo Hai
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Lee has been the Independent Non-Executive Director of Hyflux Ltd since December 2000. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating, Remuneration, Risk Management and Executive Committees.

Mr Lee is a CPA and a member of both the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is currently a partner in a public accounting firm in Singapore and has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and auditing.

Mr Lee also sits on the board of other listed companies, including IPC Corporation and Unisteel Technology Limited.

Mr Gay Chee Cheong
Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Gay has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hyflux Ltd since August 2001.

He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees and a member of the Audit and Executive Committees.

He also serves on the Boards of Raffles Education Corporation and Midas Holdings Limited.

Mr Gay holds Honours degrees in Electronic Engineering from the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, UK, and in Economics from the University of London. He also has an MBA from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Christopher Murugasu
Independent Director

Mr Murugasu has been a Non-Executive Director of Hyflux Ltd since February 2005.

He is also the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.

Previously Senior Vice President for Corporate Services at Hyflux Ltd, he was responsible for the Group's human resources, procurement and general administration functions. Prior to joining Hyflux, Mr Murugasu had accumulated over 15 years of experience in the public sector as well as with a foreign bank.

He holds an Honours degree in Computing Science from Imperial College, UK, and a Master's degree from the London School of Economics.

Mr Mr Raj Mitta
Executive Director

Mr Raj Mitta has been an Independent Director of Hyflux since April 2007.

Mr Mitta is currently the Chairman of Essential Value Associates Pte Ltd, a boutique high-powered consultancy firm assisting Chairmen, Boards, Owner Managers and CEOs providing hands-on personal counselling on issues of managing change and strategic implementation with the result of driving lasting change in organisations and developing high growth businesses with quality governance and sustainability.

Mr Mitta has advised some of the world’s best consumer goods and customer-intensive companies, technology-intensive corporations and regional governments. His client list includes multinationals like PepsiCo, Gillette, Kelloggs, and the Governments of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and India. He has also worked with regional conglomerates like Hutchisons (HK), Jardines (HK), Bakrie Group (Indonesia), Reliance (India), Amex, Citicorp, British Airways and telecom operators like Optus, Orange, Singapore Telecom and Deutsche Telekom.

Prior to his experience of over 14 years in consulting, Mr Mitta worked in senior marketing roles with Pepsico (US and Cyprus) and Mars Inc. (UK).

Mr Mitta is a seasoned negotiator and deal maker with well developed cross cultural sensitivity developed through living and working across diverse countries and consulting with an expansive list of clients. His main areas of professional interest is in strategy development and value extraction through enhancing marketing and sales effectiveness, the competitive repositioning of brands/services and issues relating to managing change within organisations.

Mr Mitta holds a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering and a Masters in Business.

Professor Tan Teck Meng
Independent Director

Professor Tan Teck Meng has been an Independent Director of Hyflux since April 2007.

Professor Tan is currently Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at SMU. He chairs the Singapore National Council for Pacific Economic Cooperation (SINCPEC) and Hospital Medifund, K K Women’s & Children Hospital. He is a member of the GST Board of Review and of the Board of Governor of Spirit of Enterprise, Singapore.

In 1998, Professor Tan was appointed Founding Deputy President and Provost of Singapore Management University. In October 2003, he was appointed by the Ministry of Education to the Advisory Committee of the new Meridian Junior College, where he currently serves as its first Chairman.

In November 2006, he was appointed by the Minister of Finance as a Council Member of the Council on Corporate Disclosure & Governance.

Professor Tan also sits on the board of a number of companies including:
• Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited;
• Kim Eng Holdings Limited and Chairman of its Audit Committee;
• Singapore Shipping Corporation Ltd;
• k1 Ventures Ltd;
• Raffles Education Corporation;
• Oriental Century Limited.

Professor Tan has a Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) Degree from the University of Singapore (1970) and a Master of Commerce (MCom) (Honours) from the University of New South Wales. He attended the Senior Executive Program at MIT, Boston in 1992. In 1996, he was awarded an Honorary PhD by Liaoning University (China). In 1997 he became the first Singaporean to garner the (US based) Wilford L. White Award.

He holds Fellowships in the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (FCPA), Australian Society of CPAs (FCPA), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS), and Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI).