|
|
Board of Directors
 |
| |
DR TONY TAN KENG YAM
Dr Tan, Chairman, joined the SPH Board as a director
on 5 September 2005. He is the Deputy Chairman and
Executive Director of the Government of Singapore
Investment Corporation Pte Ltd. He serves as the
Chairman of the National Research Foundation, Deputy
Chairman of the Research, Innovation and Enterprise
Council, and Chairman of the Ministry of Education’s
International Academic Advisory Panel. He is also the
Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Foundation Limited
as well as patron and advisor to several other civic and
charitable organisations.
Dr Tan was the Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating
Minister for Security & Defence before he stepped
down from the Cabinet on 1 September 2005. He has
helmed the Finance, Trade & Industry, Education and
Defence ministries. He stepped down from the Cabinet
in 1991 to return to the private sector as the Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corporation, before rejoining the Cabinet in 1995.
Dr Tan is a Singapore Government State Scholar with
a First Class Honours in Physics from the University of
Singapore, an Asia Foundation scholar with a Master of
Science (Operations Research) from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and a Research Scholar with a PhD
in Applied Mathematics from the University of Adelaide.
He was a lecturer in Mathematics in the University of
Singapore before joining the Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corporation in 1969. |
| |
PROF CHAM TAO SOON
Prof Cham was appointed Deputy Chairman of SPH on
1 March 2004. He has spent more than 30 years in the
academia sector and currently is the Chancellor and
Chairman of SIM University.
Prof Cham is also the Chairman of NATSTEEL Ltd and MFS
Technology Ltd, a director of United Overseas Bank Ltd,
Far Eastern Bank Limited, WBL Corporation Ltd and Soup
Restaurant Group Ltd.
In addition, he serves as a member of the Council of
Presidential Advisers and Chairman of the Singapore
Symphonia Co Ltd, Singapore-China Foundation Ltd and
Nanyang Fine Arts Foundation Ltd. He is also a director
of the Singapore International Foundation.
Prof Cham holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil,
Honours) from the University of Malaya, a Bachelor of
Science (Mathematics, Honours) from the University of
London and a Doctorate of Philosophy (Fluid Mechanics)
from Cambridge University. |
| |
ALAN CHAN HENG LOON
Mr Chan was appointed a director and Group President
of SPH on 1 July 2002 and became its Chief Executive
Officer on 1 January 2003. He is the Chairman of the
Urban Redevelopment Authority, SP PowerAssets Ltd and
PowerGas Ltd. He also serves on the boards of Singapore
Power Ltd, MediaCorp Press Ltd, MediaCorp TV Holdings
Pte Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings Foundation Limited.
He is a member of Business China and Casino Regulatory
Authority of Singapore.
He has more than 24 years’ experience in the civil service,
spanning the Civil Aviation Department, Ministries of
Home Affairs, Defence, Foreign Affairs and the Prime
Minister’s Office. Prior to joining SPH, he was the
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport.
Mr Chan is a President Scholar and has been awarded the
Public Service Medals (Gold and Silver). He graduated
from the Ecole Nationale de I’Aviation Civile, France and
holds an MBA (with distinction) from INSEAD, France. |
| |
|
WILLIE CHENG JUE HIANG
Mr Cheng was appointed a director of SPH on 1 March
2004. He is also a director of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative
Ltd and NTUC Fairprice Foundation Ltd. He is the
Chairman of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Catholic
Social and Community Council and the Jurong Country
Club, and serves on the boards and councils of several
civic and charitable organisations.
Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class
Honours) from the University of Singapore. He is a
fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of
Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Directors and the
Singapore Computer Society. |
 |
|
NG SER MIANG
Mr Ng joined the SPH Board on 1 August 2007. He is the
Chairman of TIBS International Pte Ltd, NTUC Choice
Homes Co-operative Limited and NTUC Fairprice Cooperative
Limited and a director of the Yanlord Land
Group Ltd and WBL Corporation Ltd.
He was a director of Biosensors International Group
Ltd, International Factors (Singapore) Ltd and Transpac
Industrial Holdings Limited.
A former Nominated Member of Parliament, Mr Ng is also
Singapore’s non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of
Hungary and the K ingdom of Norway, Executive Board
Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
and a member of several IOC Commissions. He was
conferred the Public Service Star and was named the
Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year 1992.
Mr Ng holds a BBA (Honours) from the University of
Singapore. |
 |
NGIAM TONG DOW
Mr Ngiam was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2001.
He is a director of United Overseas Bank Ltd, Far Eastern
Bank Ltd, Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd and International Medical
Insurers Pte Ltd.
He was formerly a director of Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd,
Overseas Union Bank Ltd and Singapore Airlines Ltd.
Mr Ngiam has a distinguished public service career,
having served as Chairman of the Development Bank of
Singapore Ltd, Housing & Development Board, Central
Provident Fund Board, Economic Development Board,
Telecommunications Authority of Singapore, and Deputy
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Currency.
He was also Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s
Office, the Ministries of Finance, Trade & Industry,
National Development, and Communications.
Mr Ngiam holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours)
in Economics from the University of Malaya (Singapore)
and Master of Public Administration from Harvard
University. |
| |
DR PHILIP PILLAI
Dr Pillai was appointed a director on 5 December 2003.
He is the Senior Partner in the law firm of Shook Lin &
Bok LLP, Singapore. He is currently a director of Singapore
Technologies Engineering Ltd, Singapore Technologies
Electronics Ltd, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore
Pte Ltd, Hotung Investment Holdings Limited and Slab
Services Private Limited. He is also on the Haggai Institute
International Board of Trustees.
He serves as a member of the Legal Services Commission
and has been awarded the Public Service Star. He
was formerly a member of the Board of the Monetary
Authority of Singapore and the Singapore International
Foundation.
Dr Pillai holds an LLB First Class Honours (Singapore),
LLM (Harvard) and SJD (Harvard). |
| |
|
SUM SOON LIM
Mr Sum was appointed to the Board on 5 December
2003. He is currently also the Chairman of a wholly
owned subsidiary, Times Development Pte Ltd.
Mr Sum sits on the boards of Singapore Technologies
Telemedia Pte Ltd, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd and
Yantai Raffles Shipyard Ltd.
Mr Sum received a B.Sc. (Honours) in Production
Engineering from the University of Nottingham, England. |
| |
| DR YEO NING HONG
Dr Yeo was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2001.
He is an Advisor to Far East Organisation and a member
of the K eppel Technology Advisory Panel. He also serves
on several businesses, sports and civic organisations,
including as Chairman of the Singapore Totalisator Board/
Singapore Symphony Orchestra Trust, Honorary President
of the SEA Games Federation and Patron of the Singapore
National Olympic Council.
Dr Yeo is a former Cabinet Minister and has served
as Minister for Defence, National Development and
Communications and Information. He was previously the
Chairman of PSA Corporation Ltd, Executive Chairman of
the Singapore Technologies Group of Companies, as well
as a director of DBS Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
Dr Yeo is a Singapore State Scholar, with a B.Sc with first
class honours in Chemistry, and an MSc from Singapore
University, and an MA and PhD from Cambridge
University. He also has a distinguished academic record,
having been conferred several awards and honorary
positions in Singapore and overseas. |
|
|
| YONG PUNG HOW
Mr Yong is no newcomer to SPH. He was appointed
director and Deputy Chairman of SPH after its
incorporation in August 1984. He resigned at the end of
June 1989 when he joined the Supreme Court bench.
Following his retirement from the Supreme Court
bench, Mr Yong re-joined SPH as a director on 1 July
2007. He was Singapore’s Chief Justice from 1990
to 2006, President of the Legal Service Commission
and the Singapore Academy of Law and Chairman of
the Presidential Council for Minority Rights. He is the
Chairman of the Singapore Management University
Advisory Board, and a member of the Council of
Presidential Advisors.
Mr Yong started his legal career as a partner in Shook
Lin & Bok. His previous appointments included the posts
of Chairman of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, Deputy
Chairman of Malayan Banking Berhad, Chairman and
Managing Director of Singapore International Merchant
Bankers Ltd and Malaysian International Merchant
Bankers Berhad, and Chairman and CEO of OCBC Bank.
He headed the Government of Singapore Investment
Corporation (GIC) as well as the Monetary Authority
of Singapore (MAS), and served as a member of the
Singapore Securities Industry Council, and as a director
of the MRT Corporation and Temasek Holdings.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws and Master
of Arts from Cambridge University; Honorary Doctor of
Laws, National University of Singapore and Singapore
Management University. He is also an Honorary Doctor
of Philosophy, De La Salle University, AMP alumnus of the
Harvard Business School, Barrister-at-law and Honorary
Bencher of the Inner Temple, and Advocate and Solicitor,
Malaysia and Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian
Institute of Management.
Mr Yong has been conferred the Distinguished Service
Order and the Order of Temasek (First Class). |
|
|
|