Alan Chan Heng Loon

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.

Mr Chan is a President’s Scholar and has been awarded the Public Service Medals (Gold and Silver). He graduated from the Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile, France and holds an MBA (with distinction) from INSEAD, France.

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.

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 board member of Land Transport Authority, 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.

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 Advisers.

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 as well as the Monetary Authority of Singapore, 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).

Philip Pillai

Dr Pillai was appointed a director on 5 December 2003. He is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Shook Lin & Bok, 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 was formerly a member of the Board of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and of the Board of Governors, Singapore International Foundation.

Dr Pillai holds an LLB First Class Honours (Singapore), LLM (Harvard) and SJD (Harvard).

Ngiam Tong Dow

Mr Ngiam was appointed to the Board on 15 March 2001. He is the Chairman of Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd and 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 a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.

Mr Cheng was appointed a director of SPH on 1 March 2004. He is also a director of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative Ltd, NTUC Fairprice Foundation Ltd and SPRING Singapore. He is the Chairman of the Catholic Social and Community Council and the Jurong Country Club, and serves on the boards and council 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.

Mr Lee joined SPH as a director on 15 March 2001. He is the Group Managing Director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd and a director of Fraser & Neave Ltd. He is also a member of the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship and a director of the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship Fund.

He was previously Chairman of the Public Utilities Board and Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, Head of Civil Service and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) in the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Malaya (Singapore) and has a Diploma in Public Health Engineering from the University of Newscastle-Upon-Tyne (UK). He is a member and Fellow of various professional engineering bodies in Singapore and overseas.

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. He is also a Commissoner of P.T. Indosat Tbk.

Mr Sum has worked with the Singapore Economic Development Board, DBS Bank Ltd, J.P. Morgan Inc., Overseas Union Bank Ltd, Singapore Technologies, Temasek Holdings and Nuri Holdings (S) Pte Ltd, a private investment holding company. He was previously a director of CapitaLand Ltd, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, GreenDot Capital Pte Ltd, Chairman of CapitaCommercial Trust Management Ltd, and a member of the Securities Industry Council.

Mr Sum received a B.Sc. (Honours) in Production Engineering from the University of Nottingham, England.

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 Keppel Technology Advisory Panel. He also serves on several businesses, sports and civic organizations, 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.

Cheong Choong Kong

Dr Cheong was appointed a director on 1 March 1997. He is also the Chairman of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd and a director of Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd and the Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd. He was previously the Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines Ltd.

He holds a Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Mathematics from the University of Adelaide, a Master of Science and a PhD in Mathematics from the Australian National University in Canberra. He was Associate Professor and Head of the Mathematics Department at the University of Malaya before joining Singapore Airlines in 1974.

He was named outstanding Chief Executive in 1996 and Fortune magazine’s 1998 Asia’s Businessman of the Year.

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 Co-operative 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 Kingdom 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.