Last re-elected on 26 April 2018
Mr Cheng is the Chairman of the Board. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Mr Cheng retired as Chief Executive Officer of POSBank in July 1997. He was appointed as Advisor to POSB in June 2010. He holds and has held directorships, in both listed and unlisted companies. Currently, he is a director of Hong Leong Finance Limited, Pacific Andes Resources Development Limited, Baiduri Bank Berhad and Baiduri Finance Berhad. His other appointments include being the Chairman of the Medifund Committee, Singapore General Hospital and Vice-Chairman of the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) Endowment Fund.
Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics (Honours) from the University of Malaya in Singapore. He received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1984 and the Public Service Medal in 2001. He also received the Friend of Labour Award from the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) in 2008.
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Last re-elected on 26 April 2018
Mr Yap is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating Committee.
He is currently Managing Director of B.P.Y. Private Limited, a firm of management consultants which provides financial planning, financial accounting, reviewing internal control systems as well as corporate secretarial services. Between July 1975 and January 1999, Mr Yap was a senior partner at Yap Boh Pin & Co which provided advice on auditing, taxation, liquidation and corporate restructuring matters. He is also a director of KTMG Limited (formerly known as Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd), serving as Chairman of its Audit Committee and member of its Nominating & Remuneration Committees. He has also held directorships in various public companies between 1975 and 2000, including Singapore Land Limited, L&M Investments Limited and Pan Pacific Public Company Limited. During his appointment by these companies, Mr Yap was a member of their executive committee and/or audit committee, assisting in the evaluation and recommendation of changes to their system of internal controls as well as corporate governance.
In March 2007, Mr Yap was appointed as Director of Asia Mobile Holdings Pte. Ltd., a private limited company which is a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd. It has investments in StarHub Ltd and Shenington Investments Pte Ltd.
Beyond the corporate sector, Mr Yap is actively involved in various non-profit, educational and social welfare organisations. He is an Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan since 16 June 2011. At end January 2008, Mr Yap was appointed a director of ACS (International). He was also a member of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee of the Chinese Development Assistance Council from March 2006 to June 2018. He had also held the posts of Chairman, Finance Committee and Honorary Treasurer of Singapore Heart Foundation from July 2009 to September 2013.
Mr Yap is qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1966. He is a Fellow member of both the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (formerly known as the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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Last re-elected on 24 April 2024
Ms Wong, appointed as Executive Director on 14 October 2023, also holds pivotal roles as President and CEO, where she leads business operations and shapes strategic trajectories. Additionally, she acts as the Acting Head of the Info-Communications Technology Services Division, actively overseeing operations and fostering growth.
Ms Wong brings 30 years of extensive experience in the telecommunications industry, with expertise in corporate planning, strategy development, business operations, fulfillment, managed services, and retail management. Ms Wong joined TeleChoice in December 1999 as the Operations Manager for Personal Communications Solutions Services Division. Her exceptional leadership led to her appointment in 2006 as the head of the Division, overseeing regional and retail managed services. She played a pivotal role in developing strategies and driving business growth, significantly contributing to the Division’s expansion and achievements.
Prior to joining TeleChoice, she served as the Area Manager for Telecom Equipment Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Limited.
Ms Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Distinction) from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Victoria, Australia, and holds an Executive MBA (Honours) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Mr Tan serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, effective 1 January 2023.
Mr Tan has wide-ranging finance and business experience spanning over 35 years. He started his career working with notable multinationals Hewlett Packard and Texas Instruments in various finance and accounting capacities. In 1994, he joined Becton Dickinson Medical as Financial Controller for Singapore as well as Southeast Asia.
Mr Tan held various leadership positions within the Singapore Technologies Telemedia (now ST Telemedia) Group of companies. He was CFO for major telcos in the region: Indosat in Indonesia and StarHub in Singapore. In Indonesia, he was instrumental in successfully concluding a complex refinancing exercise raising almost US$1 billion from three instruments and the company won several industry awards. Mr Tan was also the Senior VP of Corporate Planning at ST Telemedia with business oversight of subsidiaries, group synergy and overall enterprise risk management.
Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.
Last re-elected on 24 April 2024
Mr Seah is the Chairman of the Board and a member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Mr Seah is currently the Chairman of Nucleus Connect Pte. Ltd., a Non-Executive Director of Straits Investment Management Pte. Ltd., and the sole proprietor of Soft Capital SG, a business consultancy.
Over a 25 year period between 1980 and 2005, Mr Seah held various senior positions within the AIG Group in Singapore, initially as AIA Singapore’s Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer managing the investment portfolio of AIA Singapore and later as Vice-President of Direct Investments of AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd. Between 2001 and 2005, Mr Seah was also the Chairman of the Board of AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd.
From 1978 to 1980, Mr Seah managed the investment portfolio of Post Office Savings Bank as Deputy Head of the Investment and Credit Department. Prior to that, he worked at Singapore Nomura Merchant Bank as an Assistant Manager with responsibilities covering the sale of bonds and securities and offshore (ACU) loan administration for the bank. Between 2002 and 2003, Mr Seah served on the panel of experts of the Commercial Affairs Department of Singapore.
Mr Seah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Second Class Honours (Upper)) in Economics from the then University of Singapore in 1975.
Last re-elected on 24 April 2024
Mr Miller is the Deputy Chairman of the Board and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr Miller is the President & Group Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd (“ST Telemedia”) and is a member of ST Telemedia’s Board of Directors.
Mr Miller joined ST Telemedia in 2005 and has held various senior positions including President & Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He played a crucial role in enhancing ST Telemedia’s business competitiveness and asset portfolio while simultaneously maintaining prudent financial management.
Prior to joining ST Telemedia, Mr Miller was Financial Advisor to ST Telemedia on the combination of its data centre business with Equinix and Pihana Pacific, creating the world’s largest carrier-neutral data centre network.
Mr Miller has more than 25 years of global investment, financial management, strategic planning and CMT industry experience. He spent over 14 years of his career in investment banking with Credit Suisse, primarily heading its telecommunications and media group throughout Asia and the Pacific.
Mr Miller holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, with First Class Honours in Economics and Finance, from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Ms Young serves as a member of the Audit Committee.
Ms Young has over 30 years of experience in Finance, Accounting and Audit, particularly in the Financial Services Industry. She spent 21 years with Credit Suisse in various positions within the Finance Division. Her last held role was Managing Director & Asia Pacific Treasurer for Credit Suisse. She has served on the Credit Suisse Managing Director evaluation committees as well as being one of the founding members of the Credit Suisse Singapore Womens’ Networking Committee.
Her prior experience includes working for Salomon Smith Barney in Hong Kong, Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in Hong Kong, London and New Zealand. She started her chartered accountancy career with KMG Kendons (now KPMG) in New Zealand.
Ms Young graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce & Administration from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant with the New Zealand Society of Accountants (1990). She was also a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Accountants (1998).
Last re-elected on 23 April 2019
Mr Lim serves as a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr Lim is credited with having successfully spearheaded the strategic development and growth of the Group since its inception in 1998 into a regional diversified provider and enabler of innovative communications today.
Following his retirement as Group President in November 2006, Mr Lim continues to contribute his extensive industry experience and expertise to the Group, as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr Lim, who oversaw the strategic development and management of our Group as President, has over 13 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, including establishing CellStar Pacific Pte Ltd, an Asean-wide cellular communication distribution business. Prior to undertaking his appointment as our Group President in January 2004, he held the position of Managing Director from March 1999 to December 2003 where he was responsible for the Group’s distribution business.
Mr Lim is currently a Director of Leap International Pte Ltd, a private investment holding company. Mr Lim holds an MBA from the Asian Institute of Management, Manila, a Master of Arts (Christian Studies) from Regent College, Vancouver, Canada, and a Doctoral Degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, MA, USA.
Last re-elected on 27 April 2023
Ms Cheah serves as a member of the Audit Committee.
Ms Cheah is a Venture Partner with Wavemaker Partners, a venture capital firm based in Singapore and Los Angeles that focuses on technology company investments. She also serves as Executive Board Chair of privately held ESG startup ECOSPIRITS Pte. Ltd. In addition, she holds board directorships at ParkwayLife REIT, CDL Hospitality REIT and Pathology Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. She is Chair of Audit Committee at ParkwayLife REIT and Pathology Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.
Ms Cheah has over 20 years of international investment banking and corporate experience. Most of her career was spent across Singapore, Paris, Hong Kong, London and New York, focusing on capital raising transactions and cross border mergers and acquisitions for corporate clients. Between 2010 to 2013, she was Co-Head of Corporate Finance for South East Asia at BNP Paribas. Prior to that, she was a senior coverage banker for Singapore in the investment banking division of JP Morgan. She started out her career at Merrill Lynch Investment Banking.
Ms Cheah graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and French from Wellesley College, Massachusetts in the US.
Last re-elected on 27 April 2023
Mr Yeo is the Lead Independent Director and serves as the Chairman of the Nominating and the Renumeration Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr Yeo was the founding director of S2S Consulting. Mr Yeo began his career in Singapore Ministry of Defence as Director of Systems and Computers. He spearheaded the introduction of ICT in command and control systems during his stint there. He was CEO of National Computer Board, Singapore from 1995 to 1999, where he promoted the development of e-Government and ICT in healthcare, education, trade and economic development. He then moved to the commercial sector for the next 14 years where he served as President and CEO of Singapore Computer Systems Limited, President of EDS International (SE Asia) and Managing Director for SE Asia of British Telecom Global Services.
Mr Yeo consults with companies in the area of leveraging ICT for strategic advantage. He also helps to nurture emerging ICT companies. In the past 20 years, he had served on the boards of companies, statutory boards and educational institutions. He had served as chair of Institute of Systems Science (ISS) of National University of Singapore, Institute of Communications and Information Science (ICIS) of Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (NTU), board member of the NTU Business School, founding chair of the School of IT of Republic Polytechnic (RP) and member of the Board of Governors of RP. He had also served as board member of Telecoms Authority of Singapore, National Library Board, Asia Pacific Jets Pte Ltd, NTUCLink and NTUC LearningHub. He was also deputy chair of National Computer Systems Pte Ltd before it was subsumed into Singapore Telecommunications Limited.
Mr Yeo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Engineering Science from Oxford University, UK, obtained a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of Southern California, US.
Mr Chan serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating and Renumeration Committee.
With a distinguished career spanning over 35 years in corporate law, Mr Chan is currently the Head of Corporate Department and a Senior Partner at Lee & Lee, where he specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and advising listed companies.
Mr Chan's serves on the Legal Service Commission and as Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He has served on the board of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Council of the Law Society of Singapore, and has been honoured with the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2022. With regards to listed companies on the Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX), Mr Chan is the Non-Executive Chairman of Hong Fok Corporation, Lead Independent Director of the manager of First REIT, and Independent Director of Food Empire Holdings and the manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust. He is also a member of the SGX's Catalist Advisory Panel.
Additionally, Mr Chan is a director on the Singapore Management University’s Enterprise Board and of Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee. Demonstrating his commitment to nonprofit endeavours, he also lends his expertise to the boards of Shared Services for Charities Limited and the Institutional Review Board of Singapore Polytechnic.
Furthermore, Mr Chan is involved with the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, where he lectures on "Corporate Governance" and is an examiner for the Corporate and Commercial Practice paper for the Bar Admissions and Examinations.
Mr Chan graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1990.
Last re-elected on 24 April 2024
Mr Ganu serves as the Chairman of the Risk and Sustainability Committee.
Mr Ganu holds the position of Managing Director at Willis, Towers Watson (Singapore), where he leads the Executive Compensation and Board Advisory practice globally.
He is a seasoned business leader, management consultant, and board director with a wealth of experience in leading large teams and projects in both corporate and consulting environments. With over 22 years of experience, Mr Ganu has forged close collaborations with Boards and management teams of renowned companies worldwide. He is recognised as an expert in sustainability and corporate governance, and serves on World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Global Community of Experts. He has in-depth expertise in designing and implementing people and sustainability strategies, driving organisation development, facilitating business transformations, and addressing crucial environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
In addition to his professional roles, Mr Ganu actively contributes to non-executive director institutes in the region as a member and faculty, where he teaches sustainability, governance, and remuneration related courses. He is a keynote speaker and frequently shares his insights on sustainability and climate governance, board diversity and effectiveness, and remuneration matters through his writings in business publications.
Mr Ganu holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) degree from the University of Mumbai, India, and a Master of Business Administration from Sydney Business School, Australia, University of Wollongong.
Last re-elected on 24 April 2024
Mr Lim serves as a member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee.
He is a Portfolio Manager at Leap Securities Pte. Ltd. and a Director at Leap International Pte Ltd (“Leap International”), a private investment holding company and a substantial shareholder of our Group. Leap International is owned by Mr Lim Chai Hock Clive, our Group’s founder, who served as a Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director from 2006 until he stepped down in 2023.
In his role as Portfolio Manager, Mr Lim has played a crucial role in managing diverse investment portfolios since 2017, leveraging his extensive knowledge and expertise in finance and economics. With his deep understanding of the industry, he has played a crucial role in making informed investment decisions and optimizing portfolio performance.
Prior to joining Leap International, he served as the Marketing Director at D&C (Design and Comfort) from 2016 to 2017, where he showcased his strategic expertise by spearheading marketing initiatives and contributing to the brand’s growth and market presence. Before that, he gained valuable experience at DBS KYC in 2015, where he developed his skills in compliance and due diligence processes.
Mr Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree with High Distinction from the University of Toronto, Canada, where he specialised in Finance and majored in Economics.