BERTIE CHENG
Chairman and Independent Director
Appointed on 6 May 2004
Last re-appointed on 28 April 2014
Mr Cheng is the Chairman of the
Board. He is also the Chairman of
the Executive 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 and Baiduri Bank Berhad. He
is also the Non-Executive Chairman
of Tee International Limited. His
other appointments include being the
Chairman of the Medifund Committee,
Singapore General Hospital, Member
of the Board of Trustees, Singapore
Professional Executives’ Co-operative
Ltd (SPEC), Vice-Chairman of the
Consumers Association of Singapore
(CASE) Endowment Fund and Chairman
of the Investment Panel, Spring Seeds
Capital Pte Ltd.
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.
Past directorships in listed companies
and principal commitments (from
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014)
• CFM Holdings Limited
• Singapore Technologies Electronics
Limited
• Chewathai Ltd
YAP BOH PIN
Independent Director
Appointed on 6 May 2004
Last re-appointed on 28 April 2014
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 Lereno
Bio-Chem Ltd, serving as Chairman
of its Audit Committee and member
of its Nominating Committee. 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 is also a member
of the Audit Committee of the Chinese
Development Assistance Council. In
July 2009, Mr Yap was appointed a
member of the Board of Directors and
Finance Committee of Singapore Heart
Foundation.
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.
Past directorships in listed companies
and principal commitments (from
1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014)
• Nil
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
TELECHOICE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
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