BERTIE CHENG
Chairman and Independent Director
Appointed on 6 May 2004
Last re-appointed on 27 April 2015
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 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 2013 to 31 December 2015)
•
Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited
•
Chewathai Ltd
YAP BOH PIN
Independent Director
Appointed on 6 May 2004
Last re-appointed on 27 April 2015
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.
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 2013 to 31 December 2015)
• Nil
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TELECHOICE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
2015 ANNUAL REPORT
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
