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Holding Ltd. He was previously Dean of the business school at
Nanyang Technological University (2002 – 2007), and President
and Chief Executive Officer of Haw Par Corporation Limited
(1990 – 2003), and has taught at the Kellogg School of
Management in Chicago and the National University of Singapore.
His past principal directorships in the preceding three years
include Luye Pharma Ltd.
He holds a first class honours degree in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Canterbury, a Master in Public
Administration from Harvard University, a PhD (Economics)
from Carnegie Mellon University and MD from the Beijing
University of Chinese Medicine.
He is an Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Chinese
Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
MrMichael Hwang
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr Hwang joined the Board on 1 January 2006 and is a member
of the Audit Committee. He earned his law degrees at Oxford
University and was formerly a Judicial Commissioner of the
Supreme Court of Singapore and one of the first 12 Senior
Counsel appointed in Singapore. He now practises as an
independent barrister and international arbitrator and also
serves as the Chief Justice of the Dubai International Financial
Centre Courts. Mr Hwang is also the Chairman of Singapore
Dance Theatre Ltd, a director of Linyi Investments Pte Ltd and an
independent director of Religare Health Trust Trustee Manager
Pte Ltd, the trustee-manager of Religare Health Trust.
His past appointments include being Singapore’s Non-Resident
Ambassador to Switzerland, a Commissioner of UN Compensation
Commission, President of the Law Society of Singapore, Vice
President of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and
Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague.
He advised the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore
for many years, including preparations for the establishment
of REITs in Singapore. He has served on the boards of several
publicly listed companies including The Straits Trading Company
Ltd, Del Monte Pacific Limited, The Hour Glass Limited as well
as PSA Corporation Ltd (and its predecessor the Port of
Singapore Authority).
Dato’ Yeoh Seok Kian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours)
degree in Building from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh,
United Kingdom and is a Fellow of the Faculty of Building,
United Kingdom, as well as a Member of the Chartered
Institute of Building (United Kingdom).
Mr KeithTay AhKee
lead independent director
Mr Tay joined the Board on 1 October 2007 and is the Chairman
of the Audit Committee. He is the Chairman of Stirling Coleman
Capital Ltd and a Board Member of the Singapore International
Chamber of Commerce (of which he was a past Chairman).
In addition, Mr Tay also serves on the boards of several other
companies listed on the SGX-ST, viz, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd,
SATS Ltd, Singapore Post Limited, Rotary Engineering Limited
and Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Ltd., and AMVIG Holdings
Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited. He was the Chairman and Managing Partner of KPMG
Peat Marwick Singapore from 1984 to 1993 and President of the
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore from
1982 to 1992.
Mr Tay qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, UK. He was
conferred the BBM – Public Service Star in 1990 by the President
of the Republic of Singapore. In 1988, he was conferred the First
International Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England &Wales for outstanding contributions to the profession.
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore
conferred upon Mr Tay the Gold Medal for distinguished service
to the profession and made him an Honorary Fellow in 1993.
His past principal directorships and appointments in the
preceding three years include the Singapore Institute of Directors,
Singapore Power Limited, Pokka Corporate (Singapore) Limited,
Aviva Limited and Allgreen Properties Ltd.
Dr HongHai
independent director
Dr Hong Hai joined the Board on 18 July 2005 and is a member
of the Audit Committee. He is Adjunct Professor at Nanyang
Business School, and Senior Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies
at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a director
of Poh Tiong Choon Logistics Ltd and China Merchant Pacific