MIDIWORLD - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Airlines
Mr Chew has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 1 December 2004. He is CEO of Singapore Airlines Limited and Deputy Chairman of its listed subsidiaries, SIA Engineering Company Limited and Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited. Mr Chew is a director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.
He graduated from the University of Singapore with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering, and has a Master in Operations Research and Management Studies from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.
Mr Chew was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Executive Director, Pacific Asset Management ( S ) Pte Ltd
Mr Ho has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 15 November 1999.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange Limited
Mr Hsieh has served as CEO and a non-independent director on the SGX board since 1 March 2003. His career has been in merchant banking and capital markets in Asia. He was Managing Partner of PrimePartners - an independent private equity firm based in Singapore, and was Group Managing Director of BNP Prime Peregrine Group in Hong Kong - the joint venture Asian investment banking arm of BNP founded by PrimePartners. Prior to forming PrimePartners in 1993, he was Chief Executive of Morgan Grenfell Asia Holdings Pte Ltd which he joined in 1974.
He is a member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees, the board of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation and the National Arts Council. He is also Chairman of SIM Pte Ltd (a subsidiary of the Singapore Institute of Management). He graduated in 1974 from the University of Singapore in Business Administration.
Mr Hsieh was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the SGX Board
- Chairman, Singapore Exchange Limited
Mr Pillay has served as Chairman of the SGX board since 18 November 1999. Since 16 August 2001, he has served as an executive and non-independent director on the SGX board.
Mr Pillay now serves as Chairman of the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance, Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers and member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights of the Republic of Singapore, Chairman of Assisi Hospice, director of Mount Alvernia Hospital, Life Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association, Chairman of Commonwealth Africa Investments Limited and member of the Council for Third Age.
Mr Pillay held a variety of positions in the Government of Singapore (1961-1995), rising to permanent secretary in 1972. He served in the ministries of finance, defence and national development. Between 1985 and 1989, Mr Pillay was Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He served, in a non-executive capacity, as Chairman of the boards of several government-linked companies, including Singapore Airlines Limited (1972-1996), Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (1974-1986), Development Bank of Singapore Ltd (1979-1984), and Singapore Technologies Holdings Private Limited (1991-1994).
Mr Pillay graduated with a First Class Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1956.
Mr Pillay was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Independent Director
Mr Lee has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 17 September 2004. He joined Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) in April 1994 and served as CEO of SingTel from May 1995 until March 2007. He chairs the Republic Polytechnic's Board of Governors and is a member of the Board of Directors of INSEAD, France, and the Governing Board of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and is a Director of The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited. A President's Scholar and an SAF Scholar, Mr Lee obtained First Class Honours in Engineering from Cambridge University, UK and a Master of Science (Management) degree from Stanford University, USA.
Mr Lee was re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 29 September 2006.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Head of Global Markets ( Asia )
Mr Loh has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 22 October 2003. He began his career as an Investment Officer with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in 1989 and joined the Singapore branch of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co of New York in 1992. Since 1995, he has been with Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore and was appointed Head of Global Markets for Asia in 2002.
Mr Loh had served as Chairman of the Capital Markets Working Group (1998), Deputy President of ACI Singapore (1999) and Chairman of the Debt Capital Markets Committee of the Singapore Investment Banking Association (2000). He currently chairs the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee. Mr Loh holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the National University of Singapore.
Mr Loh was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 22 September 2005.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Chairman, NewSmith Capital Partners ( Asia ) Pte Ltd
Mr Low has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 20 July 2000 and was appointed Lead Independent Director in May 2006. He was previously a Senior Vice-President and member of the Executive Management Committee of Merrill Lynch & Co., as well as Chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific.
Mr Low also sits on the board of the Singapore Workforce Development Agency and is serving as Chairman of its Investment Committee. Mr Low had also held several advisory roles on various Singapore Government Committees, including the Financial Centre Advisory Group. He graduated from the London School of Economics (LSE) with a Bachelor of Science (Economics) (First Class Honours) in 1983 and a Master of Science (Economics) in 1984. During his stay at LSE, he was awarded the Allan Young Prize, the Baxter-Edey Award and the Henry Luce Foundation Award.
Mr Low was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 22 September 2005.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Chairman, International Enterprise Singapore
Ms Goh serves as an independent director on the SGX board. She is the non-executive Chairman of International Enterprise Singapore, an agency under the Ministry of Trade and Industry spearheading Singapore's efforts to develop its external wing. She is a Chartered Accountant who has held various senior management positions including the role of Chief Executive Officer in Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore. She retired in March 2006 after some 21 years with the Bank.
She is also a non-executive director of Singapore Airlines Limited, MediaCorp Pte Ltd, MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Pcl. She is the Chairman of the Financial Industry Competency Standards Committee, council member of the Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance, and Adviser to the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. She also serves on the board of her alma mater, Singapore Chinese Girls' School.
Ms Goh was elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 29 September 2006.
Ms Lum - CEO, President
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Independent Director
- President
Ms Lum has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 17 September 2004. She began her career as a chemist with Glaxo (S) Pte Ltd in 1986. In 1989, she started Hyflux Ltd, a company specialising in water and waste water treatment. Currently, Ms Lum holds directorship in Hyflux Ltd. She is also a member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees. Ms Lum graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours).
Ms Lum was re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 29 September 2006.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Chairman of NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited
- Chairman of Singapore Power Limited
Mr Ng has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 22 October 2003. Mr Ng is Chairman of Singapore Power Limited. He was appointed Chairman and director of Singapore Power Limited on 15 September 2000. He also became Chairman of SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd and SP Australia Networks (Distribution) Ltd on 31 May 2005.
In addition, Mr Ng is Chairman of NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited and President-Commissioner of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk. He is also a director of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Limited, a member of the Temasek Advisory Panel and a member of the Advisory Council of China Development Bank. For his contributions to the public sector, Mr Ng was awarded the Public Service Star Award in 2001.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Adviser to the Hong Kong Government
- Board Member of the Dubai Financial Services Authority
- Chairman, Crosby Capital Partners Inc.
Mr Owen has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 17 September 2004. He is Chairman of Crosby Capital Partners Inc., IB Daiwa Corp and International Securities Consultancy Ltd. and a non-executive director of Citibank (Hong Kong) Ltd. and a number of other companies and investment funds. Mr Owen began his career in the UK Foreign Office and Treasury. He later worked for Morgan Grenfell, after which he became Head of Investment Banking for the Lloyds Bank Group.
In 1988, Mr Owen was appointed Adviser to the Hong Kong Government on Securities Markets to implement reforms to the regulation and operation of Hong Kong's securities and futures markets. In 1989, he became the first Executive Chairman of the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong, where he served until 1992.
Mr Owen is currently a board member of the Dubai Financial Services Authority. He was a member of the Council and Regulatory Board of Lloyds of London from 1993 to 1995. He is also a Governor of Repton School. He graduated with First Class Honours from the University of Oxford, UK, in 1961.
Mr Owen was elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on 17 September 2004.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Deputy Managing Director, UOB Kay Hian Private Limited
Mr Tang has served as an independent director on the SGX board since 19 December 2002.
He has been Deputy Managing Director of UOB Kay Hian Private Limited since 2001. He is a director and significant shareholder of the UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Group which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in securities broking on the SGX securities market. Mr Tang is also a director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings Limited, the shares of which are listed and quoted on the SGX Mainboard. He is Deputy Chairman of the Securities Association of Singapore which represents the interests of SGX securities trading members in Singapore. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
Mr Tang was last re-elected as a director at the Annual General Meeting on
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