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of Science in Operations Research and
Management Studies from the Imperial
College of Science and Technology,
University of London.
CHARLES B GOODE
Mr Goode was appointed as a Director
of the Board in July 1999. He is
Chairman of the Australia and New
Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Woodside
Petroleum Ltd., Australian United
Investment Company Ltd., and
Diversified United Investment Ltd. He
is also Board Member of the Howard
Florey Institute of Experimental
Physiology and Medicine, and
Chairman of The Ian Potter
Foundation, one of Australia's largest
private philanthropic foundations.
Mr Goode holds a Bachelor of
Commerce (Honours) degree from the
University of Melbourne, an MBA from
Columbia University and a Doctor of
Laws Honoris Cusa from University of
Melbourne and Monash University. He
was made a Companion of the Order
of Australia in June 2001.
FOCK SIEW WAH
Mr Fock has served as a Director of SIA
since July 2000. He is Chairman of
Singapore Airlines Cargo Pte Ltd and
Director of both Temasek Holdings
(Private) Limited and Tarsus Gate
Investments Ltd. Mr Fock is also Senior
Advisor of Nuri Holdings (Singapore)
Pte Ltd and Special Advisor to Chairman,
DBS Bank Ltd. He has also been
appointed Senior Advisor to the Board
of DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
Mr Fock's career started in
Commercial Banking in DBS. At the
time of leaving DBS, he was the Head
of the Commercial Banking Division.
He was the Regional Head and Senior
Vice President and the Senior Banker
and Regional Treasurer (Asia Pacific)
of JP Morgan. This was followed by
his tenure at Overseas Union Bank as
President and Chief Executive Officer
from 1988 to 1991. Subsequently, Mr
Fock was appointed Special Advisor
to the Minister of Finance of the
Republic of Singapore and was the
Chairman of the Land Transport
Authority and East West Bank in the
United States.
Board of Directors
In 1997, Mr Fock was awarded the
Meritorious Service Medal by the
Government of Singapore.
HO KWON PING
A Director of SIA since July 2000, Mr
Ho is Chairman of the Banyan Tree
Hotel and Resorts Group, which owns
both listed and private companies
engaged in the development,
ownership and operation of hotels,
resorts, spas, residential properties,
retail galleries and other lifestyle
activities in the region. He is also
Chairman of the Wah Chang Group
of companies, the Singapore
Management University and the
MediaCorp Group of companies. He
is a Director on the Board of Standard
Chartered Bank plc, and a member of
the Advisory Board of the London
Business School, and INSEAD. Mr Ho
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in
Economics from the University of
Singapore.
DAVINDER SINGH
Mr Singh, the CEO of Drew and Napier
LLC, became Director of SIA in July
2000. A Director of Petra Foods Private
Ltd. and Zagro Asia Ltd., Mr Singh is
also a Member of Parliament for
Bishan-Toa Payaoh GRC. Mr Singh has
been a Senior Counsel since 1997 and
was one of the first to be so appointed
in Singapore.
Mr Singh graduated with a Bachelor
of Law with Honours from the
University of Singapore.
SIR BRIAN PITMAN
Sir Brian Pitman, knighted in 1994 for
his service to banking, became Director
of SIA in July 2003. He is also a Director
of Virgin Atlantic Limited, Virgin Travel
Group Limited, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Limited, ITV plc, Tomkins plc, and The
Carphone Warehouse Group plc. He
is also Senior Advisor to Morgan
Stanley and a Governor of Ashridge
Management College. Sir Brian started
his career in Lloyds Bank in 1952 and
subsequently held a number of
managerial positions in the group,
leading to his appointment as Chief
Executive of Lloyds Bank in 1983 and
Group Chief Executive of the Lloyds
TSB Group following their merger in
KOH BOON HWEE
Having joined the SIA Board in March
2001, Mr Koh was appointed its
Chairman in July that year. Among
other board appointments, Mr Koh
serves as Chairman of the SIA
Engineering Company and the
Nanyang Technological University
Council; a Director of Agilent
Technologies Inc, Four Soft Ltd and
Norelco UMS Holdings Limited;
Executive Director of MediaRing Limited
and Tech Group Asia Limited. He serves
on the boards of several private
companies, including Temasek Holdings
(Private) Limited as a Director; AAC
Acoustic Technologies Holdings Ltd
and Infiniti Solutions Private Limited as
Chairman. He is also a Council Member
of the Singapore Business Federation.
Mr Koh holds a degree in
Mechanical Engineering (First Class
Honours) from the Imperial College
of Science and Technology, University
of London, and an MBA (Distinction)
from the Harvard Business School.
CHEW CHOON SENG
Mr Chew is the Chief Executive
Officer and was appointed a Director
in March 2003. He joined the
Company in 1972 and has held senior
assignments at head office and
overseas. Prior to becoming CEO, he
was Senior Executive Vice-President
(Administration), overseeing Finance,
Treasury, Corporate Planning, Human
Resources, and Corporate Affairs.
Mr Chew is Chairman of Singapore
Aircraft Leasing Enterprise (SALE), the
Airline's leasing associate, and Deputy
Chairman of Singapore Airport Terminal
Services Ltd., and SIA Engineering
Company. He also serves as a Director
of Singapore Exchange Ltd, Virgin
Atlantic Limited, Virgin Travel Group
Limited, Virgin Altantic Airways Limited
and is a member of the Board of
Governors of the Singapore
International Foundation. Mr Chew
has a Bachelor of Engineering (First
Class Honours) degree from the
University of Singapore and a Master