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Chartered plc and a Board Member of
the Singapore Tourism Board.
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, has been a Director of Singapore
Airlines since 15 July 2000. He is a
Director of Petra Foods Limited and
Zagro Asia Limited and former Director
of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd.
He was a Member of the Singapore
Parliament from August 1998 to
April 2006. Mr Singh has been a Senior
Counsel since 1997 and was one of the
fi rst to be so appointed in Singapore.
Mr Singh graduated with a Bachelor of
Laws with Honours from the University
of Singapore.
SIR BRIAN PITMAN
Sir Brian, knighted in 1994 for his
service to banking, has been a Director
of Singapore Airlines since 26 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 1995. From 1997 to 2001, Sir Brian
served as Chairman of the Lloyds TSB
Group. Sir Brian was also a Director of
Carlton Communications plc.
Sir Brian received an honorary doctorate
in Science from The City University in
1996 and from the University of Science
and Technology, Manchester in 2000. He
was the winner of the 1999 Gold Medal
of the Institute of Management.
CHIA PEI-YUAN
Mr Chia has been a Director of Singapore
Airlines since 1 October 2003, having
retired in 1996 as Vice Chairman and
a Director of Citicorp and Citibank
N.A., where he was responsible for
global consumer business. He was
also Citibank’s senior customer and
government contact in Asia. Mr Chia
is a Director on the Board of American
International Group, Inc. and a former
Director of Baxter International Inc. He
is a member of the Board of Trustees of
the SEI Center for Advanced Studies in
Management at the Wharton School.
Mr Chia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics from Tunghai University in
Taiwan and an MBA from the Wharton
School of the University of Pennsylvania.
JAMES KOH CHER SIANG
Mr Koh has been a Director of Singapore
Airlines since 1 August 2005. He was
a Trustee of the New Singapore Shares
Fund between October 2001 and
June 2005, and Chairman of the Public
Accountants Board between April 1997
and March 2004. He was also the
Commissioner of Inland Revenue and
Commissioner of Charities before retiring
in June 2005.
Mr Koh is Chairman of Singapore Deposit
Insurance Corporation Limited and is
the Deputy Chairman of the Housing
Development Board and the National
Kidney Foundation. He is also a Director
of CapitaLand Limited, CapitaLand
Hope Foundation, Hotel Plaza Limited,
Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and
United Overseas Land Limited. He was
also a Director of MND Holdings (Private)
Limited.
In 2002, Mr Koh was awarded the
Meritorious Service Medal for his
outstanding contributions to the public
sector.
DAVID MICHAEL GONSKI
Mr Gonski was appointed a Director of
Singapore Airlines on 9 May 2006. Among
other board appointments, Mr Gonski
serves as Chairman of Investec Group
Australia; Taxation Working Group for
the Prime Minister’s Business Community
Partnership; Coca-Cola Amatil and
Australia Council for the Arts; President
of the Board of Trustees of Art Gallery of
New South Wales; a Director of both ANZ
Banking Group Limited and the Westfi eld
Group. He is also Consultant to Morgan
Stanley Australia Limited and Chancellor of
the University of New South Wales.
Mr Gonski was Chairman of the Brain
& Mind Foundation, Chairman of the
National Institute of Dramatic Art,
Councillor of the Australian Business Arts
Foundation, Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Australia Limited, Director of ING Australia
Limited and Director of John Fairfax
Holdings Limited.
Mr Gonski graduated with a Bachelor of
Commerce in 1975 and a Bachelor of Law
in 1976 from the University of New South
Wales. He is also a Fellow of the Australian
Society of Certifi ed Practising Accountants
and the Australian Institute of Company
Directors. He was made an Offi cer of the
Order of Australia in 2002 for service to
the community through Australian visual
and performing arts organisations, through
the development of government policy,
and through the promotion of corporate
sponsorship for the arts and for charitable
organisations and received the Centenary
Medal in 2003. Mr Gonski was awarded
the University Medal for Law in 1977.