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4
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STEPHEN LEE CHING YEN
Chairman
Appointed Director on
26 April 2004 and Chairman
on 1 January 2006. Mr Lee is
the Managing Director of Shanghai
Commercial and Savings Bank
Ltd. (Taiwan) and President of the
Singapore National Employers
Federation. Amongst several
other directorships, Mr Lee is a
director of Great Malaysia Textile
Investments Pte Ltd, a member of
the Advisory Panel of Temasek
Holdings (Private) Limited and an
alternate member of the Council
of Presidential Advisers. He
was Chairman of the Singapore
Business Federation from 2002 to
2008 and International Enterprise
Singapore from 1995 to 2002.
Mr Lee was a Nominated Member
of Parliament from 1994 to 1997.
In 2006, Mr Lee was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order for his
contributions to both the public
and private sectors. Age 62.
CHEW CHOON SENG
Director and
Chief Executive Offi cer
Appointed Director on 5 March
2003, Mr Chew became the
Chief Executive Offi cer on 9 June
2003. He joined the Company
in 1972 and has held senior
assignments in Finance, Planning
and Marketing, at head offi ce and
overseas. Mr Chew has been a
member of the Board of Governors
of the International Air Transport
Association (IATA) since June
2003. He was named Outstanding
CEO for 2007 by the judges of the
23rd Singapore Business Awards
in March 2008. Age 62.
CHIA PEI-YUAN
Director
Appointed Director on 1 October
2003. Mr Chia 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 Senior Advisor
to Temasek Holdings (Private)
Limited; Senior Fellow of the SEI
Center for Advanced Studies in
Management at the Wharton
Business School and a Trustee
Emeritus of the Asia Society.
He received an honorary
Doctorate in Philosophy from
Tunghai University, Taiwan in
2007. Age 70.
EULEEN GOH YIU KIANG
Director
Appointed Director on
1 September 2006. Ms Goh has
been the Chairperson of the
Board of Governors of Singapore
International Foundation since
1 April 2008 and Accounting
Standards Council since 11
December 2007. She is also
Advisor to the Singapore Institute
of International Affairs. She was
the Chairperson of International
Enterprise Singapore from April
2005 to April 2008. Ms Goh
held various senior management
positions in Standard Chartered
Bank before retiring as Chief
Executive Offi cer, Singapore in
March 2006, after more than 20
years service. She was awarded
a Public Service Medal for her
contributions to the Financial
Services sector in 2006. Age 54.
DAVID MICHAEL GONSKI
Director
Appointed Director on 9 May
2006. Mr Gonski is Chairman of
several companies including the
Australian Securities Exchange
Ltd, Investec Bank (Australia)
Limited and Coca Cola Amatil Ltd.
Mr Gonski is also Consultant to