Board of Directors

MR STEVEN JAY GREEN

US Ambassador to Singapore from November 1997 to March 2001. Mr Green spearheaded a number of strategic programmes that greatly enhanced US-Singapore relations in economic development, intellectual property, immigration and national security. He is currently a Special Advisor to the Singapore Government, and is also a director of GIC Real Estate Private Limited, Vistage International, Inc., Knowledge Universe Learning Group, Greenstreet Capital Management, Inc. and Long Haul Holding Corp. and is a Trustee of the University of Miami.

Mr Green is the founder of merchant bank Greenstreet Partners, and a founding partner of Greenstreet Real Estate Partners, a real estate investment company with holdings throughout the United States. Mr Green has 25 years of experience as an international industrialist leading major corporate restructurings and expansions in a host of manufacturing, housing, consumer products, retail and real estate enterprises. He served as Chairman and CEO of Samsonite Corporation from 1988 to 1996 where he oversaw the recapitalisation and subsequent turnaround of the company to a highly profi table business.

In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Mr Green is also active in national civic affairs. He serves as a contributing trustee for a number of community and national charities, including the Children’s Health Fund and the University of Miami Advisory Board. He is also Chairman of the Green Family Foundation.

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MR KAMAL BAHAMDAN

Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, Boston University.

Mr Bahamdan is the Chief Executive Officer of the Bahamdan Group, a diversified investment holding company, founder and Managing Partner of The BV Group, founder and Chief Executive Officer of SAFANAD, Managing Partner of ARC Capital Partners, Director of Samena Capital, Chairman of the Investment Committee and Board Member of Manara Infrastructure Fund and Chairman of Tas’helat Marketing Company. He also serves on the Board of Directors and Advisory Boards of several private companies and investment platforms in the US, Europe, and Asia.

Mr Bahamdan is an equestrian Olympian and has competed in the 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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MR CHOO CHIAU BENG

Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), University of Newcastle upon Tyne (awarded the Colombo Plan Scholarship to study Naval Architecture); Master of Science in Naval Architecture, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; attended the Programme for Management Development in Harvard Business School in 1982 and is a Member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

Mr Choo is the Chief Executive Offi cer of Keppel Corporation Limited and the Chairman of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and Keppel Land Limited. He is also a director of Keppel Energy Pte Ltd.

He is a Board Member of Energy Studies Institute, a Board and Council Member of American Bureau of Shipping and the Chairman of Det Norske Veritas South East Asia Committee. He is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping’s Southeast Asia Regional Committee, Special Committee on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, Nanyang Business School Advisory Board, Singapore- Guangdong Collaboration Council and Sub-Committee 1 of The Economic Strategies Committee.

He is Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Brazil.

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DR LEE SUAN YEW

MBBS from Cambridge University, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow.

Dr Lee is a Director of Haw Par Corporation Ltd. He was previously a Director of the Board of Singapore General Hospital, Hotel Properties Ltd and was a past President of the Singapore Medical Council and past Chairman of the National Medical Ethics Committee.

From 2006 to 2009, Dr Lee chaired the Advisory Committee on Chronic Disease Medical Programme (CDMP) on behalf of the Ministry of Health. With the help of the Steering Committee of the CDMP of which he is a member, the chronic disease programme, using Medisave was launched.

Dr Lee was appointed a Justice of Peace in 1998 and was conferred the Public Service Star in 1991 and the Public Service Star (Bar) in 2002 for his contribution towards public service.

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PROF TAN TECK MENG

Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) University of Singapore (1970); Master of Commerce (Mcom) (Honours), University of New South Wales (1982); Honorary PhD, Liaoning University (China) (1996). Holds Fellowships in the Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountants of Singapore (FCPA), Australian Society of CPAs (FCPA), the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS), and the Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI); and the fi rst Singapore citizen to garner the (USA) Wilford L. White Award in 1997. Attended the Senior Executive Program (SE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston (1992).

Prof Tan is the Professor of Accounting, Singapore Management University, where he was the Deputy President from 1998 to 2001. He was Dean of Accountancy and Business at the Nanyang Technological University from 1990 to 1998. He is Chairman of the KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital’s Medifund Committee and Meridian Junior College Advisory Committee, and is a Director of a number of SGX listed companies such as Raffles Education Corporation Limited, Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited, Kim Eng Holdings Limited, and Hyflux Ltd.

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MR TEO SOON HOE

Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Singapore; Member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

Mr Teo is a Senior Executive Director and the Group Finance Director of Keppel Corporation Limited. He is the Chairman of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd, MobileOne Ltd and Keppel Philippines Holding Inc. In addition, he is a director of several companies within the Keppel Group, including Keppel Land Limited, Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, Keppel Energy Pte. Ltd. and Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Mr Teo began his career with Keppel Group in 1975 when he joined Keppel Shipyard. He rose through the ranks and was seconded to various subsidiaries of the Keppel Group before assuming the position of Group Finance Director in 1985.

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MR YONG PUNG HOW

BA, Ll B and MA of Cambridge University; Ll D (Honorary) of National University of Singapore; PhD (Honorary) of La Salle University of the Philippines; Ll D (Honorary) of Singapore Management University; AMP of the Harvard Business School; Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple and Honorary Bencher; Advocate and Solicitor, Malaysia and Singapore; and Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management.

Mr Yong was Singapore’s Chief Justice from 1990 to 2006, during which time he was also the President of the Legal Service Commission, the Chairman of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, and President of the Singapore Academy of Law. Since 1991, Mr Yong has been appointed thrice by the Cabinet as acting President of the Republic of Singapore.

He started his legal career as a partner with Shook Lin & Bok in 1952, serving until his retirement from legal practice as a senior partner in 1970. Whilst in legal practice, he also held a variety of public appointments such as Chairman of the Malayan Public Services Arbitration Tribunal from 1955 to 1960, the Malaysian Industrial Court from 1961 to 1967, and Malayan Airways (later renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines) from 1964 to 1969. He was also Deputy Chairman of the largest Malayan bank, Malayan Banking Berhad between 1966 and 1971.

In 1971, Mr Yong founded the Singapore International Merchant Bankers Ltd (SIMBL) and Malaysian International Merchant Bankers Berhad (MIMB), and served as Chairman and Managing Director of both companies. In 1976, he retired from SIMBL and MIMB, and was appointed Vice-Chairman of OCBC Bank. In 1981, Mr Yong was seconded by OCBC Bank to the Singapore Government to form and head the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). In 1982, he was appointed concurrently the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Deputy Chairman of the Currency Commissioners, and Alternate Governor for Singapore of the International Monetary Fund. He returned to OCBC Bank as its Chairman and CEO from 1983 to 1989.

Before returning to the law in 1989 when he was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Mr Yong also served as a member of the Singapore Securities Industry Council from 1972 to 1981, as a member of the Provisional Mass Rapid Transit Authority, which planned the MRT, and later as a director of the MRT Corporation which built the MRT between 1981 and 1985. He was Chairman of the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation from 1985 to 1989, and in 1987 he became the fi rst Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies, as well as a director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.

Mr Yong was conferred the Distinguished Service Order in 1989 and the Order of Temasek (First Class) in 1999. The citation on Singapore’s highest award stated that “as Chief Justice since 28 September 1990, Justice Yong Pung How has made the Singapore Judiciary world class”.

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MR OW CHIO KIAT

Fellow, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, UK

Mr Ow Chio Kiat is currently the Executive Chairman of Stamford Land Corporation Ltd (formerly known as Hai Sun Hup Group Ltd), Singapore Shipping Corporation Limited and Cougar Logistics Corporation Ltd.

Mr Ow started his career in Hai Sun Hup and was instrumental in building the company into a global shipping and property group. Hai Sun Hup was listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange in 1989 and subsequently renamed Stamford Land Corporation in 2001 to focus on its core hotel and property businesses. Mr Ow established two other listed companies, Singapore Shipping Corporation in 2001 and Cougar Logistics Corporation in 2006.

Mr Ow is a member of the Singapore Australia Business Alliance Forum and was a Business Ambassador for the State of South Australia. He is also Singapore’s representative to the ASEAN Free Trade Area - Closer Economic Relations Business Council, as well as the Singapore representative for Bremen Business International. Mr Ow was recently honoured by the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen for his 20 years of service. In 2000, Mr Ow was bestowed the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins with the rank of “Gran Oficial” by the President of Chile.

From 2001 to 2007, Mr Ow was the Honorary Consul-General of the Slovak Republic to Singapore. Mr Ow was named Businessman of the Year for 2008 at the Singapore Business Awards. Mr Ow is also a Council Member of Singapore’s National Arts Council.

He is now Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Argentina.

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