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Mr Lew Syn Pau
Independent Director
Mr Lew has served as an Independent Director on the Board
since April 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee. He is
currently a Director of Capital Connections Pte Ltd, a financial
advisory consultancy firm. He is also a Director of several other
Singapore listed companies involved in a range of industries
including palm oil, logistics, property and precision machining.
His previous positions include Managing Director of NTUC
Comfort and General Manager and Senior Country Officer of
Credit Agricole Indosuez.
Between 2002 and 2006, Mr Lew was the President of the
Singapore Manufacturers Federation. He was a Member of
the Singapore Parliament from 1988 to 2001, and served as
the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committees for
Education, Finance, Trade & Industry and National Development
at different times during the course of his tenure. A Singapore
Government scholar, Mr Lew holds a Masters Degree in
Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Masters
Degree in Business Administration from Stanford University, USA.
Mr Ong Kian Min
Independent Director
Mr Ong has served on the Board as an Independent Director
since April 2000. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee
and a member of the Remuneration and Nominating Committees.
As a lawyer and corporate adviser, Mr Ong brings invaluable
legal and business experience to the Board. He was called to
the Bar of England and Wales in 1988 and to the Singapore Bar
the following year. In his more than 20 years of legal practice, he
focused on corporate and commercial law such as mergers and
acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and corporate finance.
In addition to practicing as a consultant with Drew & Napier LLC,
a leading Singapore law firm, he is a senior advisor of Alpha
Advisory Pte Ltd (a financial and corporate advisory firm) and
CEO of Kanesaka Sushi Private Limited which invests in and
operates Japanese fine-dining restaurants.
In 1979, Mr Ong was awarded the President’s Scholarship and
Police Force Scholarship. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
external degree from the University of London and a Bachelor of
Science (Hons) degree from the Imperial College of Science and
Technology in England. Mr Ong was a Member of Parliament of
Singapore from January 1997 to April 2011.
Mr Boon Yoon Chiang
Independent Director
Mr Boon was appointed to the Board as an Independent
Director in December 2005. He is the Country Chairman of
the Jardine Matheson Group of Companies in Singapore, and
Deputy Chairman of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited. He also
serves on the Boards of other public companies including MNCs.
He is a Board member of the Singapore International Chamber
of Commerce. He is a Council member of ASEAN Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (ASEAN-CCI). Mr Boon is a member of
the Competition Appeal Board.
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