Board Of Directors (p14) - Singapore Press Holdings

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

// DR TONY TAN KENG YAM 

Dr Tan joined the SPH Board as Director 

on 5 September 2005. He is the Deputy 

Chairman and Executive Director of the 

Government of Singapore Investment 

Corporation Pte Ltd. He serves as the 

Chairman of the National Research 

Foundation, Deputy Chairman of the 

Research, Innovation and Enterprise 

Council, and Chairman of the Ministry of 

Education's International Academic Advisory 

Panel. He is also the Chairman of the SPH 

Foundation Limited 

Dr Tan was Deputy Prime Minister and 

Co-ordinating Minister for Security & 

Defence before he stepped down from the 

Cabinet on 1 September 2005. He has 

helmed the Finance, Trade & Industry, 

Education and Defence ministries. He 

stepped down from the Cabinet in 1991 

to return to the private sector as the 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, 

before rejoining the Cabinet in 1995. 

Dr Tan is a Singapore Government State 

Scholar with a First Class Honours in 

Physics from the University of Singapore, 

an Asia Foundation scholar with a Master 

of Science (Operations Research) from the 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and 

a Research Scholar with a PhD in Applied 

Mathematics from the University of Adelaide. 

He was a lecturer in Mathematics in the 

University of Singapore before joining the 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 

in 1969. 

// PROF CHAM TAO SOON 

Prof Cham was appointed Deputy Chairman 

of SPH on 1 March 2004. He has spent 

more than 30 years in the academia sector 

and currently is a Distinguished Professor 

of Nanyang Technological University. 

Prof Cham is also the Chairman of NatSteel, 

a director of United Overseas Bank Ltd, 

WBL Corporation Ltd, Robinson & Co. Ltd, 

TPA Strategic Holdings Ltd and Far Eastern 

Bank Limited. 

In addition, he serves as a board member 

of Land Transport Authority, a member of 

the Council of Presidential Advisers and 

Chairman of the Singapore Symphonia Co 

Ltd and Singapore-China Foundation Ltd. 

He is also a director of Singapore 

International Foundation and Chairman of 

Nanyang Fine Arts Foundation Ltd and 

NAFA International Pte Ltd. 

Prof Cham holds a Bachelor of Engineering 

(Civil, Hons) from the University of Malaya, 

a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Hons) 

from the University of London and a 

Doctorate of Philosophy (Fluid Mechanics), 

from Cambridge University. 

// MR ALAN CHAN HENG LOON 

Mr Chan was appointed a director and 

Group President of SPH on 1 July 2002 

and became its Chief Executive Officer on 

1 January 2003. He is the Chairman of the 

Urban Redevelopment Authority and SP 

PowerAssets Ltd, and sits on the boards 

of Singapore Power Ltd, MediaCorp Press 

Ltd, MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd and 

INSEAD. He is a member of the Board of 

Trustees, Courage Fund, the Board of 

Governors of the Singapore-China 

Foundation, as well as a director of SPH 

Foundation Limited. 

He has more than 24 years’ experience in 

the civil service, spanning the Civil Aviation 

Department, Ministries of Home Affairs, 

Defence, Foreign Affairs and the Prime 

Minister’s Office. Prior to joining SPH, he 

was the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of 

Transport. He was also a Director of DBS 

Group Holdings Ltd, PSA Corporation Ltd 

and StarHub Pte Ltd. 

Mr Chan is a President Scholar and has 

been awarded the Public Service Medals 

(Gold and Silver). He graduated from the 

Ecole Nationale de I’Aviation Civile, France 

and holds an MBA (with distinction) from 

INSEAD, France. 

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MR WILLIE CHENG JUE HIANG 

Mr Cheng was appointed a director of SPH 

on 1 March 2004. He is also a director of 

SPH MediaBoxOffice Pte Ltd, SPH 

Interactive Pte Ltd and SPH Interactive 

International Pte Ltd. He currently sits on 

the boards of NTUC Fairprice Cooperative 

Ltd, NTUC Fairprice Foundation Ltd, 

SPRING Singapore and the Accounting 

& Corporate Regulatory Authority and 

Singapore Cooperation Enterprise. He is 

also Chairman of the Singapore Science 

Centre and the Jurong Country Club. 

Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Accountancy 

(First Class Honours) from the University of 

Singapore. He is a CPA. He is also a fellow 

of the Singapore Institute of Directors and 

the Singapore Computer Society. 

// DR CHEONG CHOONG KONG 

Dr Cheong was appointed a director of 

SPH on 1 March 1997. He is also the 

Chairman of Oversea-Chinese Banking 

Corporation Ltd, Great Eastern Holdings 

Ltd, The Great Eastern Life Assurance 

Co Ltd and the Overseas Assurance 

Corporation Ltd. He was previously the 

Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive 

Officer of Singapore Airlines Ltd. 

He holds a Bachelor of Science with First 

Class Honours in Mathematics from the 

University of Adelaide, a Master of Science 

and a PhD in Mathematics from the 

Australian National University in Canberra. 

He was Associate Professor and Head 

of the Mathematics Department at the 

University of Malaya before joining Singapore 

Airlines in 1974. 

Dr Cheong was named outstanding Chief 

Executive in 1996 and Fortune magazine’s 

1998 Asia’s Businessman of the Year. 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

// MR LEE EK TIENG // MR NGIAM TONG DOW 

// DR PHILIP PILLAI 

Mr Lee was appointed a director of SPH 

on 15 March 2001. He is the Group 

Managing Director of the Government of 

Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd 

and a director of Fraser & Neave Ltd. He 

is also a member of the Temasek Advisory 

Panel, the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange 

Fellowship and a director of the Lee Kuan 

Yew Scholarship Fund. 

He was previously Chairman of the Public 

Utilities Board and Temasek Holdings 

Pte Ltd, Head of Civil Service and 

Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) in 

the Prime Minister’s Office, as well as 

Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority 

of Singapore. 

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor’s Degree in 

Engineering from the University of Malaya 

(Singapore) and has a Diploma in Public 

Health Engineering from the University 

of Newscastle-Upon-Tyne (UK). He is a 

member and Fellow of various professional 

engineering bodies in Singapore 

and overseas. 

Mr Ngiam was appointed to the SPH Board 

on 15 March 2001. He is the Chairman of 

Surbana Corporation Pte Ltd and a director 

of United Overseas Bank Ltd, Far Eastern 

Bank Ltd, Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd and 

International Medical Insurers Pte Ltd. 

He was formerly a director of Temasek 

Holdings (Pte) Ltd, Overseas Union Bank 

Ltd and Singapore Airlines Ltd. 

Mr Ngiam has a distinguished public service 

career, having served as Chairman of the 

Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, 

Housing & Development Board, Central 

Provident Fund Board, Economic 

Development Board, Telecommunications 

Authority of Singapore, and Deputy 

Chairman of the Board of Commissioners 

of Currency. He was also Permanent 

Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office, 

the Ministries of Finance, Trade & Industry, 

National Development, and 

Communications. 

Mr Ngiam holds a Bachelor of Arts 

(First Class Honors) in Economics from 

the University of Malaya (Singapore) 

and Master of Public Administration from 

Harvard University. 

Dr Pillai was appointed a director of SPH 

on 5 December 2003. He is a Senior 

Partner in the law firm of Shook Lin & Bok, 

Singapore. He is currently a director of 

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, 

Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd, 

Hotung Investment Holdings Limited and 

Slab Services Private Limited. 

He was formerly Chairman of the Haggai 

Institute International Board of Trustees, 

Atlanta, a member of the Board of the 

Monetary Authority of Singapore, a member 

of the Board of Governors, Singapore 

International Foundation and a director 

of Lindeteves-Jacoberg Limited and PT 

Agro Indomas. 

Dr Pillai holds an LLB First Class 

Hons (Singapore), LLM (Harvard) and 

SJD (Harvard). 

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MR SUM SOON LIM 

Mr Sum was appointed to the SPH Board 

on 5 December 2003. He is currently also 

the Chairman of a wholly owned subsidiary, 

Times Development Pte Ltd. 

He sits on the boards of Singapore Health 

Services Pte Ltd. and Singapore 

Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd. He is also 

a Commissoner of P.T. Indosat Tbk. 

Mr Sum has worked with the Singapore 

Economic Development Board, DBS Bank 

Ltd, J.P. Morgan Inc., Overseas Union Bank 

Ltd, Singapore Technologies, Temasek 

Holdings and Nuri Holdings (S) Pte Ltd, a 

private investment holding company. He 

was previously a director of CapitaLand 

Ltd, Chartered Semiconductor 

Manufacturing Ltd, GreenDot Capital Pte 

Ltd, Chairman of CapitaCommercial Trust 

Management Ltd, and a member of the 

Securities Industry Council. 

Mr Sum received a B.Sc. (Honours) in 

Production Engineering from the University 

of Nottingham, England. 

// DR YEO NING HONG 

Dr Yeo was appointed to the SPH Board 

on 15 March 2001. He is an Advisor to Far 

East Organisation and a member of the 

Keppel Technology Advisory Panel. He also 

served on several businesses, sports and 

civic organisations, including the Singapore- 

US Business Council, Singapore Totalisator 

Board/Singapore Symphony Orchestra 

Trust, SEA Games Federation and 

Singapore National Olympic Council. 

Dr Yeo was a Cabinet Minister and 

served as Minister for Defence, National 

Development and Communications and 

Information. He was previously the Chairman 

of PSA Corporation Ltd, Executive Chairman 

of the Singapore Technologies Group of 

Companies, as well as a director of DBS 

Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 

Dr Yeo is a Singapore State Scholar, 

with a B.Sc with first class honours in 

Chemistry, and an MSc from Singapore 

University, and an MA and PhD from 

Cambridge University. He also has 

a distinguished academic record, 

having been conferred several awards 

and honorary positions in Singapore 

and overseas. 

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