Appointments of Deputy Chairman and new Members of the Board of the Singapore Land Authority

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  • The Minister for Law has appointed Mr Greg Seow Fook Hin, Executive Chairman, DBS Asset Management Ltd, as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA Board) for a one-year term from 1 June 2005. Mr Seow has been a Member of the SLA Board since SLA was formed on 1 June 2001. He is also the Chairman of the SLA Board's Audit Committee.

  • The Minister has also appointed two new Members to the SLA Board for a term of two years from 1 June 2005. They are BG (NS) Lam Joon Khoi and Mr Ong Chong Tee.

  • BG (NS) Lam, 46, was appointed the Chief Executive of SLA on 1 May 2005. Prior to his recent appointment, BG Lam was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency (NEA). Mr Ong Chong Tee, 44, is the Deputy Managing Director in charge of Monetary Policy, Research and Investment Group, and Development and External Relations Group of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

  • The Minister also extended the appointments of the current Chairman, Mr Liew Heng San (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Law) and the following Members of the SLA Board for a further one-year term:

    a. Dr Steven Choo, Senior Vice President, Malaysia Investment Department, CapitaLand Residential Ltd;
    b. Mr Raymond Woo, Principal Architect, Raymond Woo & Associates Architect;
    c. Mr Venkatachalam Krishnakumar, Retired. (Formerly Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Citibank, N.A., Consumer Bank Asia Pacific; and
    d. Mr Stanley George Tebbe, Retired. (Formerly Regional Director, ExxonMobil Chemical Asia Pacific)

  • The other Members of the SLA Board are:

    a. Mr Leslie Chew Kwee Hoe, Senior Counsel, Managing Partner, Khattar Wong & Partners;
    b. Dr Amy Khor Lean Suan, Mayor, South West District;
    c. Mr Timothy Teo Lai Wah, Director of Foreign Exchange, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation;
    d. Mr Ravi Kumar Vijayaraghavan, Vice President, Bain & Co, South East Asia; and
    e. Mr Jimmy Tay Lye Soon, Senior Vice President, Hill & Knowlton (SEA) Pte Ltd - Asia Pacific / Managing Director, Singapore.

Issued by:
Singapore Land Authority
31 May 2005