ANNUAL
REPORT
2016/17

BOARD MEMBERS

CHAIRMAN
MR LIM SIM SENG
Group Executive
DBS Bank Ltd

Mr. Lim is the Group Executive and country head of DBS Singapore. Mr Lim also serves as the Chairman of DBS Vickers Securities Holdings Pte Ltd. Mr Lim holds board directorships at ASEAN Finance Corporation Limited, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd in Japan, and ST Engineering Ltd and chairs ST Aerospace. He also sits on the Board of Governors at Nanyang Polytechnic.

Mr Lim is the Chairman of the SLA Board and chairs the Human Resource Committee.

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
MR YEOH OON JIN
Executive Chairman
PwC Singapore

Mr Yeoh has considerable experience in corporate acquisitions and restructuring, and has held key leadership positions over his 30 years at PwC. Mr Yeoh serves as a Board member of the Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) and a council member of the Singapore Business Federation. He is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, as well as the President of CPA Australia, Singapore Chapter. He also holds the position of Treasurer at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.

Mr Yeoh is the Deputy Chairman of the SLA Board and chairs the Finance and Investment Committee (with effect from 1 August 2017). He was previously a member of the SLA Board’s Audit Committee.

MEMBERS
MR THAM KUI SENG
Non-Executive Director
Straits Trading Company Ltd

Mr Tham has considerable business experience in various industries, including more than 10 years in the real estate industry. Previously, he was the Chief Corporate Officer of CapitaLand Limited as well as the Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Residential Limited. Currently he is a Non-Executive Director of a number of companies, including Sembcorp Industries Ltd and Global Logistic Properties Ltd. He is also a Corporate Advisor for Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd.

Mr Tham was the Chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee and a member of the SLA Board’s Technology Advisory Committee until he stepped down from the Board on 31 July 2017 after completing his term.

 
MR WALTER FERNANDEZ
Editor-in-Chief
MediaCorp


Managing Director
MediaCorp Press

Mr Fernandez is the Editor-in-Chief of MediaCorp. He oversees all news and current affairs content across all of MediaCorp's television, newspaper, radio and digital platforms in all four languages. He started his career in journalism at the Singapore Press Holdings before moving to MediaCorp in 2001. He was previously the Executive Editor at Channel NewsAsia, before taking over as Editor of TODAY and concurrently Managing Director of MediaCorp Press. He assumed his current appointment as Editor-in-Chief in July 2013. Mr Fernandez is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Singapore Civil Service College.

Mr Fernandez is a member of the SLA Board's Human Resource Committee.

MR LAI HUEN POH
Managing Director
RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd

Mr Lai Huen Poh brings more than four decades of experience to RSP as a key member of the management team and head of the engineering division. He has been instrumental in charting the strategic direction and business performance of the firm and steering its expansion to India and Dubai. Mr Lai is a Registered Professional Civil Engineer, a UK Chartered Engineer, and member of several associations including the Association of Consulting Engineers, the Institute of Civil Engineers, and the Singapore Structural Steel Society. He is a Board member of the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Singapore and a sitting expert on the BCA Academy Advisory Panel. For his exemplary contributions to the industry, Mr Lai was conferred the Meritorious Service Award (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2011.

Mr Lai is a member of the SLA Board's Audit Committee.

MR ANG CHENG HOCK
Senior Counsel
Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Mr Ang was called to the bar in 1996 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2009. His practice spans a wide range of civil and commercial litigation disputes, as well as arbitration matters. He has been recommended by leading publications like The Legal 500, Chambers Asia Pacific, Who's Who Legal and Asialaw Profiles for his expertise as a litigator.

Mr Ang is a member of the SLA Board's Audit Committee.

MR HAN KOK JUAN
Deputy Secretary
Ministry of Law

Prior to Mr Han's appointment as Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Law, he was the Senior Director (Housing) in the Ministry of National Development (MND) since 2011. Mr Han previously held various appointments across the public service, including the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). He is also currently sitting on the Board of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), the Singapore International Mediation Centre, the Singapore International Mediation Institute, Maxwell Chambers, Maxwell Arbitration Holdings, the Community Justice Centre and the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy.

Mr Han is a member of the SLA Board's Finance and Investment Committee and Human Resource Committee.

MR TAN BOON KHAI
Chief Executive
Singapore Land Authority

Mr Tan is the Chief Executive of SLA. Prior to this, he was with the CapitaLand Group from 2010 to 2015 where he held senior management positions, including Regional General Manager (Singapore and Malaysia) for The Ascott Limited. He is a lawyer by training and was previously with the Singapore Legal Service, holding appointments including District Judge in the former Subordinate Courts of Singapore and Deputy Senior State Counsel/Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore.

Mr Tan is a member of the SLA Board's Human Resource Committee, Technology Advisory Committee and Finance and Investment Committee.

MR PHILIP YUEN
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Southeast Asia & Singapore

Mr Philip Yuen has over 30 years of public accounting experience in the United Kingdom and Singapore. Prior to his election as CEO of Deloitte Southeast Asia on 1 June 2016, Mr Yuen held various key leadership positions in Deloitte Southeast Asia and Singapore.

Mr Yuen is a Chartered Accountant of Singapore and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a Fellow Member of CPA Australia and President of CPA Australia (Singapore Division) from 2015 to 2016. In addition, he is a Board member of the Institute of Technical Education and Chairman of its Audit and Risk Committee, and an Industry Advisory Committee Member of the Accountancy Programme at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Mr Yuen is Chairman of the SLA Board's Audit Committee.

MR MOK WEI WEI
Managing Director
W Architects Pte Ltd

Mr Mok's numerous architectural projects have received both local and international critical acclaim, and have been featured in many regional and international publications. Mr Mok's works have also been exhibited internationally at the Venice Architectural Biennale (2005 and 2006) and the Aedes Gallery, Berlin (2006 and 2013). In recognition of his contributions to Singapore's architectural scene, he was conferred the President's Design Award (Designer of the Year) in 2007, the nation's highest honour for design. He is currently appointed Professor in Practice at the Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS).

Mr Mok is a member of the SLA Board's Technology Advisory Committee.

DR CHONG YOKE SIN
Chief, Enterprise Business Group
StarHub

Dr Chong has over 30 years' experience in the IT industry. She currently leads the enterprise business group at StarHub. She was previously the CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems which architects, manages and operates highly integrated medical and administrative systems across Singapore's public healthcare sector, as well as the CEO of NCS, the largest systems integration company in Singapore, where she played an instrumental role in its growth as a regional IT company with businesses in China, Australia, the Middle East and South East Asia. She led the healthcare IT industry as Chair of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Asia Pacific Governing Council. She is a Board member of Republic Polytechnic, SG Enable, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), and Assisi Hospice and the Vice President of the Singapore Computer Society.

Dr Chong chairs the SLA Board's Technology Advisory Committee.

MS LOCK YIN MEI
Partner
Allen & Overy LLP

Ms Lock is qualified to practise law in Singapore, England and Wales and the State of New York, with an area of practice that covers cross-border capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory advice. Ms Lock has been serving on the Board of the National Healthcare Group since 2014. She is also a member of the Compliance Committee (Continuing Professional Development) of the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.

Ms Lock is a member of the SLA Board's Finance and Investment Committee.

MR HO CHEE PONG
Director-General
Singapore Customs

Prior to his appointment at the Singapore Customs in 2014, Mr Ho was the Senior Director of Human Capital in the Public Service Division (PSD), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), from 2011 to end 2013. Over the last 30 years, Mr Ho has served in various leadership positions in the public sector covering areas such as policy formulation, industry regulation, emergency planning, community development and human resource.

Mr Ho is a member of the SLA Board's Human Resource Committee.

MR LOH LIK PENG
Founder & Owner
Unlisted Collection

Mr Loh runs the Unlisted Collection, an umbrella brand comprising seven boutique hotels and twenty restaurants in Singapore, London, Shanghai and Sydney. He is a well-known hotelier, restaurateur, and entrepreneur. Prior to the Unlisted Collection, he was a corporate litigator, and an entrepreneur who has successfully set up various ventures across Singapore, Shanghai and London.

Mr Loh is a member of the SLA Board's Technology Advisory Committee (with effect from 1 August 2017).

MS MARGARET GOH
Member
Sentosa Cove Committee

Ms Goh has extensive experience in the real estate industry, serving in various senior appointments before she retired. Her last appointment was Group Managing Director, GuocoLand Singapore, until Aug 2014. Prior to this, Ms Goh served as the Chief Executive Officer of Special Projects at Capitaland Ltd, and held senior appointments at NTUC Choice Homes Co-operative Ltd, Sentosa Cove Pte Ltd, City Developments Ltd, Pontiac Marina Pte Ltd and Hong Leong Holdings Ltd.

Ms Goh is a member of the SLA Board's Audit Committee (with effect from 1 August 2017).