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Board of Directors |
QUEK LENG CHAN
Chairman
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Mr Quek was appointed to the Board on 19 December 1988, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s Annual General Meeting (“AGM”) held on 28 October 2021. He was appointed as Chairman of the Board and the Company on 14 October 2022. He is also a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Mr Quek is the Chairman of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, the ultimate holding company of the Company. He is also the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad, a public company; Chairman of Hong Leong Assurance Berhad, a public company; and Chairman of the Council of Members of Hong Leong Bank Vietnam Limited.
Mr Quek qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom and has extensive business experience in various business sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and real estate.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
- Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad
- Hong Leong Bank Berhad
Mr Quek is the Non-Executive Chairman of the above companies, all listed on Bursa Malaysia.
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
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CHENG HSING YAO
Group Chief Executive Officer
Non-Independent Executive Director
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Mr Cheng was first appointed as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Group and Executive Director to the Board on 1 July 2021 and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 27 October 2023.
Mr Cheng joined the Group in October 2012 and has assumed various positions, the last role being that of Group Managing Director of GuocoLand Singapore since 2014. Prior to joining the Group, he was with the Singapore public service at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (“URA”) and the Centre for Liveable Cities (“CLC”). Both agencies are under the purview of the Ministry of National Development.
Mr Cheng is currently a Director of GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia. He is a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of GLM REIT Management Sdn Bhd, an indirect subsidiary of the Company and the Manager of Tower Real Estate Investment Trust, which is also listed on Bursa Malaysia.
He is a Board Member of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore, a member of CLC’s Advisory Panel, and a member of URA’s International Panel of Experts, Design Advisory Committee and Heritage and Identity Partnership. He was the Founding Chairman of Discover Tanjong Pagar — the business
association to promote Tanjong Pagar as a destination to the wider community, and currently serves as a Director of the association.
Mr Cheng was appointed by the President of the Republic of Singapore to serve as a Nominated Member of Parliament from January 2021 to July 2023.
Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies) from National University of Singapore, a Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) from Newcastle University, United Kingdom and a Master in Design Studies (with Distinction) from Harvard University.
Present directorship(s) in listed subsidiary
- GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, listed on Bursa Malaysia
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
- Eco World International Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
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KWEK LENG HAI
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Mr Kwek was appointed to the Board on 28 November 1988, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 14 October 2022. He is a member of the Nominating Committee.
Mr Kwek is the Executive Chairman of Guoco Group Limited, listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“HKSE”). He was the President, CEO of Guoco Group Limited from 1995to 1 September 2016.
Mr Kwek is a Director of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, the ultimate holding company of the Company. He is also a Director of GL Limited which was privatised and delisted from SGX-ST in June 2021.
Mr Kwek qualified as a chartered accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has extensive experience in various business sectors, including but not limited to finance, investment, manufacturing and real estate.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
- Guoco Group Limited, listed on HKSE
- Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited, listed on HKSE
- Hong Leong Bank Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
- Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd., listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
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SAW KOK WEI
Independent Non-Executive Director
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Mr Saw was appointed to the Board on 24 October 2020, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 27 October 2023. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
Mr Saw is currently the Group Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Swan & Maclaren Group Pte Ltd. He was Chief Financial Officer of Jurong Port Pte Ltd (“Jurong Port”) from October 2021 to December 2022, having first served in this capacity from September 2013 to March 2019. Mr Saw was
President, Business Units of Jurong Port from April 2019 to September 2021, and oversaw several functions including Finance, Admin, Enterprise Risk Management, Information Technology and Business Intelligence.
Mr Saw has many years of commercial and financial experience across a number of industries in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia and China. He started his career with Arthur Young in London as an auditor. Since then he has worked for Chase Manhattan, Inchcape Berhad, Nike South East Asia, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. Mr Saw was also with Electrolux for ten years holding various positions including that of Vice President, Finance & Administration, East Asia; President-Director & General Manager for its operations in Indonesia; Chief Financial Officer in China; and Deputy Head of Strategy in Asia Pacific.
Mr Saw holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Accounting and Finance from The University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
- Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
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WEE LIENG SENG
Independent Non-Executive Director
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Mr Wee was appointed to the Board on 29 October 2021, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 14 October 2022. He is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Mr Wee is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Dragonfly LLC, a New York based firm which provides strategy, risk management and investment advice to companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to founding Dragonfly LLC, Mr Wee was a partner and head of the risk and shareholder
value practice at Capco. Before that he was a partner at Capital Market Risk Advisors in New York.
Mr Wee was a Managing Director, Global Risk Management at Bankers Trust Company (now part of Deutsche Bank). Prior to this, he was a senior associate at Booz Allen in New York managing strategy engagements across industries. Mr Wee started his career as a banker at Banque Paribas in Singapore
and New York. He has been an adjunct professor of risk management at Singapore Management University, Columbia University and Peking University. Mr Wee was appointed Senior Fellow of The Wharton School. He co-authored the books, “What Every CEO Must Know About Risk” and “RAROC and Risk Management”.
Mr Wee is an independent director on the board of The Private Infrastructure Development Group Ltd and serves as Chairman of Investment Committee, and as member of its (i) Audit Committee and (ii) Health, Safety, Environmental and Social Committee. Mr Wee also serves on the Investor Committee of
Mapletree US Logistics Private Trust, and is a member of the Management Advisory Board of NUS Business School.
Mr Wee holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Valedictorian) from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction (Salutatorian) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He completed the Senior Executive Leadership Program (China) from Harvard Business School and also the Corporate Director Certificate Program.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
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MADELEINE LEE SUH SHIN
Independent Non-Executive Director
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Ms Lee was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2023, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 27 October 2023. She is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Ms Lee is Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer of Athenaeum Private Limited, an advisory and consultancy partnership focusing on Asian Family Offices. She founded Athenaeum in 2008 and sold its mutual funds business in 2016. From 2005 to 2007, Ms Lee was Deputy Chief Investment Officer of the Investment Office of the National University of Singapore. She has spent more than 30 years in investment management in various institutions including Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Morgan Grenfell and as Managing Director at Commerzbank Asset Management Asia.
Ms Lee has served on the Boards of public and private companies, and the not-for-profit sector in Singapore; she served on the board of directors of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd, Aetos Holdings Pte. Ltd. and ECICS Holdings of the Temasek Holdings stable of companies. She was on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Financial Sector Review Committee on the Liberalisation of the Stockbroking Industry and the Business Development Review Group for the Merged Exchange. She has volunteered on the Board/Excos of UNIFEM Singapore (now UN Women), IWFS, YST Conservatory of Music NUS, CFS, SSO and Singapore Academy of Law.
Ms Lee was a Non-Executive Director of Arts House Ltd and Director of Singapore Institute of Management Group Limited. She is also a published author of twelve books of poetry in English.
Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Economics and Accounting from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst of the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, United States of America and a Fellow of the Eisenhower Fellowship.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
- First Pacific Company Limited, listed on HKSE
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
- Verde AgriTech Ltd., listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
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QUEK KON SEAN
Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
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Mr Quek was appointed to the Board on 1 April 2023, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 27 October 2023.
Mr Quek started his career in investment banking before joining the Hong Leong Group in 2004. He has held various positions in the Hong Leong Group, including Executive Director of Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad and is currently the Managing Director of HL Management Co Sdn Bhd, a position held since 2016. He is also a Director of Hong Leong Foundation, a public company.
Mr Quek holds a Bachelor of Science (Economics) and a Master of Science (Economics) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom.
Present directorship(s) in listed subsidiary
- GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, an indirect subsidiary of the Company, listed on Bursa Malaysia
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
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SHARON WEE HSU OON
Independent Non-Executive Director
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Ms Wee was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2023, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 27 October 2023.
Ms Wee is a Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP, where she specialises in mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) and capital markets. She also provides corporate regulatory and compliance advice to Singapore listed entities.
Ms Wee has extensive experience acting for public and private entities on complex M&A and capital markets transactions. She also advises companies listed on the Singapore Exchange on a wide range of post-listing matters, including follow-on equity offerings, acquisitions, issues of convertibles and hybrid securities, regulatory and compliance matters.
Ms Wee holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and she was called to the Singapore Bar in 1999.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
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CHRISTINE FELLOWES
Independent Non-Executive Director
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Ms Fellowes was appointed to the Board on 25 January 2024.
Ms Fellowes has more than 30 years of experience in Asia leading businesses across strategy, marketing, product and brand development, operations and profit and loss and driving digital transformation within multinational organisations in media, communications and technology.
She served as the Managing Director of the NBC Universal Global Networks and Direct to Consumer businesses in Asia-Pacific. Ms Fellowes held leadership positions – as Managing Director of Comcast International Media Group; VP, Commerce and Brand Management for Turner Entertainment; and Managing Partner of DDB Needham/Product Creation, a division of the Omnicom Group. She had
also served as CEO of the Asian operation of ClickThings, a New York based technology company.
Ms Fellowes is currently an Executive Director and Co-Founder of NINEby9 Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based company dedicated to research and advocacy for gender equality in organisations in Asia.
Ms Fellowes holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from The University of Western Australia. She also undertook Board Director Program and Executive Program, Finance from Harvard Business School Executive Education in 2019 and 2017 respectively.
Present directorship(s) in other listed companies
- National Australia Bank Limited, listed on Australian Securities Exchange
Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years
- VIQ Solutions Inc., listed on Toronto Stock Exchange
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