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TRUSTEE-MANAGER
BOARDOF DIRECTORS
1. Mr. Philip Yeo Liat Kok
Chairman & Independent Director
Date of appointment: 11 June 2007
In addition to being Chairman of the Board, Mr Philip Yeo,
66, is also the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, and
Human Resource and Remuneration Committee.
Mr Yeo is currently the Chairman of SPRING Singapore (a
government development agency with the mission of nurturing
Local Enterprises especially Small and Medium Enterprises).
Mr Yeo serves as a member of the United Nations
Committee of Experts in Public Administration, established
by the Economic and Social Council from 2010-2013 for
the promotion and development of public administration
and governance among member states, in connection with
the United Nations Development Agenda.
He was the Chairman of the Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (“A*STAR”) and the Economic
Development Board. He is the Chairman of the respective
boards of directors of Accuron Technologies Ltd, MTIC
Holdings Pte Ltd, Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing Pte
Ltd and Hexagon Development Advisors Pte Ltd. Mr Yeo
is a non-executive director on the board of directors of City
Developments Limited and Hitachi Ltd (Japan).
Mr Yeo holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial
Engineering) degree and an honorary Doctorate in
Engineering from the University of Toronto, an honorary
Doctorate in Medicine from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden,
a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) from the
then-University of Singapore, and a Master of Business
Administration from Harvard University, USA, a Doctor
of Science from Imperial College London, an honorary
Doctor of Letters of National University of Singapore and an
honorary Doctor of Law from Monash University of Australia
Mr Yeo has received numerous honours and awards including
France’s Ordre National du Merite (National Order of Merit),
Indonesia’s Bintang Jasa Utama (the First Class Order of
Service Award), Belgium’s National Order of the Crown, the
CEO Lifetime Achievement Award, Asia Pacific IPA Awards
2003, an honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine by Karolinska
Institutet (2006), the 11th Nikkei Asia Prize for Science,
Technology and Innovation Award (2006), the Harvard
Business School’s prestigious Alumni Achievement Award
2006, a Doctor of Science degree by Imperial College London
(2007), the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star by
the Japanese Government (2007), the Distinguished Service
(Star) award by the Singapore’s Labour Movement, National
Trade Unions Congress (2008), the University of Toronto
Engineering Alumni Medal (2008) and the 1st BioSpectrum
Asia-Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award in March 2009.
2. Mr. Michael Grenville Gray
Independent Director
Date of appointment: 16 November 2009
Mr Michael Gray, 67, is the Chairman of the
Audit Committee.
Mr Gray has more than 35 years of experience in professional
advisory and audit services, mostly in Southeast Asia. Prior
to his retirement at the end of 2004, he was a partner in
PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore and, before that,
Territorial Senior Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers
Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos). He is an
Independent Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees
of Singapore Exchange-listed Avi-Tech Electronics Limited
and GSH Corporation Ltd, and the United Kingdom (“UK”)-
listed VinaCapital Vietnam Opportunity Fund. He obtained a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Maritime Studies in 1973 from
the University of Plymouth, UK, a Masters of Arts Degree
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