City Developments Limited: The Company - Board of
Directors
Kwek Leng
Beng
Appointed as Director and Executive Chairman of City
Developments Limited (CDL) since 1 October 1969 and 1 January 1995 respectively,
Mr Kwek was last re-elected on 28 April 2010. He also sits on the Nominating
Committee of CDL.
Mr Kwek is the non-executive Chairman of Hong Leong
Asia Ltd. (HLA) and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C). He is also
the Chairman and Managing Director of Hong Leong Finance Limited (HLF) and City
e-Solutions Limited (CES).
Mr Kwek holds a law degree, LL.B (London)
and is also a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators. He has extensive experience in the finance business, having
grown from day one with the original Hong Leong Finance Limited which has since
merged its finance business with Singapore Finance Limited (now known as HLF).
He also has vast experience in the real estate business, the hotel industry as
well as the trading and manufacturing business.
Mr Kwek’s other
appointments include being a member of the East Asia Council of INSEAD since its
inception in 2003 and a board member of Singapore Hotel Association. He was also
conferred Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration in Hospitality from
Johnson & Wales University (Rhode Island, US) and Honorary Doctorate from
Oxford Brookes University (UK).
Appointed as Director and Managing Director of CDL
since 8 February 1980 and 1 January 1995 respectively, Mr Kwek is also an
Executive Director of CES and a non-executive Director of HLF and
M&C.
Mr Kwek holds a Diploma in Financial Management and has
extensive experience in property development and investment.
Mr Kwek
contributes actively to the business community through several public
appointments including Honorary President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Youth
Achievement Award Council, and Chairman of the Chinese Language & Culture
Fund Management Committee. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of
Nanyang Technological University, Board of Governors of S. Rajaratnam School of
International Studies and the Chinese Heritage Centre.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 29 March 1995, Mr
Chee was last re-appointed a Director on 28 April 2010 pursuant to Section
153(6) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50. He is also the Chairman of the Audit,
Nominating, Remuneration Committees of CDL.
Mr Chee had previously held
the position of Auditor General for more than 20 years and had served on the
board of Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Mr Chee holds a Bachelor of Arts
(Honours) degree in Geography from University of Malaya.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 2 June 1986, Mr Foo
was last re-elected on 29 April 2009. He also sits on the Audit, Nominating and
Scheme Committees of CDL.
Mr Foo holds a Bachelor of Law degree from
the National University of Singapore and is a partner of a law firm. He
presently sits on the boards of various companies in the CDL Group.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 1 August 1987, Mr
Kwek was last re-elected on 29 April 2009. He is an Executive Director and is
now acting Chief Executive Officer of HLA. Mr Kwek is also the non-executive
Chairman of Tasek Corporation Berhad and a non-executive Director of HLF,
M&C and China Yuchai International Limited. In the preceding 3-year period,
he was an Executive Director of CES until April 2009.
Mr Kwek holds a
Diploma in Accountancy and has many years of experience in trading,
manufacturing, property investment and development, hotel operations, corporate
finance and management.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 20 September 1988, Mr
Vo-Ta was last re-elected on 28 April 2010. He also sits on the Audit Committee
of CDL.
Mr Vo-Ta holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science
degrees in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was
previously an international banker, having worked with Bank of Montreal in
Montreal, Toronto, Manila and Singapore and was also the General Manager of
Singapore Finance, acting CEO of Millennium & Copthorne International
Limited, President of the Singapore Canadian Business Association, co-founder
and past President of the MIT Club of Singapore, Senior Advisor of UBS AG and a
member of the Governing Council of Singapore Institute of Management. He was
also a member of the Board of Trustees of SIM University and Board of Directors
of the Old Parliament House Ltd.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 28 August 1995, Mr
Tang was last re-appointed a Director on 28 April 2010 pursuant to Section
153(6) of the Companies Act, Chapter 50. He also sits on the Audit and
Remuneration Committees of CDL.
Mr Tang, an Advocate & Solicitor of
the Supreme Court of Singapore and a Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, is
presently the Consultant with the law firm of David Lim & Partners LLP,
Singapore. He also holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Economics
(University of London).
Mr Tang also sits on the boards of G.K. Goh
Holdings Limited, New Toyo International Holdings Ltd and Dutech Holdings
Limited. In the last 5 years, he was the non-executive Chairman of HupSteel
Limited until his retirement in October 2010. Mr Tang’s other appointments
include being the honorary legal adviser to Ren Ci Community Hospital, Singapore
Hospice Council an Nanyang Girls’ High School and Trustee of Dover Park
Hospice.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 11 May 2009, Mr Yeo
also sits on the Remuneration Committee of CDL.
Mr Yeo is the Special
Advisor for Economic Development in the Prime Minister’s Office and
Chairman of SPRING Singapore, a government development agency with the mission
of nurturing local enterprises especially small and medium enterprises and is
recognised for his contributions to Singapore’s economic development and
pioneering role in promoting and developing the country’s information
technology, semiconductor, chemical and biomedical industries.
Mr Yeo
serves as a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Public
Administration (CEPA), established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
from 2010-2013 for the promotion and development of public administration and
governance among Member States, in connection with the United Nations
Development Agenda.
Mr Yeo holds a Bachelor of Applied Science
(Industrial Engineering) and an honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the
University of Toronto, an honorary Doctorate in Medicine from the Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden, a Master of Science (Systems Engineering) from the
University of Singapore, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard
University, USA, and a Doctor of Science from Imperial College,
London.
His other appointments include being an independent
non-executive Director of United Overseas Bank Limited and a member of its
Executive, Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Mr Yeo is the Chairman of
Accuron Technologies, MTIC Holdings, Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing, Ascendas
Property Fund Trustee, and Hexagon Development Advisors. He is also a
non-executive Director of Vallar Plc.
Mr Yeo was also the former
Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology & Research
("A*STAR") and the Economic Development Board.