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 Chairman of Hong Leong Asia Ltd. (HLA)
and London-listed Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc (M&C). He is also
the Chairman and Managing Director of Hong Leong Finance Limited (HLF) and Hong
Kong-listed 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.
His other appointments
include being a member of the East Asia Council of INSEAD and Action Community
of Entrepreneurship (ACE) Singapore since its inception in 2003. Mr Kwek 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 also sits on the
City Developments Share Options Scheme 2001 Committee (Scheme
Committee).
He is also an Executive Director of CES and sits on the
boards 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 and Scheme 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 of HLA
and also sits on the boards of HLF, M&C, New York-listed China Yuchai
International Limited, and is also Chairman of Malaysia-listed Tasek Corporation
Berhad.
During the past 3 years, he was an Executive Director of
CES.
Mr Kwek holds a Diploma in Accountancy and has over 29 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 of Institute of Technology. He was
previously an internation banker, having worked with Bank of Montreal in
Montreal, Toronto, Manila and Singapore. Mr Vo-Ta was also General Manager of
Singapore Finance, Acting CEO of Millennium Copthorne International Ltd,
President of the Singapore Canadian Business Association, co-founder and past
President of the MIT Club of Singapore, Senior Advisor of UBS AG, member of the
Governing Council of Singapore Institute of Management, 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, Remuneration
and Scheme 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,
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, HupSteel Limited, New Toyo International Holdings Ltd and
Dutech Holdings Limited. His other appointments include honorary legal adviser
to Ren Ci Community Hospital, Singapore Hospice Council and Nanyang Girls’
High School.
Appointed a Director of CDL since 11 May 2009, Mr Yeo
was last re-elected on 28 April 2010. He 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 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 and a member of its Executive
Committee, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
Mr Yeo was also
the former Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology & Research
("A*STAR").