Boon Swan Foo was appointed as Chairman of Global Investments Limited on 25 November 2009. He serves on the board of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Devt Co Ltd, based in Shanghai; Shin Corporation Plc, a telecommunications and satellite company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Myriad International Holdings (BV) Netherlands, Myriad International Holdings (Mauritius). Mr Boon is a Senior Advisor to Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited and an Advisor to Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. He is a board member of the following Temasek-related corporations - Aspen Holdings Ltd, Cypress Holdings Ltd, Singbridge International Singapore Pte Ltd, Horsburgh Maritime Pte Ltd, Horsburgh Maritime Investments Pte Ltd, Horsburgh International Pte Ltd and Chairman of ST Asset Management Ltd. Mr Boon also holds directorship in Veredus Laboratories Pte Ltd, Ascendos Investments Limited and Ascendos Rail Leasing S.à r.l.

Prior to these appointments, Mr Boon was involved in 2 major assignments in his career which spans across both public and private sectors. One, working for the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore in the capacity of Managing Director of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and concurrently Executive Chairman of Exploit Technologies Private Limited; and the other, as Deputy Chairman and CEO of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) as well as concurrently the Chief Financial Officer, and Board and ExCo Member of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd – the parent company of the Singapore Technologies group of companies. The Singapore Technologies group was a leading multinational conglomerate in Asia, which held some of the largest listed companies on SGX, for example, ST Engineering, StarHub Ltd, CapitaLand Limited and SembCorp Industries Ltd.

Mr Boon has been a pioneer in A*STAR, leading A*STAR in the early years as its Managing Director from 2002 to 2006. He played a critical role in transforming A*STAR into an R&D powerhouse, brought research focus of A*STAR to be more aligned with the needs of the economy, and encouraged the research community to work more closely with their industry partners. His innovative approach as imprinted in the development of the National Science and Technology Plan 2010, which included the formation of multi-agency Technology Scan Panels in physical science and engineering. During this period, he was concurrently the Executive Chairman of ETPL and from 2006, became ETPL’s full time Executive Chairman. He concentrated on leading ETPL to become a world-class technology transfer organization, and initiated new programs to encourage the development of a stronger commercial and entrepreneurial mindset in the A*STAR community. He has served on the boards of AGIS Pte Ltd, Aksaas Pte Ltd and D-SIMLAB Technologies Pte Ltd. Mr Boon is highly regarded for his extensive experience in managing technology businesses as a prominent technology leader in Singapore.

Under his previous leadership as Deputy Chairman and CEO, ST Engineering grew from an organization that predominantly supported the Singapore Armed Forces to an international company and the 7th largest company in the Singapore Stock Exchange, with a market capitalization of S$8 billion when he left in 2001. ST Engineering has subsidiaries in the US, Europe, China and Australia.

Mr Boon has also served on the boards of various companies - as Chairman of both Singapore Changi Airport Enterprise Pte Ltd and Changi Airport Managers & Partners (Singapore) Pte Ltd; as Deputy Chairman of Orangestar Investment Holdings Pte Ltd, a holding company that operates two low cost carriers Jetstar Asia and Valuair whereby Temasek Holdings was a major shareholder together with Qantas Airways; as Director of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd, a venture capital company; as Chairman of the Audit Committee of NTUC Income Insurance Cooperative Limited; as Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Singapore Computer Systems Limited, as Director of Neptune Orient Lines.

In addition, Mr Boon was advisor to the following institutions:- Member, Dean’s Council of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, U.S.A.; Member of Motorola Inc Research Visionary Board, U.S.A.; Member of Commercialisation of Imperial College (UK) Advisory Board, U.K. and Member of Advisory Panel of the Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Japan. Mr Boon also held an Adjunct Professorship at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Singapore and an Honorary Doctorate at the University of Bradford, U.K.

Mr Boon is a registered Professional Engineer and also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS). He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountant (UK)-ACCA. He holds an MBA from the National University of Singapore, and has completed Harvard’s Advanced Management Program. Presently, he holds an Adjunct Professorship at the Nanyang Technological University. Mr Boon was awarded the Singapore Business Award for Outstanding CEO in 2000, one of Singapore’s prestigious business awards.

Goh Mui Hong – Deputy Chairman

Mrs Goh was appointed to the Board of Directors on 30 April 2010. She is also the President & CEO of ST Asset Management Ltd (STAM) and Chairman of STAM’s Investment Committee. She is concurrently a Director of ST Trustees Ltd.

She has more than 25 years of extensive experience in managing fund management companies which invest in the full spectrum of financial instruments ranging from public equities, bonds, loans, asset backed securities, currencies to alternative investments such as private equity, hedge funds, derivatives and commodities.

From February 2004 to August 2008, Mrs Goh also held the positions of Group President & CEO of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd and President & CEO of Vertex Management (II) Pte Ltd. In the course of four years, she strengthened the Vertex Group’s balance sheet and the total equity of Vertex grew from US$131 million as at December 2003 (audited) to US$315 million as at August 2008 (unaudited) without any new injection of capital. She was also actively involved in advising and managing various investee companies, thus enhancing the overall value of the Vertex Group.

Prior to joining STAM in 2002, Mrs Goh spent 11 years with the Overseas Union Bank Limited (OUB) Group. Under her leadership as Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, OUB Asset Management Ltd grew to be the largest local bank-backed fund management firm in Singapore and won numerous investment awards locally and internationally for the retail unit trusts they managed. Before joining OUB Group, she was a director of an investment company and she had also worked 6 years in a Singapore government-related company in the Finance and Treasury departments. Mrs Goh started her career in an international audit firm before working in finance and accounting functions with a statutory board and an information technology company.

Mrs Goh currently serves as board member of Workforce Development Agency and Chairman of its Investment Committee; member of Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises, Chairman of its Investment & Finance Committee and member of its Tender Approving Committee; member of National Kidney Foundation’s Investment Committee; and member of the Finance Committee of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Previously she held directorship in Singapore Consortium Investment Management Ltd and was a member of the Executive Committee of Investment Management Association of Singapore and its Chairman of Education Sub-Committee as well as a member of the Investor Education Advisory Committee of Securities Investors Association (Singapore).

Mrs Goh holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (2nd Class Honours) from University of Singapore, Masters of Business Administration from National University of Singapore and Masters of Science (Business) from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore. She is also a member of CFA Institute.

Adrian Chan Pengee

Adrian Chan was appointed to the Board of Directors on 5 May 2009. Mr Chan is Head of the Corporate Department and a Senior Partner at Lee & Lee. He serves on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors, the Executive Council of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises as its Honorary Secretary and sits on the Listed Companies Committee of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce.

Mr Chan is also a director of Lovells Lee & Lee, the joint law venture between Lee & Lee and the international law firm, Lovells, and is an independent director on the Boards of several publicly listed companies on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Mr Chan serves on the Corporate Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore and was appointed to the Audit Committee Guidance Committee, established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Singapore Exchange.

Ronald Seah Lim Siang

Ronald Seah was appointed to the Board of Directors on 30 April 2010. Over a 25 year period between 1980 and 2005, he had held various senior positions within the AIG Group in Singapore, initially as AIA Singapore’s Vice-President and Chief Investment Officer managing the investment portfolio of AIA Singapore and later as AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd’s Vice President of Direct Investments. Between 2001 and 2005, Mr Seah was also the Chairman of the Board of AIG Global Investment Corporation (Singapore) Ltd.

From 1978 to 1980, Mr Seah managed the investment portfolio of Post Office Savings Bank as Deputy Head of the Investment and Credit Department. Prior to that, he worked at Singapore Nomura Merchant Bank as an Assistant Manager with responsibilities covering the sale of bonds and securities and offshore (ACU) loan administration for the bank. Between 2002 and 2003, Mr Seah served on the panel of experts of the Commercial Affairs Department of Singapore.

Mr Seah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Social Sciences (Second Class Honors (Upper)) in Economics from the then University of Singapore in 1975.

Tan Kok Wee

Tan Kok Wee was appointed to the Board of Directors on 30 April 2010. He has served in senior executive positions for more than 25 years in fixed income, foreign exchange and derivative markets.

From 1994 to 2008, Mr Tan was Senior Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors of Bear Stearns Singapore Pte Ltd, a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage. He was primarily responsible for its Singapore’s operation as well as sales of fixed income and derivatives to customers in Asia ex-Japan. He was a member of Bear Stearns Asia Management Committee which dealt with major business initiatives and administrative matters in Asia. From 1994 to 1998, Mr Tan headed the Securities Business Development Sub-Committee of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee. Prior to that, Mr Tan was with CS First Boston from 1982 to 1994 working in both the Singapore and Hong Kong offices. Between 1992 to 1994, he was Managing Director and a member of the Board of Directors of CS First Boston (Singapore) Ltd. He represented CS First Boston as a member of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee and a Council Member of the Singapore Merchant Bankers Association.

Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the then University of Singapore in 1979.

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