Board of Directors

Mr Teo Chiang Long joined the Board on 10 March 1981 as Director and was appointed as Managing Director & CEO on 1 March 1989. He was appointed as Chairman of the Board on 8 November 2002 and continued as the Managing Director and CEO of the Company. Since 11 September 2007, Mr Teo was appointed as Executive Chairman and was last re-elected as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company on 15 October 2010.

Mr Teo holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He is a Fellow Member of the Certified Public Accountants ("CPA") Australia and is also a fellow member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Mr Teo is a member of the Chinese Development Assistance Council Board of Directors, Senior Honorary Council Member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry and President of Ngee Ann Kongsi Council.

Mr Teo is the Non-Executive Chairman of Cerebos Pacific Limited and AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd. He also serves on the Board of Ngee Ann Development Pte Ltd, a joint venture company with Takashimaya Tokyo, as well as Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre Pte Ltd, which delivers post graduate tertiary courses from the University of Adelaide, South Australia in Singapore.

Mr Jamie Teo Miang Yeow joined Singapura Finance Ltd on 30 March 2000 and was appointed to the Board as Executive Director on 8 November 2002. Mr Teo was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 17 March 2005. Since 11 September 2007, Mr Teo holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He was last re-elected as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 October 2009.

Mr Teo is a member of the Executive and Risk Management Committees. Prior to joining the Company, he worked with Ernst & Young Consultants as a senior consultant.

Mr Teo holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Adelaide, Australia. He holds directorships in several private companies. He is a Council member of Ngee Ann Kongsi, and represents Ngee Ann Kongsi as a member of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Council. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. He was appointed Chairman of Finance Houses Association of Singapore on 8 April 2010 for a two-year term.

Mr Ong Pang Boon joined the Board of Singapura Finance Ltd as an Independent non-executive Director on 6 March 1985. He was last re-appointed as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 October 2010.

Mr Ong is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Ong was formerly Director of Hong Leong Holdings Ltd (1985-2007), City Developments Ltd (1985-2006) and Hong Leong Finance Ltd (1985-2001). He was an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly and Parliament (1959-1988) and Cabinet Minister (1959-1984). Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree from the University of Malaya.

Mr Phua Bah Lee joined the Board of Singapura Finance Ltd as an Independent non-executive Director on 19 October 1988. He was last re-appointed as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 October 2010.

Mr Phua is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees.

Mr Phua is a Director of Metro Holdings Limited, GP Industries Limited, Pan-United Corporation Ltd and Wing Tai Holdings Limited. He was the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Communications from 1968 to 1971 and Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Defence from 1972 to 1988. He was a Member of Parliament for the Tampines Constituency from 1968 to 1988. He graduated from the Nanyang University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Mr Teoh Eng Hong joined the Board of Singapura Finance Ltd as an Independent non-executive Director on 18 June 1992. He was last re-elected as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 15 October 2010.

Mr Teoh is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committees and is a member of the Nominating, Remuneration and Executive Committees.

Mr Teoh was with Shell Group of Companies for over 30 years and had held various senior management positions and directorships in various oil and chemicals companies associated with Shell. Hence he has extensive experience in many aspects of the oil and chemical related businesses. Mr Teoh holds a Bachelor of Economics (1st class Honours) from the University of Adelaide, Australia. His other interest is in the education industry.

Mr William Ho Ah Seng joined Singapura Finance Ltd as General Manager on 2 April 1983. He was appointed to the Board as Executive Director on 1 March 1989. After his retirement as the Executive Director on 31 January 2008, Mr Ho continues to serve on the Board as a non-executive and non-independent Director. Mr Ho has ceased to be an employee of the Company for more than three financial years. Accordingly, having regard to the criteria for independence of directors as set out currently in the Code of Corporate Governance 2005, and based on the Nominating Committee's assessment bearing in mind all salient factors, Mr Ho is to be considered an independent Director with effect from 26 August 2011. He was last re-elected as a Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 October 2009.

Mr Ho is a member of the Risk Management Committee.

Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of London. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Mdm Tan Hui Keng, Martha joins the Board on 1 November 2011 as an Independent Director. With effect from 1 November 2011, Mdm Tan Hui Keng, Martha is Vice Chairperson of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Nominating Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee.

Mdm Tan was an audit partner of KPMG (now known as KPMG LLP) from 1989 to 2005. She retired from the partnership on 30 September 2005. Mdm Tan has more than 25 years of experience in the public accounting field, which includes auditing, taxation, initial public offering assignments, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, internal control reviews and general advisory services.

Mdm Tan holds a Bachelor Degree (Honours) in Accountancy with the then University of Singapore. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

Her other directorships include being Independent Director of HL Global Enterprise Limited since 2007, where she is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee, and an Independent Director of ST Asset Management Ltd since 2010. She was Independent Director of Vertex Management (II) Pte Ltd from 2007 to 2009.

Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon joins the Board on 1 November 2011 as an Independent Director. With effect from 1 November 2011, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon is also a member of the Audit Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Mrs Yu-Foo was Minister of State for Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports ("MCYS") from August 2004 to May 2011. From November 2001 to July 2004, she was Mayor of the Bukit Timah Community Development Council ("CDC") which subsequently expanded to become the South West CDC.

From June 1999 to October 2001, Mrs Yu-Foo was the Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the then Ministry of Community Development and Sports ("MCDS"). She was an Elected Member of Parliament from 1984 to May 2011, when she retired from politics.

Currently, Mrs Yu-Foo is Advisor to Dimensional International, a private education organisation, Global Yellow Pages Limited, as well as Ephone International Pte Ltd. She graduated from Nanyang University with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters Degree in Business from NTU.