Board of Directors
 QUEK LENG CHAN, 79  
 Chairman
 Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Quek was first appointed to the Board on 19 December 1988, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 28 October 2021. Mr Quek was subsequently appointed as Chairman of the Board and the Company with effect from 14 October 2022. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Quek is the Chairman of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, the ultimate holding company of the Company. He is also the Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Hong Leong Company (Malaysia) Berhad.

Mr Quek qualified as a Barrister-at-Law from Middle Temple, United Kingdom and has extensive business experience in various business sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and real estate.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad
  • Hong Leong Bank Berhad

Mr Quek is the Non-Executive Chairman of the above companies, all listed on Bursa Malaysia.

Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Hong Leong Capital Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
  • GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
 CHENG HSING YAO, 51  
 Chief Executive Officer
 Non-Independent Executive Director

Mr Cheng was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Group and Executive Director to the Board on 1 July 2021 and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 28 October 2021.

Mr Cheng joined the Group in October 2012 and has assumed various positions, the last role being the Group Managing Director of GuocoLand Singapore since 2014. Prior to joining the Group, he was with the Singapore public service, where he held leadership positions at the Centre for Liveable Cities (Ministry of National Development) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (“URA”).

Mr Cheng is currently a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of GLM REIT Management Sdn Berhad, an indirect subsidiary of the Company and the Manager of Tower Real Estate Investment Trust which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. He is a member of the National Parks Board, Singapore. Mr Cheng is a member of URA’s International Panel of Experts, as well as its Design Advisory Committee and Heritage and Identity Partnership. He is also Co-chairman of the Central Procurers Panel at the Building and Construction Authority, Singapore.

Besides serving as an executive committee member of the Urban Land Institute Singapore, Mr Cheng is a member of the management board of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies at the National University of Singapore. In addition, he was the Founding Chairman of Discover Tanjong Pagar – the Business Improvement District association for Tanjong Pagar. He is currently a Director of Discover Tanjong Pagar.

In January 2021, Mr Cheng was appointed by the President of the Republic of Singapore as a Nominated Member of Parliament.

Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Architecture (First Class Honours) from Newcastle University, United Kingdom and a Master in Design Studies (with Distinction) from Harvard University, USA.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • GuocoLand (Malaysia) Berhad, an indirect subsidiary of the Company
  • Eco World International Berhad, a joint venture between the Group and 2 other parties

Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Nil
 KWEK LENG HAI, 69  
 Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Kwek was appointed to the Board on 28 November 1988, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 23 October 2020. He is a member of the Nominating Committee. Mr Kwek is proposed for re-election at the Company’s AGM to be held on 14 October 2022.

Mr Kwek is the Executive Chairman of Guoco Group Limited, listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“HKSE”). He was the President, CEO of Guoco Group Limited from 1995 to 1 September 2016. Mr Kwek is a Director of GuoLine Capital Assets Limited, the ultimate holding company of the Company. He is also a Director of GL Limited which was privatised and delisted from SGX-ST in June 2021.

Mr Kwek qualified as a chartered accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has extensive experience in various business sectors, including but not limited to finance, investment, manufacturing and real estate.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • Guoco Group Limited, listed on HKSE
  • Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited, listed on HKSE
  • Hong Leong Bank Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia
  • Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd., listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange

Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Nil

 SAW KOK WEI, 59  
 Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Saw was appointed to the Board on 24 October 2020, and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 28 October 2021. He is the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, a member of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Saw was Chief Financial Officer of Jurong Port Pte Ltd (“Jurong Port”) from October 2021 to December 2022, having first served in this capacity from September 2013 to March 2019. Mr Saw was President, Business Units of Jurong Port from April 2019 to September 2021, and oversaw several functions including Finance, Admin, Enterprise Risk Management, Information Technology and Business Intelligence.

Mr Saw has many years of commercial and financial experience across a number of industries in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia and China. He started his career with Arthur Young in London as an auditor. Since then he has worked for Chase Manhattan, Inchcape Berhad, Nike South East Asia, and Merck Sharp & Dohme. Mr Saw was also with Electrolux for ten years holding various positions including that of Vice President, Finance & Administration, East Asia; President-Director & General Manager for its operations in Indonesia; Chief Financial Officer in China; and Deputy Head of Strategy in Asia Pacific.

Mr Saw holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Accounting and Finance from The University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • Nil

Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad, listed on Bursa Malaysia

 
 CHEW SEONG AUN, 58  
 Non-Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Chew was appointed to the Board on 8 January 2021 and was re-elected as Director at the Company’s AGM held on 28 October 2021. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Mr Chew is currently the Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Guoco Group Limited, listed on HKSE. He is also a Director of GL Limited which was privatised and delisted from SGX-ST in June 2021.

In 2006, he joined Hong Leong Financial Group Berhad (“HLFG”), listed on Bursa Malaysia, as Chief Financial Officer. From 2017 to 2021, he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hong Leong Asset Management Berhad, a subsidiary of HLFG.

Mr Chew holds a Bachelor of Science (Eng) degree in Civil Engineering (Honours) from Imperial College, University of London and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He is also a member of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers in Malaysia. He has over 30 years of experience in finance and banking.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • Guoco Group Limited, listed on HKSE
  • Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited, listed on HKSE
  • The Rank Group Plc, listed on London Stock Exchange

Past directorship(s) in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Nil

 
 WEE LIENG SENG, 64  
 Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Wee was appointed to the Board on 29 October 2021, and is proposed for re-election as Director at the Company’s AGM to be held on 14 October 2022. He is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Mr Wee is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Dragonfly LLC, a New York based firm which provides strategy, risk management and investment advice to companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. Prior to founding Dragonfly, Mr Wee was a partner and head of the risk and shareholder value practice at Capco. Before that, he was a partner at Capital Market Risk Advisors in New York.

Mr Wee was a Managing Director, Global Risk Management at Bankers Trust (now part of Deutsche Bank) where he helped to build and run the bank’s worldwide risk management group. He was instrumental in developing quantitative risk methodologies that are now part of global bank capital regulations. Prior to Bankers Trust, Mr Wee was a senior associate at Booz Allen in New York managing strategy engagements across industries. He started his career as a banker at Banque Paribas in Singapore and New York. Mr Wee has been an adjunct professor of risk management at Singapore Management University, Columbia University and Peking University. He was appointed Senior Fellow of The Wharton School. He co-authored the books, “What Every CEO Must Know About Risk” and “RAROC and Risk Management”.

Mr Wee currently serves on the Management Advisory Board of NUS Business School and on the Investor Committee of Mapletree US Logistics Private Trust.

Mr Wee holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Valedictorian) from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration with Distinction (Salutatorian) from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He also has a Corporate Director Certificate from Harvard Business School.

Present directorship(s) in other listed companies

  • Nil

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 5 years

  • Nil

 
 
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