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Currently, Keppel Land has 12 directors, of whom eight are independent non-executive directors. Profile of the directors are set out below :

Mr Choo Chiau Beng
Mr Kevin Wong
Mr Khor Poh Hwa
Mr Lim Ho Kee
Professor Tsui Kai Chong
Mrs Lee Ai Ming
Mr Tan Yam Pin
Mr Heng Chiang Meng
Mr Edward Lee
Ms Koh-Lim Wen Gin
Mr Teo Soon Hoe
Mrs Oon Kum Loon




Chairman
Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee
Member, Board Safety Committee

Mr Choo Chiau Beng, 63

Mr Choo was appointed as the Chairman of Keppel Land Limited on 1 May 2009. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Corporation Limited ("KCL"), and the Chairman of Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd, Keppel Energy Pte Ltd and Keppel Land China Limited. He is also a Director of k1 Ventures Limited.

Mr Choo started his career with Keppel Shipyard in 1971 and rose through the ranks to his present position.

He is a Board Member of Energy Studies Institute, a Board and Council Member of American Bureau of Shipping and the Chairman of Det Norske Veritas South East Asia Committee. He is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping’s Southeast Asia Regional Committee, Special Committee on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, and Singapore University of Technology and Design’s Board of Trustee.

Mr Choo was conferred the Public Service Star Award (BBM) in August 2004, The Meritorious Service Award in 2008 and The NTUC Medal of Commendation (Gold) Award in May 2007.

He is Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Brazil.

Mr Choo holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) Degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (awarded the Colombo Plan Scholarship to study Naval Architecture) and a Master of Science Degree in Naval Architecture from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He attended the Programme for Management Development in Harvard Business School in 1982 and is a Member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

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Group Chief Executive Officer
Member, Board Safety Committee

Mr Kevin Wong Kingcheung, 55

Mr Wong has been the Group Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director, Keppel Land Limited since January 2000. Prior to this appointment, Mr Wong was Executive Director since November 1993. He is Deputy Chairman and Director of K-REIT Asia Management Limited, and Deputy Chairman of Keppel Land China Limited. He is a Board Member of the Building and Construction Authority ("BCA"), and Deputy Chairman of BCA Academy Advisory Panel. He is also a Director of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Limited.

Prior to joining Keppel Land Limited, Mr Wong had diverse experience in the real estate industry in the UK, USA and Singapore.

Mr Wong holds a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering with First Class Honours from Imperial College, London, and a Master Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

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Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee
Member, Board Safety Committee

Mr Khor Poh Hwa, 61

Mr Khor is an adviser to KCL in township and infrastructure development, and a Director of Keppel Land Limited since 1998. He is also a Director of Keppel Land China Limited. He is currently the Chairman of Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd which is the Trustee-Manager of the listed K-Green Trust. He also sits on the listed Hock Lian Seng Holdings Limited as an independent Director.

He is the immediate past President of the Singapore-Suzhou Club as well as the Society of Project Managers.

Mr Khor is a civil engineering graduate with Bachelor and Master Degrees from the National University of Singapore.

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Chairman, Nominating Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee

Mr Lim Ho Kee, 66

Mr Lim is a Director of Keppel Land Limited. He is the Chairman of Singapore Post Limited and a Director of a number of private and public companies including Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited and MCL Land. He was a Director of Singapore Telecommunications Limited from October 1986 to September 2000 as well as the Chairman of its Finance and Investment Committee. He was also previously Chairman of UBS (East Asia) and a Member of the group executive board in Zurich.

Mr Lim served on the Board of the Civil Service College as well as the Singapore Government’s Public Sector Divestment Committee in 1987. He also sat on the Singapore Government’s Economic Planning Committee from December 1989 to October 1991. He was a member of the Committee on Singapore’s Competitiveness from May 1997 to October 1998.

Mr Lim studied at the London School of Economics where he obtained his Bachelor of Science (Economics) Honours Degree in 1968.

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Chairman, Audit Committee
Member, Remuneration Committee
Member, Board Risk Committee

Professor Tsui Kai Chong, 55

Professor Tsui has been a Director of Keppel Land Limited since 2001. He is also the Chairman of K-REIT Asia Management Limited and a Director of Fullerton Fund Management Company Ltd. He is currently the Provost and Professor of SIM University. He is a Member of the Board of Governors of IP Academy, Singapore.

He received his PhD in Finance from New York University in 1988 and his Chartered Financial Analyst qualification in 1993.

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Member, Audit Committee
Member, Board Risk Committee
Member, Board Safety Committee

Mrs Lee Ai Ming, 56

Mrs Lee has been a Director of Keppel Land Limited since November 2002. She is also a Director of K-REIT Asia Management Limited since 28 November 2005. She is currently a senior partner of the law firm, Rodyk & Davidson. She has practised law for more than 20 years in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate and intellectual property. Mrs Lee is also an independent Director, the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee of HTL International Holdings Limited.

Mrs Lee serves in leadership roles on various other forums, including the Singapore Law Society, The Singapore Copyright Tribunal, the Federation Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle: Asian Patent Attorney’s Association and International Trade Marks Association.

Mrs Lee holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) Degree from the University of Singapore, and is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

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Chairman, Remuneration Committee
Chairman, Board Safety Committee

Mr Tan Yam Pin, 70

Mr Tan was appointed to the Board on 1 June 2003. A Chartered Accountant by profession, he retired as the Managing Director of the Fraser and Neave Group in October 2002.

Mr Tan is a Director of Great Eastern Holdings Limited, Singapore Post Limited, Leighton Asia Limited (Hong Kong) and Blue Scope Steel Limited (Australia). He has been a Member of the Singapore Public Service Commission since 1990. He was a former Board Member of the East Asiatic Company Limited A/S (Denmark) until March 2006.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from the University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration Degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Certified Accountants, Canada.

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Member, Audit Committee
Member, Board Safety Committee

Mr Heng Chiang Meng, 65

Mr Heng was appointed to the Board on 1 March 2005. He holds directorships in various listed companies including Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund Ltd, Orchard Parade Holdings Limited and Academies Australasia Group Ltd (formerly known as Garratt’s Ltd).

Mr Heng began his career in the financial sector in 1970 after graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Degree from the University of Singapore.

He has held senior positions in several financial institutions including Citibank NA, the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Overseas Union Bank Limited. His other major area of experience was in real estate, having been Managing Director of First Capital Corporation Limited, Executive Director in the Far East Organization Group and Group Managing Director of Lim Kah Ngam Limited.

Mr Heng served four terms as a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2001 during which he chaired the Government Parliamentary Committees for Communications and the Environment as well as the Ang Mo Kio-Cheng San Community Development Council and Cheng San Town Council.

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Member, Board Risk Committee

Mr Edward Lee Kwong Foo, 64

Mr Lee was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2006. He became Singapore’s Ambassador to Indonesia in 1994 and retired on 1 July 2006 after 36 years of service with the Foreign Service Branch of the Singapore Administrative Service in various senior positions across Asia-Pacific.

Since his first posting to Indonesia in 1974, Mr Lee served a total of 18 years in the Singapore Embassy in Jakarta. He also served as Ambassador to the Philippines from 1990 to 1993, as well as High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalem from 1984 to 1990.

For his long-standing contributions to the Public Service, Mr Lee was honoured with several accolades including the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1996, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1998, the Long Service Medal in 1997 and the Meritorious Service Medal in 2006.

In 1993, Mr Lee was conferred the diplomatic rank of Datu (Grand Cross) of the Order of Sikatuna by the Philippine Government in recognition of his efforts in promoting bilateral relations between the Philippines and Singapore.

In 2007, he was conferred the highest civilian award by the Indonesian Government – the Bintang Jasa Utama (the Star of Excellent Services) for his many years of contribution towards building up stronger and closer relations between Singapore and Indonesia.

Mr Lee is Chief Executive of PT Ekalimintas, an investment consultancy firm and a member of the National University of Singapore President’s Philanthropic Advisory Council.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree from the University of Singapore and a Master of Arts Degree from Cornell University.

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Member, Nominating Committee
Member, Board Safety Committee

Ms Koh-Lim Wen Gin, 66

Mrs Koh was appointed to the Board on 20 January 2010. She is also a Director of Keppel Land China Limited.

Mrs Koh has played a key role in shaping Singapore’s cityscape through her career with the Urban Redevelopment Authority ("URA"). She was URA’s Chief Planner and Deputy Chief Executive Officer between 2001 and 2008.

Mrs Koh was involved in a variety of high quality landmark developments which have contributed to Singapore’s growth as a global city. She was also instrumental in spearheading the nation’s building conservation programme covering more than 6,800 heritage buildings. The programme was awarded the prestigious Global Award for Excellence by the Urban Land Institute in 2006.

For her achievements, Mrs Koh was presented the Meritorious Service Medal in 2009, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2002 and the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1986.

Mrs Koh has also served on several government boards such as the STB Hotel Licencing Board; Land Transport Authority Board; Board of Architects, Singapore; and Preservation of Monuments Board. She has also chaired many URA Design Advisory Panels, Committees and Design Competition Juries. She continues to serve on the URA, Land Transport Authority and Public Utilities Board Advisory Panels.

Mrs Koh graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Singapore in 1971.

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Member, Audit Committee

Mr Teo Soon Hoe, 61

Mr Teo is a Director of Keppel Land Limited and Keppel Land China Limited, a Senior Executive Director of KCL and the Chairman of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd, MobileOne Ltd and Keppel Philippines Holdings Inc. In addition, he is a Director of several other companies within the Keppel Group, including Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd, Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd (the Trustee- Manager of K-Green Trust), Keppel Energy Pte Ltd, Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd and k1 Ventures Limited.

Mr Teo began his career with the Keppel Group in 1975 when he joined Keppel Shipyard. He rose through the ranks and was seconded to various subsidiary companies of the Keppel Group before assuming the position of Group Finance Director in 1985.

Mr Teo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the University of Singapore and is a Member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

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Chairman, Board Risk Committee Member, Audit Committee

Mrs Oon Kum Loon, 60

Mrs Oon was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2010. Mrs Oon has been an independent and non-executive Director of KCL since 2004. She is also the Chairperson of KCL’s Board Risk Committee and a member of its Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mrs Oon is a veteran banker with about 30 years of experience and had held a number of management and executive positions with the DBS Group. She was the Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") of the bank until September 2003.

Prior to the position of CFO at DBS Group, Mrs Oon was the Managing Director and Head of Group Risk Management, responsible for the development and implementation of a group-wide integrated risk management framework. During her career with the bank, she was also involved with treasury and markets, corporate finance and credit management activities. Mrs Oon’s other directorships include China Resources Microelectronics Limited, Singapore Power Limited and Aviva Ltd.

Mrs Oon holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Degree from the University of Singapore.

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