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ANNUAL REPORT 2012
Mr Koh Boon Hwee
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mr Koh Boon Hwee has extensive experience in
corporate management. He is currently Chairman
(executive) at Credence Capital Fund II (Cayman) Ltd
and Credence Partners Pte Ltd. He is also currently
Non-Executive Chairman of Sunningdale Tech Ltd
(formerly known as “Tech Group Asia Ltd”), Yeo Hiap
Seng Limited, Yeo Hiap Seng (Malaysia) Berhad,
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc, Rippledot Capital
Advisers Pte Ltd and Far East Orchard Limited.
He started his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard and
rose to become its Managing Director in Singapore,
a post he held from 1985 to 1990. From 1991 to
2000, he was Executive Chairman of the Wuthelam
Group, and from 2002 to 2009, Mr Koh was at S i2i
Limited (formerly known as “MediaRing Ltd”) where
his last held position was Executive Director. He was
responsible for overseeing the corporate strategy
and management of these companies. Mr Koh has
concurrently been with Sunningdale Tech Ltd (“Tech
Group Asia Ltd”) since 2003, where he oversaw the
operations of the company as Executive Chairman
and Chief Executive Offcer from 2005 to 2008
and where he now acts in a non-executive capacity
as Chairman.
Mr Koh was also the Non-Executive Chairman of
the Singapore Telecom Group (SingTel) and its
predecessor organisations from 1986 to 2001.
From 2001 to 2005, Mr Koh served as Non-
Executive Chairman of Singapore Airlines Limited,
and from 2005 to 2010 as Non-Executive Chairman
of DBS Group Holdings Ltd and DBS Bank Ltd.
From 1996 to 2010, Mr Koh served on the board
of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, and was a member of
the Executive Committee from 1997 to 2010.
Mr Koh is also a director of Agilent Technologies, Inc,
as well as a number of local and overseas private
companies and local non-proft organisations,
including the Harvard Singapore Foundation,
Nanyang Technological University Board of
Trustees, EDB International Advisory Council, the
Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC)
and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Mr Koh graduated from Imperial College with a
Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), First
Class Honours, in 1972, and obtained a Master
in Business Administration with Distinction from
Harvard Business School in 1976.
Mr Huang Cheng Eng
Independent Director
Mr Huang Cheng Eng has extensive experience in
commercial and marketing activities.
From 1974 to 2010, Mr Huang was with Singapore
Airlines Limited. While there, he had 10 years
of overseas experience (from 1977 to 1987) in
Taiwan, France and Hong Kong. From 1987 to 1996,
he was overall in charge of air cargo and developed
SIA Cargo into a full-fedged division. Thereafter,
he was posted back to the passenger side of the
airline business. Before his retirement in 2010, Mr
Huang was Executive Vice President – Marketing
and the Regions, where he was overall in charge
of commercial and marketing activities as well as
all the overseas regions and offces of Singapore
Airlines. He is a member (co-opt) of Children’s
Aid Society.
Some of Mr Huang’s past directorships include
directorships with SATS Airport Services Pte Ltd,
Virgin Atlantic Airways Pte Ltd and the Singapore
Tourism Board. He was also chairman of Cargo
Community Network Pte Ltd, SATS Catering Pte Ltd,
SIA Cargo Pte Ltd and Silkair Pte Ltd.
Mr Huang graduated from the University of Hawaii
with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1971
and obtained a Master in Business Administration
from Michigan State University in 1973.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS