About Straits Trading

Ms Chew Gek Hiang, an accountant by training, has been with the Tecity Group, the parent company of The Straits Trading Company Limited, since 1991. As Executive Director and Head of Finance, she is actively involved in investment activities of the Tecity Group and is responsible for its securities trading portfolio. Ms Chew also oversees the human resource and administrative functions of the Tecity Group. She is also a Director of Tecity Asset Management Pte Ltd.

Ms Chew is a Council Member of Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore and is the President of the Breast Cancer Foundation and Noah’s Ark CARES (“Companion Animal Rescue and Education Society”). She also currently serves the Advisory Board of the Academy of Chinese Medicine, Singapore.

After graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1986, Ms Chew worked with Ernst & Whinney in Singapore for a year. She then joined Ernst & Young (London) in 1987 to pursue chartered accountancy, and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in October 1990.

Ms Chew Gek Hiang is a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr David Goh has been the Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategist of the Tecity Group since 1997. As Chief Investment Officer and Chief Strategist, he is responsible for providing strategic focus in the investment decision-making process, and assists the Executive Chairman in developing the Tecity Group’s long-term investment policy and asset allocation strategy. Mr Goh also oversees a team of investment managers and analysts within the Tecity Group.

Mr Goh started his investment career as an Investment Analyst with Great Eastern Life in 1986, and subsequently taught and coordinated the Bachelor of Business Financial Analyst programme at the Nanyang Technological University (“NTU”), Singapore, in 1991. After joining the Tecity Group in 1997, Mr Goh remained from 1997 to 2003, as Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance at NTU. He is Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of Straits Trading Company Limited since 2008, and also serves as Founding Director of Stewardship Equity Pte Ltd (2000), Commonwealth Capital Pte. Ltd. (2010) and Project Chulia Street Limited (2016).

Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics from York University, Canada; a Master of Science in Management (System Dynamics, Finance and Strategy) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management, as well as a CFA Charter.

Mr Goh is a member of the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Chia Chee Ming, Timothy is Chairman of Hup Soon Global Corporation Private Limited. He sits on the boards of several other private and public companies, including Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd, Fraser and Neave, Limited, Singapore Power Limited, Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd, Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC, Ceylon Investment PLC, Malaysia Smelting Corporation Berhad and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited. He is a Member of the Corporate Governance Advisory Committee of The Monetary Authority of Singapore, a Member of the Advisory Board of the Asian Civilisations Museum and a Term Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association. Mr Chia was a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore Management University.

Mr Chia graduated with a Bachelor of Science cum laude, majoring in Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University in the United States of America.

Mr Tan Chian Khong has about 35 years of experience in the audit industry in Singapore. He retired from Ernst & Young LLP in June 2016. Mr Tan currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad, Hong Leong Asia Ltd, CSE Global Limited and Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd. He is a Board member of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Singapore and SMRT Corporation Ltd.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of International Environmental Management from the University of Adelaide. He is a Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Mr Tan is the chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee.

Mr Chua Tian Chu was the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Meritus Hotels & Resorts from 2012 to 2013. Prior to this, Mr Chua held the positions of Executive Vice President of International Sector and Greater China Region, as well as Head, Global Financial Institutions Group of United Overseas Bank Limited, and Managing Director and Head of Investment Finance of Citigroup Private Bank (Asia Pacific Region) as well as Head of Citigroup Corporate Banking in Singapore. He was also formerly the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Far East Orchard Limited (then known as Orchard Parade Holdings Limited).

Mr Chua holds a Master in Business Administration and a Bachelor Degree in Civil Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School.

Mr Chua is the chairman of the Nominating Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and Board Risk Committee.

Mr Lau Cheng Soon sits on the board of United Overseas Land and is an Independent Advisory Board Member of the Pro-invest Group’s Funds I/II/III.

Mr Lau has held senior management roles in the Asia Pacific real estate investment business for over 30 years. Mr Lau was the Managing Director of Asia Pacific for Invesco Real Estate and had overall responsibility for the management of the Asia Pacific real estate business. He was the Chairman of the Asia Pacific Executive Committee and the Asia Pacific Investment Committee. He also served as a member of the Global Executive Committee and the Global Remuneration Committee. Prior to Invesco Real Estate, he was a Managing Director of Ayala International, a member of the Ayala Group. He was previously an executive director and board member of Tuan Sing Holdings Ltd. (listed on the main board of the Singapore Stock Exchange). He has directed numerous real estate investment and development projects across all major markets in the Asia Pacific region. He began his career as an engineer with Shell and was also a management consultant with Booz Allen and Hamilton in both the US and Asia.

Mr Lau earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science (Chemical Engineering) degree from Oregon State University.

Mr Lau is the chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Board Risk Committee.

Mr Lee Chuan Seng is currently Chairman of the National Environment Agency, a trustee of a philanthropic trust, and an advisor to a number of public and private sector organisations.

As a professional engineer, Mr Lee has worked and lived in New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore. He helped lead the growth of Beca Asia, a leading engineering consultancy in the region based in Singapore across Asia into China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Middle East. He retired from active practice in 2013 but continued the linkage as Emeritus Chairman, Beca Asia until August 2022.

Mr Lee graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Engineering (1st class honours). Among his awards are the Public Service Medal in 2010 for his services to the engineering profession and the Public Service Star in 2018 for his service to sustainability and the environment by the Singapore Government; the NZ-ASEAN Award in 2015 by the New Zealand Government for his services to NZ trade and enterprise; the inaugural Green Visionary Award in 2015 by BCA-SGBC for his contributions to green buildings and sustainability. He was made a BCA iBuildSG Distinguished Fellow for his contributions to the construction industry and given the PEB Distinguished Professional Engineer Award for his services to the engineering profession in 2020. He was given the President’s Award for the Environment in 2023.

Mr Lee is a member of the Nominating Committee.

Ho Tian Yee is the Chairman of the Board of Fullerton Fund Management. Tian Yee has over 30 years’ experience in managing and investing in global financial markets.

Tian Yee started his career with Bankers Trust Company, where his last position was MD and Regional Head of South East Asia. He was responsible for the management of the Singapore branch and the strategic direction of the bank’s global trading in Asia.

Currently, Tian Yee serves as Chairman of Mount Alvernia Hospital, DBS Foundation Ltd and Pavilion Capital Holdings Pte Ltd. He is also a director of of Seviora Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Weilee Investment Pte. Ltd and the Investment Advisor to Blue Edge Advisors Pte. Ltd. He holds a degree in Economics from Portsmouth University (Hons), United Kingdom, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.

Mr Ho is the chairman of the Board Risk Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

Ms Lin Diaan Yi has 22 years of experience with McKinsey & Company where her last role was Leader for the Social, Public health and Healthcare Sectors across Asia. Prior to that, she was its managing partner in Singapore. At McKinsey, Ms Lin provided consultancy extensively to companies in Singapore and across Asia on large-scale programs to drive performance transformation, accelerated digitization and economic development, in industries spanning financial services, telecommunications and retail. She also directed McKinsey’s work with sovereign-wealth funds and their portfolio companies in the region to maximise value and transform performance. While at McKinsey, Ms Lin had also authored several published works.

Prior to McKinsey, Ms Lin had worked as an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston in New York and London where she is a core-member of the equity private-placement group responsible for securing mandates.

Ms Lin is a member of the Bar for England and Wales and holds a MA(Hons) in Law from Trinity Hall, Cambridge University and an MBA with distinction from the Harvard Business School. Ms Lin is a director of The Esplanade Co Ltd and Viva Foundation For Children with Cancer.