Board of directors
Peter Sim Swee Yam
Independent Director
Mr Peter Sim, aged 59, is a practising
lawyer and Director of Sim Law Practice
LLC and has more than 30 years of
legal practice. He was appointed to
the Board on 11 May 2011 and was
last re-elected on 28 April 2014.
Mr Sim is currently an Independent
Director of Lum Chang Holdings Ltd,
Marco Polo Marine Ltd and Mun Siong
Engineering Ltd. He sits on the Board
of Young Men’s Christian Association
(YMCA) of Singapore and the Singapore
Heart Foundation.
He was a Director of Pacific Healthcare
Holdings Ltd from 2005 till 2011, and
that of British and Malayan Trustees
Limited from 1997 till 2013 and
Latitude Tree International Group Ltd
from 2011 till January 2014.
He holds a degree in law from the
then University of Singapore (now
known as the National University
of Singapore).
He was awarded the Pingat Bakti
Masyarakat in 2000 and Bintang
Bakti Masyarakat in 2008.
Lee Suan Yew
Independent Director
Dr Lee Suan Yew, aged 81, is a
medical practitioner with over 50
years’ experience. He was appointed
to the Board on 18 December 1995
and was last re-appointed on 28 April
2014. He is a member of the Audit
and Nominating Committees.
Dr Lee is an independent Director of
K1 Ventures Limited.
He was appointed Justice of the Peace
in 1998. Dr Lee was President of the
Singapore Medical Council for 4 years
(2000 – 2004) and was also Chairman
of the Singapore National Medical
Ethics Committee (2007 and 2008).
For his numerous public services, he
was awarded the Public Service Star
in 1991 and Public Service Star (Bar)
in 2002.
He holds a M.B.B. Chir. degree from
the University of Cambridge and MRCP
and FRCP from the Royal College of
Physicians, Glasgow.
Gn Hiang Meng
Independent Director
Mr Gn Hiang Meng, aged 67, is a
Non-Executive Independent Director.
He was appointed to the Board on 13
August 2014. He is also presently an
advisor to Cairnhill Group Holdings
Pte Ltd and has more than 30 years
of investment banking and hospitality
industry experience.
Mr Gn was a senior banker with the
United Overseas Bank Group for 28
years. He was the Deputy President
of UOL Group prior to his retirement
in 2007.
He is currently a Non-Executive and
Independent Director of Centurion
Corporation Limited, Koh Brothers
Group Limited, Tee International
Limited and SingHaiyi Group Limited.
Hewas aNon-Executive and Independent
Director of United International
Securities Limited from 2011 till 2013.
Mr Gn holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration (Honours) degree from
the National University of Singapore.
WEE EE-chao
Non-Executive Director
Mr Wee Ee-chao, aged 60, is a non-
executive and non-independent director.
He was appointed to the Board on 8
July 2003 and was last re-elected on
25 April 2012.
Mr Wee is the Chairman and Managing
Director of UOB-Kay Hian Holdings
Limited. He is a Director of UOL Group
Limited and Wee Foundation. He also
manages Kheng Leong Company (Private)
Limited which is involved in real estate
development and investments.
He was a Director of Pan Pacific Hotels
Group Limited from 2006 till 2013.
He holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree from The
American University, Washington
DC, USA.
Han Ah Kuan
Executive Director
Mr Han Ah Kuan, aged 66, joined
the Group in 1991 as the General
Manager of Haw Par Healthcare
Limited (“HPH”) and was appointed
as a director of HPH in 1995. He was
appointed to the Board on 28 January
2005 and was last re-elected on 24
April 2013. He is a member of the
Investment Committee.
He holds a Bachelor of Business
Administration (Hons) degree from
the University of Singapore.
Chew Kia Ngee
Independent Director
Dr Chew Kia Ngee, aged 69, is a
Chartered Accountant with about
40 years’ experience in the public
accounting profession. He was appointed
to the Board on 11 May 2011 and was
last re-elected on 28 April 2014. He
was appointed the Chairman of the
Audit Committee in 2013.
He is a board member of the Singapore
Eye Foundation and a member of the
audit committee of Kong Meng San
Phor Kark See Monastery.
He was the Chairman and Independent
Director of AusGroup Ltd from 2006
till November 2014.
He holds a Bachelor of Economics
(Honours) degree from the University
of Malaya, a Master of Commerce
from the University of Melbourne and
a PhD in Business and Management
from the University of South Australia.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia,
CPA Australia and the Institute of
Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Haw Par Corporation Limited
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