Gn Hiang Meng

Mr. Gn Hiang Meng (鄞憲民) (“Mr. Gn”), aged 72, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director on 17 May 2007 and as Lead Independent Director on 1 March 2014. Mr. Gn is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee. He was last re-elected a Director of the Company on 27 April 2020 and will be seeking re-election at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on 27 April 2021, at which the continued appointment of Mr. Gn, as an Independent Non-Executive Director, will be subject to separate resolutions to be approved by shareholders in the manner described in Rule 210(5)(d)(iii) of the Listing Manual of the SGX-ST (which will take effect from 1 January 2022).

Mr. Gn was with the United Overseas Bank Group for 28 years. Prior to his resignation in 2001, he was the Senior Executive Vice-President in charge of investment banking and stock broking businesses. He was the Deputy President of UOL Group from 2001 to 2007.

Mr. Gn has served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Haw Par Corporation Limited (stock code: H02.SI), a company principally engaged in manufacturing, marketing and trading healthcare products, Koh Brothers Group Limited (stock code: K75.SI), a company principally engaged in construction, property development and specialist engineering solutions provider, and SingHaiyi Group Limited (stock code: 5H0.SI), a company principally engaged in investing, developing and managing real estate properties, since 13 August 2014, 16 August 2007 and 1 December 2013 respectively. The shares of these companies are listed on the Mainboard of SGX-ST.

Mr. Gn was an Independent Non-Executive Director of TEE International Limited (stock code: M1Z.SI), a company listed on the Mainboard of SGX-ST and principally engaged in engineering works with business interests in real estate and infrastructure, from 1 June 2013 to 21 January 2021.

Mr. Gn obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore (currently known as the National University of Singapore).