Chew Gek Khim

Ms. Chew Gek Khim was appointed to the Board of the Company as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 18 March 2016. She assumed the role as Chairman of the Company on 11 May 2016. She was appointed as a member of the Nominating & Remuneration Committee and Audit & Risk Management Committee of the Company on 20 May 2016 and 30 May 2018 respectively.

Ms. Chew is a lawyer by training. She has been Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited since 24 April 2008, first as Non-Executive and Non-Independent Chairman and then as Executive Chairman since 1 November 2009.

She is also Executive Chairman of Tecity Group, which she joined in 1987. She is a Non-Executive Chairman of ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited and sits on the Boards of ARA Asset Management Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Singapore Exchange Limited.

Ms. Chew is Deputy Executive Chairman of Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore. She is a Member of the Honour (Singapore) Ltd, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Board of Governors and National University of Singapore Board of Trustees. She was the Chairman of the National Environment Agency Board of Singapore from 2008 to 2015.

Ms. Chew was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Merite in 2010, the Singapore Businessman of the Year 2014 in 2015 and the Meritorious Service Medal at the National Day Award in 2016.

Ms. Chew does not hold any other directorship in other public companies and listed issuers in Malaysia.