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Chairman Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd Annex A – CVs of Prize Council and Nominating Committee Prize Council Mr S DHANABALAN (Chairperson) Chairman Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd S Dhanabalan started his career in the Singapore Civil Service in 1960 and later served in the Economic Development Board, the government investment promotion agency from 1961-1968. He was part of a pioneer group that established the Development Bank of Singapore where he served from 1968–1978. He entered politics in 1976 and while a Member of Parliament, he held a number of cabinet positions – Minister for Foreign Affairs (1980-88), Minister for Culture (1981-84), Minister for Community Development (1984-86), Minister for National Development (1987-92) and Minister for Trade and Industry (1992-93). Mr Dhanabalan was Chairman of Singapore Airlines (1996-98), Chairman, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (1999-2005) and Director, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Ltd (1981- 2005). He is currently Chairman, Temasek Holdings (Private) Ltd; Member, Council of Presidential Advisers and Member, Presidential Council for Minority Rights. Dr Pierre LACONTE President International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) Pierre Laconte is a Belgian urbanist, born in Brussels, Belgium. He specialises in urban transport and architectural planning and environmental issues. He has a Doctorate in Laws and a Doctorate in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain and Dr honoris causa, Napier University, Edinburgh. Laconte was one of the three planners in charge of the Groupe Urbanisme Architecture. The Group was responsible for the master plan and the architectural co-ordination of Louvain-la-Neuve, a pedestrian new university town developed by the University from 1968, on agricultural land around a new railway station, 25 km South of Brussels. The project was awarded the UIA Abercrombie Award in 1982. Laconte also serves as Vice President of the Scientific Committee, European Environment Agency (EEA, Copenhagen), an EU Agency for environmental research and information since 2003. He is the Vice President of International Council on Ecopolis Development (Beijing) since 2007. He is Honorary Secretary General of the International Union of Public Transport (UITP), a think-tank on urban mobility and inter-modality and Member of the German Akademie der Künste, Berlin. He was a Delegate of Belgium at the UN Habitat I and II Conference and the Kyoto Climate Conference. Laconte received the UN Habitat Scroll of Honour Award in 1999. His published works includes Human and Energy Factors in Planning: A Systems Approach; Water Resources and Land Use Planning: A Systems Approach; Train, Station and City; Airport, Train and City; and Brussels: Perspectives for a European Capital, which won the 2008 Society of Human Ecology Award for Best Publication 2008. Professor Fumihiko MAKI Principle Maki and Associates Fumihiko Maki was the 1993 Pritzker Prize Laureate. Maki, who was born in Tokyo in 1928, studied at the University of Tokyo where he received his Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1952. In 1956, he was the assistant professor of architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also received his first design commission—for the Steinberg Hall (an art center) on that campus. Following his four years there, he joined the Faculty at Harvard’s GSD from 1962 to 1965, and has been a frequent guest lecturer at numerous other schools. In 1965, he returned to Japan to establish his own firm, Maki and Associates in Tokyo. In the 28 years since, his staff has grown to approximately 35 people, with an equal number having passed through to begin their own practices. Some of Maki’s best known works are the Hillside Terrace Apartments in Tokyo; the Fujisawa Municipal Gymnasium in Kanagawa; the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto; the Spiral and Tepia buildings in Tokyo; the Nippon Convention Center in Makuhari Messe, Chiba; Kaze-no-Oka Crematorium in Nakatsu; the Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco; and the Isar Büro Park in Munich, new campus of the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore; new UN consolidation project and Tower 4 at the WTC site in New York. Maki is also a Winner of 4 th UIA Gold Medal, 3 rd Prince of Wales Prize in Urban Design, the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture and the Wolf Foundation Prize, Praemium Imperiale and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the German Institute of Architects and the French Academy of Architecture. Mr J.Y. PILLAY Chairman Singapore Exchange Limited Mr Pillay has served as Chairman of the Singapore Exchange Limited since 1999. Mr Pillay also serves as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers and is a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights of the Republic of Singapore. He is also a Life Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association and a Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Academy. Mr Pillay was in the Administrative service of the Government of Singapore from 1961- 1995, during which he held various portfolios, including Permanent Secretary for Ministry of National Development. He also served in the Ministries of Finance, Defence, Monetary Authority of Singapore and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. Mr Pillay served as Chairman on the Boards of Singapore Airlines Limited (1972–1996), Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (1974–1986), Development Bank of Singapore Ltd (1979–1984), and Singapore Technologies Holdings Private Limited (1991–1994). He was also the Chairman of the Council on Corporate Disclosure and Governance from 2002 till its dissolution in 2007. Mr Pillay graduated with a BSc (Honours) degree from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1956. Dr John SO Former Lord Mayor Melbourne, Australia Lord Mayor John So is one of Melbourne’s longest serving councillors, and twice elected Lord Mayor. Campaigning for social equity has been a constant theme in John So’s public career, subsequently leading to community representation on a broad range of business, social, planning and environment issues. During Lord Mayor So’s tenure Melbourne has enjoyed a major transformation marked by rejuvenation of inner urban landscapes, strong tourism and retail sectors, cultural diversity and leadership in urban sustainability. Lord Mayor So has been accredited with the successful staging of the 2006 Commonwealth Games and his assiduous efforts to promote the city abroad, leading him to be personally identified with the ‘That’s Me!bourne’ initiative to promote the city. His focus on international business, culture and trade has resulted in the development of strong partnerships with world economic centres. In 2006, Lord Mayor So’s promotion of Melbourne nationally and internationally led to him being named World Mayor by the international World Mayor Project. Most recently, Lord Mayor So has been a key figure in Australasian capital city and local government responses to climate change. An invited participant in global summits, he has represented Melbourne in South Africa, New York and Kyoto. As a mayor of Asian heritage in the strongly diverse city, Lord Mayor So champions links with other Asian cities, emphasising sister city relations with Osaka, Japan and Tianjin, China and working within the Business Partner City Network of 12 global cities. Melbourne is Australia’s second largest city and describes itself as the nation’s cultural capital, though its prominence as a financial centre is undisputable. Mr Achim STEINER UNEP Executive Director United Nations Under-Secretary General Mr Archim Steiner was elected the Executive Director of UNEP on 16 March 2006. Before joining UNEP, Achim served as Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) from 2001 to 2006. IUCN is widely regarded as one of the most influential and highly respected organisations in the field of conservation, environment and natural resources management. He held responsibility for the management and oversight of 1,000 staff located in 42 countries. His professional career has included assignments with governmental, non- governmental and international organizations in different parts of the world. In Washington, where he was Senior Policy Advisor of IUCN's Global Policy Unit, he led the development of new partnerships between the environment community, the World Bank and the United Nations system. In Southeast Asia he worked as Chief Technical Advisor on a programme for the sustainable management of Mekong River watersheds and community-based natural resources management. In 1998 he was appointed Secretary-General of the World Commission on Dams, based in South Africa, where he managed a global programme of work to bring together the public sector, civil society and the private sector in a global policy process on dams and development. Achim obtained a BA from the University of Oxford and an MA from the University of London with specialization in development economics, regional planning, and international development and environment policy. He also studied at the German Development Institute in Berlin as well as the Harvard Business School. He serves on a number of international advisory boards, including the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). Nominating Committee Professor Kishore MAHBUBANI (Chairperson) Dean Lee Kuan Yew, School of Public Policy National University of Singapore Prof Kishore Mahbubani was awarded the President’s Scholarship in 1967. From Dalhousie University, Canada, he received a Masters degree in Philosophy in 1976 and an honorary doctorate in 1995. He has been conferred The Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government in 1998. The Foreign Policy Association Medal was awarded to him in New York in June 2004. Prof Mahbubani was with the Singapore Foreign Service from 1971 to 2004 with postings in Cambodia, Malaysia, Washington DC and New York. He was Singapore’s Ambassador to the UN and was the President of the UN Security Council from 2001 - 2002. He was Permanent Secretary at the Foreign Ministry from 1993 to 1998.
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