Board of Directors MR RICHARD HALE, OBE MR RON FOO SIANG GUAN MR GOH GEOK LING Deputy Chairman, Non-Executive/ MR WONG WENG SUN MR TANG KIN FEI Non-Executive/ MR TAN PHENG HOCK Chairman, Non-Executive/ Non-Independent Director President & Chief Executive Officer Non-Executive/ Independent Director Non-Executive/ Non-Independent Director Executive/Non-Independent Non-Independent Director Independent Director Director MR AJAIB HARIDASS MR JOSEPH KWOK SIN KIN MR TAN KWI KIN Non-Executive/ MR LIM AH DOO MRS LIM JOKE MUI Non-Executive/ Senior Advisor, Non-Executive/ Independent Director Non-Executive/ Non-Executive/ Independent Director Non-Independent Director Independent Director Non-Independent Director 16 Sembcorp Marine Ltd Annual Report 2009 17 Board of Directors MR GOH GEOK LING MR WONG WENG SUN Shipyard merged with Jurong Shipyard in 1997, Mr Courts, Referee at Small Claims Tribunal and Chairman President & Chief Executive Officer Tan was appointed President of the Jurong Shipyard Mediator at Criminal Relational Disputes, Subordinate Non-Executive/Non-Independent Director Executive/Non-Independent Director group of companies. Courts, a Commissioner for Oaths, Notary Public and a Justice of Peace. Appointed 14 February 2006 Appointed 1 May 2009 Mr Tan is also a director of Jurong Shipyard, Sembawang Shipyard, PPL Shipyard, SMOE, Karimun Graduating from the University of London in 1974 Mr Goh is a non-independent director who heads the Mr Wong is the President and Chief Executive Shiprepair & Engineering, JPL Corporation, JPL with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) degree, Mr Haridass Board’s Executive Committee, Executive Resource & Officer of Sembcorp Marine and the Managing Industries, JPL Concrete Products, Sembcorp Marine was called to the English Bar at the Middle Temple in Compensation Committee and serves as a member Director of Jurong Shipyard. Prior to this, he served Technology and Zhen Hua (Singapore) Engineering. 1975 and admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the in the Nominating Committee. as President and Chief Operating Officer of Sembcorp Supreme Court of Singapore in 1976. Marine. He was an alternate director to Mr Tan Kwi He graduated from Tokyo University, Japan, in 1965 Currently the Chairman of Jurong Shipyard, Kin from 3 May 2006 to April 2009. He sits on the with a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical). Sembawang Shipyard and SMOE, Mr Goh also serves board of a number of its subsidiaries that include as a director of Venture Corporation and Sembcorp Jurong Shipyard, PPL Shipyard and SMOE. MR LIM AH DOO Industries. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Non-Executive/Independent Director Mr Wong first joined Jurong Shipyard in 1988 as MR AJAIB HARIDASS Trustees of Nanyang Technological University. Appointed 7 November 2008 an engineer before rising to become its General Non-Executive/Independent Director Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Manager in charge of project management. Currently, Appointed 31 October 2003 Mr Lim is an independent director and heads the University of Sydney, Australia. His past directorships he is the President of the Association of Singapore Board’s Audit Committee. He brings with him vast Mr Haridass is an independent director. He heads in listed companies and major appointments between Marine Industries. He is also a board member of the experience and wide knowledge as a former senior the Board’s Risk Committee and serves as a 2007 and 2009 were with DBS Bank, DBS Group Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and the banker and corporate executive. He is currently member of the Special Committee and the Holdings and 02Micro International. Singapore Maritime Foundation, the Deputy Chairman director of EDB Investments, GP Industries and SM Executive Committee. of the WSHC (Marine Industries) Committee and a Investments Corporation. member of the WSH Council. He is currently the Managing Partner of Haridass MR RICHARD HALE, OBE During his 18-year distinguished banking career Ho & Partners, a legal firm he set up in 1985. With Deputy Chairman Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering in Morgan Grenfell, he held several key positions more than 33 years of legal experience, Mr Haridass Non-Executive/Non-Independent Director (Marine). He also obtained a Master in Business including chairing Morgan Grenfell (Asia). He specialises in all admiralty matters, both litigious and Administration from Oklahoma City University, United also chaired the Singapore Investment Banking Appointed 22 April 2008, non-litigious, from ship sale and purchase, the financing States. Association in 1994. From 2003 to 2008, he was Vice Deputy Chairman 7 May 2008 aspects of such transactions, marine insurance to Chairman and President of the RGM group, a leading general commercial and banking litigation. Mr Hale is a non-independent director who serves global resource-based group. He was also formerly on the Board’s Audit and Risk Committees. MR TAN KWI KIN Mr Haridass is also an accredited mediator of the the Independent Commissioner of PT Indosat, Senior Advisor Indonesia, a council member of Singapore-Shandong He is a director in the board of Sembcorp Industries Singapore Mediation Centre, a General Committee Non-Executive/Non-Independent Director Business Council and Singapore-Jiangsu Co-operation and heads its Audit and Risk Committees. He member of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Council and the chairman of EDB Management. is also the Chairman of CapitaCommercial Trust Appointed 1 April 1990 Arbitration, an arbitrator of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board, a member of the SIAC Panel of Management and a director of CapitaLand. Previously, Mr Tan became Senior Advisor of Sembcorp Marine Mr Lim holds an honours degree in Engineering from Arbitrators, a member of the Singapore Maritime he was a director and CEO Singapore of The Hongkong after his retirement as Group President and Chief the Queen Mary College, University of London in Arbitrators Association and a panel member and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Executive Officer from 1 May 2009. 1971, and a Master in Business Administration from for Disciplinary Inquiries at the Public Service the Cranfield School of Management in 1976. Mr Hale was educated at Radley College, Abingdon, A veteran in the marine industry in Singapore, Mr Commission. He is a member of the Board of Visiting United Kingdom. His past directorships in listed Tan has 43 years of working experience in Jurong Justices, Board of Inspection (Prisons Department) companies and major appointments between 2007 Shipyard. He started his career with Jurong Shipyard and Board of Visitors (Welfare Homes), Ministry and 2009 were with the Ascott Group, BM Trust in 1966 as a junior engineer in the Design Department of Community Development, Youth & Sports. In Management and Wheelock Properties (Singapore). before rising to become the manager in charge of addition, he is the Vice Chairman of the Home production control in 1975, General Manager in 1981 Detention Advisory Committee, Ministry of Home and Managing Director in 1990. When Sembawang Affairs in Singapore, Magistrate of the Subordinate 18 Sembcorp Marine Ltd Annual Report 2009 19 Board of Directors MR TANG KIN FEI MR RON FOO SIANG GUAN an engineer in ST Marine in 1981. He held various MR JOSEPH KWOK SIN KIN Non-Executive/Non-Independent Director Non-Executive/Independent Director senior appointments in the Group including that of Non-Executive/Independent Director executive vice president of ST Marine, president of Appointed 1 May 2005 Appointed 30 June 2006 Appointed 30 June 2006 ST Kinetics, president and chief operating officer of Mr Tang is a non-independent director and serves as Mr Foo is an independent director who heads the ST Engineering before assuming his current position. Mr Kwok is an independent director who heads the a member on the Board’s Risk, Special and Executive Board’s Special Committee and serves as a member Board’s Nominating Committee and serves as a in the Risk Committee and the Audit Committee. In 2009, Mr Tan was appointed director of ST member in the Executive Resource & Compensation Committees. Engineering Finance I Ltd, chairman and director Committee. He brings with him more than 35 years of extensive He is Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airshow & Events and Chairman of auditing, accounting and financial experience in He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Carlisle of Sembcorp Industries. With over 20 years at Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund Advisory Singapore and overseas. Mr Foo has been a partner Council. He holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Leasing International and Seacastle Inc. and director Sembcorp, he is credited with spearheading the of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore for 22 years Honours) in Marine Engineering from the University on the board of Seacastle Singapore. development of its utilities business into a leading before retiring from active service in December energy, water and centralised utilities provider 2005. Mr Foo is presently a director of the Singapore of Surrey, United Kingdom and a Master of Science His distinguished career in the marine industry also serving an international customer base in Singapore, Deposit Insurance Corporation and NTUC Income in Management from Stanford University, United included several key appointments in the Neptune the United Kingdom, China, Vietnam, the United Arab Insurance Co-Operative, SIA Engineering Company States. Orient Lines (NOL) Group from 1981 to 2003. During Emirates and Oman. and a member of the Competition Appeal Board. this time, Mr Kwok served as group COO, CEO of the chartering and enterprises division, and chairman of His board appointments in the Sembcorp Marine Mr Foo has also been actively involved as a MRS LIM JOKE MUI Neptune Shipmanagement Services. Following that, Group include chairing the board of PPL Shipyard council member in the Institute of Certified Public (nee NGIAM JOKE MUI) he led AET (formerly American Eagle Tankers, Inc.), and directorships at Jurong Shipyard, Sembawang Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) and was awarded Non-Executive/Non-Independent Director a wholly-owned subsidiary of MISC, as president and Shipyard, SMOE and Baker Marine.