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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steven Terrell Clontz Paul Ma Kah Woh Stephen Geoffrey Miller Nihal Vijaya Devadas Non-Executive Chairman Independent Director Non-Executive Director Kaviratne CBE Member: S N Member: A R Member: R S E Lead Independent Director Member: N A S Michelle Lee Guthrie Nayantara Bali Ng Shin Ein Lionel Yeo Hung Tong Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director Member: E S Member: S R Member: A S Member: N E Teo Ek Tor Lim Ming Seong Nasser Marafih Naoki Wakai Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director Member: A S 54 STARHUB LTD STRATEGY BUSINESS REVIEW BUSINESS An Effective and Diverse Board Our Board provides strategic leadership and guidance for sustainable growth and long-term success. GOVERNANCE SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY Key to Committee Membership 75% Financial Expertise M&A/Business Development/ A Audit Committee 75% Entrepreneurship S Strategy Committee Skills R Risk Committee 25% Cybersecurity N Nominating and Governance Committee 58% Digital Economy E Executive Resource and Compensation Committee Business Enterprise 58% Relationship Committee Chairman FINANCIALS 50% Independent Directors Independence 50% Non-independent Directors Annual Report 2020 55 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Steven Terrell Clontz Paul Ma Kah Woh Stephen Geoffrey Miller Non-Executive Chairman Independent Director Non-Executive Director Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: 8 December 1999 and Chairman on 23 September 2015 1 January 2017 15 July 2015 Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: 30 April 2019 22 May 2020 22 May 2020 Chairman, Audit Committee Chairman, Risk Committee Chairman, Strategy Committee Member, Risk Committee Member, Strategy Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Member, Executive Resource and Committee Compensation Committee Paul is the non-executive Chairman of Mapletree North Asia Commercial Terry is Senior Executive Vice-President, Trust Management Ltd and a Director Stephen is the President & Group International, at Singapore Technologies of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd. He Chief Executive Officer of ST Telemedia Pte Ltd (ST Telemedia). He is is a member of the Advisory Board Telemedia and is also a member of the Chairman of Cloud9 Technologies, of The Asian Civilisations Museum. ST Telemedia’s Board of Directors. LLC and a Director of STT GDC Pte. Ltd., Paul was a senior partner of KPMG Armor Defense Inc., Commerce Parent, He also serves on the Board of Singapore, where he was in charge of Inc, Commerce Topco, LLC and Lumen TeleChoice International Limited. Technologies, Inc. (formerly known as the Audit & Risk Advisory Practice and Stephen joined ST Telemedia in 2005 CenturyLink, Inc.). He served as the CEO Risk Management function until his and held various senior positions of StarHub for 11 years before retiring on retirement in September 2003. Paul is including Chief Financial Officer 1 January 2010. Terry is a well-regarded a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered and President & Chief Operating veteran in the telecommunications Accountants in England and Wales, and Officer. He played a crucial role in and media industry with over 47 years a Member of the Institute of Singapore enhancing ST Telemedia’s business of extensive experience. He brings Chartered Accountants. competitiveness and asset portfolio with him invaluable knowledge of while simultaneously maintaining the telecoms and media industry and prudent financial management. Prior extensive management expertise. to joining ST Telemedia, Stephen was During his 11 years at the helm of Financial Advisor to the company on StarHub, Terry led StarHub in a number the combination of its data centre of major milestones including the business with Equinix and Pihana transformation of StarHub from being Pacific, creating one of the world’s Singapore’s third mobile player in 2000 largest carrier-neutral data centre to a fully-integrated “quad-play” service network. Stephen has more than provider; merging StarHub with the then 25 years of global investment, Singapore Cable Vision in 2002; bringing financial management, strategic StarHub public in 2004 on the Main planning and Communications, Board of the Singapore Exchange; and advancing StarHub’s market position Media and Technology (CMT) industry to become Singapore’s second largest experience. He spent over 14 years mobile operator in 2005. Terry began his of his career in investment banking career in the USA. From 1996 to 1998, with Credit Suisse, primarily heading he served as the President and CEO of its telecommunications and media IPC Information Systems Inc., based group throughout Asia and the Pacific. in New York. Prior to that, Terry held Stephen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in senior executive positions at BellSouth Commerce, with First Class Honours International, Inc. He was the President in Economics and Finance, from of BellSouth International (Asia-Pacific), the University of New South Wales, Inc. between 1991 and 1994. Terry holds a Australia. Bachelor of Science (Physics Major) from the University of North Carolina, USA. 56 STARHUB LTD STRATEGY Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE Michelle Lee Guthrie Nayantara Bali Lead Independent Director Independent Director Independent Director Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: 16 August 2004 25 August 2017 6 August 2018 Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: BUSINESS REVIEW BUSINESS 19 April 2018 19 April 2018 30 April 2019 Chairman, Nominating and Governance Chairman, Executive Resource and Member, Strategy Committee Committee Compensation Committee Member, Risk Committee Member, Audit Committee Member, Strategy Committee Member, Strategy Committee Nayantara is a Director of ANV Michelle is non-executive Chairman of Consulting Pte Ltd, a boutique Nihal serves on the boards of Olam Mighty Kingdom Limited, an unlisted management consultancy based in International Limited in Singapore and public company registered in Australia. Singapore. She is a business leader GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals She is also a Director of Catapult Group with over 28 years of Asia-Pacific Limited in India. He is the Chairman International Limited, an Australian CEO and leadership experience at the of Caraway Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of company listed on the Australian international marketing powerhouse, GOVERNANCE Olam International Limited. He is also Securities Exchange and Hoppr Ltd, an Procter & Gamble (P&G). At P&G, a Senior Advisor of Bain & Company for unlisted public company in Australia. Nayantara held various senior level SEA and the Chairman of the Advisory She has extensive experience and management positions, including Panel for Indonesia, SATS Ltd. He expertise in media management, content Vice-President of the Asia-Pacific was appointed a member of the Global development, and a detailed knowledge Beauty Care, Global Skin Care Corporate Resilience Advisory Council of both traditional broadcasting and and Gillette Asia business units. of McKinsey & Company, Inc. effective the new digital media landscape. Over Nayantara has vast experience in January 2018. Nihal held various senior the last 26 years, Michelle has worked the FMCG sector including how level management positions in the for a range of broadcasting and media to build winning customer centric Unilever group across Asia, Europe and organisations in Australia, Europe plans in a fast changing and digitally Latin America over forty years. Nihal and Asia, including the Australian disrupted environment. She served was cited in the Queen’s 2004 New Broadcasting Corporation, BSkyB, Star on the Boards of P&G Gillette India SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY Year Honours List in the UK and was TV and Google. She is well placed to from 2011 to 2013 and P&G Health awarded the CBE (Commander of the guide StarHub’s strategic development, & Hygiene India from 2003 to 2005. Order of British Empire) for services to with her extensive knowledge of the Nayantara was a member of P&G’s UK business interests in Indonesia. He Asian media market, digital technology Global Business Leadership Council was chosen by Business Week in 2002 and digital disruption. Michelle holds a and The Global Diversity & Inclusion for the Stars of Asia Award as one of the Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) from Council. Nayantara holds a Bachelor “25 leaders at the forefront of change”. Sydney University. of Arts in Economics from Stella Maris Nihal holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) College, University of Madras, and a with a major in Economics from Bombay Post Graduate Diploma in Business University, India and has attended Management from the Indian Institute various management development of Management - (IIM) Ahmedabad. programmes in India, Australia, the UK and the USA, including the Advanced FINANCIALS Executive Programme conducted by Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, USA. Annual Report 2020 57 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ng Shin Ein Lionel Yeo Hung Tong Teo Ek Tor Independent Director Independent Director Non-Executive Director Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: Date of Appointment: 17 September 2018 10 January 2019 16 August 2004 Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: Last Re-elected: 30 April 2019 30 April 2019 22 May 2020 Member, Audit Committee Member, Nominating and Governance Member, Strategy Committee Committee Ek Tor is Chairman of PrimePartners Member, Executive Resource and Group Pte Ltd, PrimePartners