ST FINANCIAL 10.7 2/7/03 7:24 PM Page 83 INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS PROFILE OF DIRECTORS Ang Kong Hua Chairman Mr Ang Kong Hua, 59, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in May 2001 and subsequently as Chairman in August 2001. Mr Ang was last re-elected as a Director in 2001. He is also the chairman of the Nominations, Executive and Compensation Committees. Mr Ang is currently the President of NatSteel Ltd (“NatSteel”), a listed Singapore-based manufacturing company. Mr Ang is also the Chairman of the Board of Intraco Limited and a Director of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited, Neptune Orient Lines Limited and K1 Ventures Limited. Prior to joining NatSteel in 1975, Mr Ang worked at the Economic Development Board from 1966 to 1968 and at DBS Bank Ltd from 1968 to 1974. Mr Ang obtained his Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Hull, UK, in 1966. Lee Hsien Yang President and Chief Executive Officer Mr Lee Hsien Yang, 45, is an executive, non-independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in May 1995 and is a member of the Optus Advisory Committee. Prior to joining SingTel, Mr Lee served in a variety of command and staff appointments in the Singapore Armed Forces between 1975 to 1994. He was the Director of Joint Operations and Planning Directorate of the Singapore Armed Forces from 1991 to 1994. Presently, Mr Lee is the Chairman of the Singapore Science Centre Board and Republic Polytechnic. He is also a board member of Singapore Post Limited, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority and INSEAD. Mr Lee was a President’s scholar and obtained first class honours in engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK, in 1979, and a Master of Science (Management) degree from Stanford University, USA, in 1989. Paul Chan Kwai Wah Mr Paul Chan Kwai Wah, 49, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in November 1999 and was last re-elected in 2002. Mr Chan is a member of the Nominations and Executive Committees. He is currently the Managing Director, Asia Pacific and Senior Vice President, Enterprise Systems Group of Hewlett-Packard Far East Pte Ltd. Mr Chan also sits on the Board of Compaq Computer Asia/ Pacific Pte Ltd, Hewlett-Packard (China) Investment Ltd and Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Private) Limited. Prior to this, Mr Chan was Vice President and Managing Director of Compaq Computer Asia Pte Ltd (“Compaq Computer”). Before joining Compaq Computer in 1995, Mr Chan spent 17 years with Hewlett-Packard. He was appointed Managing Director for Hewlett-Packard Sales Malaysia from 1986 to 1989, Managing Director for Hewlett-Packard Singapore (Sales) Pte Ltd from 1989 to 1993 and Director and General Manager from 1993 to 1995. Mr Chan is a member of the Marketing Institute of Singapore and the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K.) and Senior Member of the Singapore Computer Society. Mr Chan obtained his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Singapore in 1975 and a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK in 1977 and attended the Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii in 1986. Heng Swee Keat Mr Heng Swee Keat, 42, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in July 2003. Mr H eng is currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Trade & Industry. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Development Board from January to October 2001 and Deputy Secretary (Trade) of the Ministry of Trade & Industry from February 2000 to October 2001. Mr Heng joined the Administrative Service and served as Principal Private Secretary to the Senior Minister from 1997 to 2000. Prior to that, he served as the Director of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education from October 1995 to July 1997. Mr Heng also served in the Singapore Police Force where he rose to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police. Mr Heng is also a Board member of the Institute of South East Asian Studies and the East Asian Institute. Mr Heng obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1983 and Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, USA in 1993. He was awarded the National Day Award – Public Administration (Gold) and conferred the Long Service Award for 20 years’ service in 2001. 83 SingTel Annual Report 2002/2003 We do not accept responsibility for any error, TIMES DIGITAL TEL: 8699898 defect or inaccuracy which is not noted on the proof. Therefore customers are advised to thoroughly check and examine the proof FAX: 8699851 prior to authorising the digital files for printing. ST FINANCIAL 10.7 2/7/03 7:24 PM Page 84 Simon Israel Mr Simon Israel, 50, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in July 2003. Mr Israel is currently the Chairman, Asia-Pacific of Danone Asia and a member of the Executive Committee of Group Danone. Danone Asia primarily operates in China, India and Indonesia and, in addition, has significant businesses in Japan and Australasia. Mr Israel was President (Household & Personal Care), Asia-Pacific of Sara Lee Corporation from 1992 to 1996. From 1974 to 1991, Mr Israel held various positions in Sara Lee Corporation in the Asia- Pacific region, including Country Manager/Zone Manager for the South Pacific, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia. Mr Israel is also a Director of Britannia Industrial Ltd, Hangzhou Wahaha Food Co. Ltd, Robust (Guangdong) Food & Beverage Co. Ltd, Griffins Foods Pte Ltd, Frucor Beverages Group Limited, PT Tirta Investama and Danone Asia Pte Ltd. Mr Israel obtained his Diploma in Business Studies from the University of the South Pacific in 1974. Tommy Koh Professor Tommy Koh, 65, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in July 2003. Professor Koh is one of Singapore’s senior diplomats. He is currently an Ambassador-at-Large, Director of the Institute of Policy Studies and Chairman of the National Heritage Board. He is also Chairman of the Chinese Heritage Centre and a Director of The Esplanade Co. Ltd. Over the course of his career, he has served as Dean of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore’s Ambassador to the United Sta tes, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, founding Chairman of the National Arts Council, Chairman of the Empress Place Museum and the founding Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation. More recently, he was also Singapore’s Chief Negotiator in the United States – Singapore Free Trade Agreement negotiations. Professor Koh obtained his LLB from the National University of Singapore in 1961, LLM from Harvard University, USA in 1964, Diploma in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1965, LLD (Honoris Causa) from Yale University, USA in 1984 and LLD (Honoris Causa) from Monash Universtity in 2002. He has received awards from the Governments of Singapore, Netherlands, Chile, Finland, Luxembourg, France and the United States of America. He has also received academic awards from Columbia University, Georgetown University, Stanford University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Curtin University. Lieutenant-General Lim Chuan Poh Lieutenant-General Lim Chuan Poh, 41, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in April 1997 and was last re-elected in 2001. Lieutenant-General Lim is a member of the Executive and Compensation Committees. He was Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force from April 2000 until March 2003, when he stepped down after 23 years in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Lieutenant- General Lim has been appointed Second Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education from 1 July 2003. He is also a Director of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Lieutenant-General Lim was a SAF scholar and obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1983, Master of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1988 and Master of Business Administration from Cornell University, USA in 1993. He attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School, USA in 2003. Lieutenant-General Lim was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Military) in 1999 and was conferred the SAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 2001. John Powell Morschel Mr John Powell Morschel, 59, is a non-executive, independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed as a Director in September 2001 and was last re-elected in 2002. Mr Morschel is a member of the Compensation and Optus Advisory Committees. He is currently the Chairman of Leighton Holdings Limited and Rinker Group Limited, and a non-executive Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, which are listed on the London and Australian Stock Exchanges respectively, Tenix Pty. Ltd. and Gifford Communications Pty. Ltd. From 1983 to 1995, Mr Morschel was an Executive Director and then Managing Director and Chief Executive of Lend Lease Corporation Limited. He was Executive Director, Australian Retail Banking, Westpac Banking Corporation from 1995 to 1997 and Chairman of CSR Limited from 2000 to 2003. Mr Morschel is a Trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and Patron of the Property Industry Foundation. Mr Morschel obtained a Diploma in Quantity Surveying in 1965 from the University of New South Wales and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. SingTel Annual Report 2002/2003 84 We do not accept responsibility for any error, TIMES DIGITAL TEL: 8699898 defect or inaccuracy which is not noted on the proof.