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Board of Directors
Mr Edmund Cheng
Chairman

Mr Edmund Cheng is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd (MIPL). He is also the Chairman of its Executive Resource and Compensation Committee, and Investment Committee.

Mr Cheng is concurrently the Deputy Chairman of Wing Tai Holdings Limited, as well as the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum.

Mr Cheng has been actively engaged in the service of public and private sectors. He has chaired companies and statutory boards covering airport cargo, gateway passenger services and food solutions, civil aviation, arts and design, as well as national tourism. He was also a director of Singapore Airlines Limited and Urban Redevelopment Authority, and a past President of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of Singapore (REDAS).

Mr Cheng was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, Public Service Star (Bar) and Public Service Star (BBM). He also received the Outstanding Contribution to Tourism Award from the Singapore Government and the REDAS Lifetime Achievement Award by REDAS. He was conferred “Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” by the Government of the Republic of France.

 

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Mr Lee Chong Kwee
Director

Mr Lee is a member of the MIPL Board. He is also the Chairman of its Transaction Review Committee as well as a member of the Executive Resource and Compensation Committee.

He is the Non-Executive Chairman of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd (as manager of Mapletree Logistics Trust). Mr Lee was previously Non-Executive Chairman of Jurong Port Pte Ltd and also served on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Advisory Boards of the National University of Singapore Business School and The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific.

Mr Lee was formerly the Asia Pacific Chief Executive Officer of Exel (Singapore) Pte Ltd and a Corporate Advisor to Temasek Holdings. He is a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

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Mr David Christopher Ryan
Director

Mr Ryan is a member of the MIPL Board and its Investment Committee. Mr Ryan also serves as a member of the board of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University. Mr Ryan is also a Non-Executive Director of Affiliated Managers Group.

Mr Ryan was the President of Goldman Sachs Asia (ex Japan) from 2010 to 2013, where he served on the firm’s Management Committee. Mr Ryan joined Goldman Sachs in 1992, and spent nine years in Asia before returning to the United States (US) in late 2013.

In addition to his role on the MIPL Board, Mr Ryan remains a Senior Director of Goldman Sachs & Co and serves as a Corporate Advisor to Temasek Holdings.



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Mr Lim Hng Kiang
Director

Mr Lim is a member of the MIPL Board and its Investment Committee.

He is currently the Special Advisor to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He is also a Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and GIC.

Mr Lim was Minister for Trade and Industry from 2004 until 2015, when the Ministry was carved into two portfolios. He was then appointed Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) until he stepped down in May 2018. In his current appointment, Mr Lim provides advice on the Ministry’s economic strategies to grow Singapore’s capabilities and International economic space. He has held Cabinet posts in National Development, Health, Foreign Affairs, Finance and the Prime Minister’s Office.

Before entering politics in 1991, he was Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of National Development. Mr Lim graduated from Cambridge University with First Class Honours (Distinction) in Engineering. He later earned a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.

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Mr Samuel N. Tsien
Director

Mr Tsien is a member of the MIPL Board and its Investment Committee. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of MPACT Management Ltd.

He is concurrently a Non-Executive Independent Director and Audit Committee Member of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, and a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director and Risk Management Committee Member of Singapore Exchange Limited. 

Mr Tsien was the former Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC) from 2012 to 2021 and served as the Adviser to the Board of OCBC upon his retirement until 2022. He was also a Non-Executive Director of OCBC Wing Hang Bank Limited in Hong Kong SAR until 31 July 2023. 

Prior to these appointments, he served as the Senior Executive Vice President and Global Head, Global Corporate Bank of OCBC when he joined OCBC in July 2007. Before joining OCBC, Mr Tsien was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of America (Asia) from 1995 to 2006, and the President and Chief Executive Officer of China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Ltd in 2007.

He had concurrently served as Executive Vice President and Asia Commercial and Consumer Banking Group Executive of Bank of America from 1996 to 2006. Mr Tsien had held other senior management positions in corporate banking, retail banking and risk management at Bank of America in Hong Kong SAR and San Francisco, USA.

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Ms Elaine Teo
Director

Ms Teo is a member of the MIPL Board and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee and Transaction Review Committee.

She is currently a Non-Executive and Independent Director of Olam International Limited, and Monde Nissin Corporation, as well as a Director of ICHX Tech Pte Ltd. Ms Teo’s investment experience was built at the Capital Group companies where she focused on Asian banks and global emerging markets, both as an analyst and an investment manager.

She was formerly the Chairman of Capital International Research Inc. and Managing Director of Capital International Inc., Asia. Ms Teo was previously a Senior Advisor and Partner at the Holdingham Group Ltd and a member on the International Advisory Panel of CIMB Group Holdings Berhad (a company listed on Bursa Malaysia).

Ms Teo is the Chairman of The TENG Ensemble Ltd, an arts company focused on the development of a Singaporean musical identity. She was formerly a Non-Executive and Independent Director of G.K. Goh Holdings Limited, a Director of Caregivers Alliance Ltd, a non-profit organisation focused on training and support of caregivers to persons with mental illness in Singapore, as well as a member of the International Development Group of the Jesuit Refugee Service.

Ms Teo holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University.

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Mr Cheah Kim Teck
Director

Mr Cheah is a member of the MIPL Board and the Chairman of its Audit and Risk Committee. He is also the Non-Executive Chairman of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd. Mr Cheah was formerly an Independent Director and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd.

Mr Cheah is currently Director, Business Development of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited (JC&C), and is responsible for overseeing JC&C’s investment in Truong Hai Auto Corporation and developing new lines of business in the region.

He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer for JC&C’s motor operations (excluding those held by PT Astra International Tbk) until he stepped down from his position in December 2013. He also served on JC&C’s Board from 2005 to 2014. Prior to joining JC&C, Mr Cheah held several senior marketing positions in multinational companies, namely, McDonald’s Restaurants, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Coca-Cola. Mr Cheah was formerly a Director of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited.

Mr Cheah holds a Master of Marketing degree from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom.

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Mr Ng Keng Hooi
Director

Mr Ng is a member of the MIPL Board and a member of its Audit and Risk Committee and Transaction Review Committee.

Mr Ng has a wealth of insurance industry experience that spans more than 40 years. Most recently, Mr Ng served as senior advisor to AIA Group Limited (AIA Group) and was Group Chief Executive and President of AIA Group from 2017 to 2020. From 2010 to 2017, Mr Ng served as Regional Chief Executive at AIA Group, and was responsible for the group’s business operations in China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and Brunei, as well as Group Agency Distribution.

Mr Ng joined AIA Group from Great Eastern Holdings, Singapore where he was Group Chief Executive between December 2008 and October 2010. Prior to his tenure at Great Eastern Holdings, Mr Ng was with Prudential plc for almost 20 years, including as a member of Prudential Corporation Asia’s board and Regional Managing Director of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. This followed his successful tenure as Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Malaysia.

Mr Ng has been a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (U.S.) since 1985. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Lafayette College (Pennsylvania, the US) in 1979.

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Ms Cheo Hock Kuan
Director

Ms Cheo is a member of the MIPL Board and a member of its Executive Resource and Compensation Committee. She is also a Director on the Board of Temasek Trust, Temasek Trust Asset Management and ABC Impact Fund.

Ms Cheo was previously CEO of Temasek Trust from 1 April 2017 till 31 December 2022, overseeing the management of philanthropic gifts and endowments from Temasek and other donors to enable sustainable funding for positive social and sustainability outcomes. Prior to Temasek Trust, Ms Cheo was with Temasek Holdings from 2002 until 2017 and had played varied roles in Temasek’s senior management team, including as Senior Managing Director and Head, Sustainability & Stewardship Group, Head, Organisation & Leadership, and co-Head, China.

Before her career at Temasek, Ms Cheo was a senior executive of Singapore Technologies, where she was responsible for the executive resource management of the Singapore Technologies group of companies.

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Mr Hiew Yoon Khong
Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer

Mr Hiew is a member of the MIPL Board and its Group Chief Executive Officer. He was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd, Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd, Mapletree Commercial Trust Management Ltd and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust Management Ltd.

Mr Hiew joined Mapletree in 2003 as Group Chief Executive Officer. He has since led the Group from a Singapore-centric real estate company worth S$2.3 billion to a global company with total assets under management of S$77.4 billion.

His past directorships include serving as a member on the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore and Board member of Sentosa Development Corporation.

Mr Hiew holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Warwick, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Portsmouth.

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Audit and Risk Committee
Mr Cheah Kim Teck
Chairman
Ms Elaine Teo
Member

Mr Ng Keng Hooi
Member
 
 
Executive Resource and Compensation Committee
Mr Edmund Cheng Wai Wing
Chairman
Mr Lee Chong Kwee
Member
  Ms Cheo Hock Kuan
Member
  Ms Chan Wai Ching
Co-opted Member


Investment Committee
Mr Edmund Cheng Wai Wing
Chairman
Mr David Christopher Ryan
Member

Mr Lim Hng Kiang
Member
  Mr Samuel Tsien
Member 
  Mr Hiew Yoon Khong
Group CEO and ex-officio member
  Ms Wendy Koh Mui Ai
Group CFO and ex-officio member

 
Transaction Review Committee
Mr Lee Chong Kwee
Chairman
Ms Elaine Teo
Member
  Mr Ng Keng Hooi
Member