Mrs Carrie Cheong was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company on 1 July 2009. She is the Chairperson of both the Nominating and Remuneration Committees and a member of the Audit Committee.
Mrs Cheong is a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Carrie Cheong & Ethel Low Consulting Pte Ltd, a company which provides business advisory services, financial management and corporate services. She has extensive experience relating to corporate planning and financial exercises including corporate restructuring, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. Mrs Cheong is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. She holds a Master Degree of Business Administration from the University of Brunel, United Kingdom and a Bachelor Degree of Laws (Honours) from the University of London, United Kingdom. She is also a Practising Chartered Secretary and an Associate of Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore, and an Associate of the Chartered Governance Institute, United Kingdom (formerly known as the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators). Mrs Cheong also serves as an Independent Director and Chairperson of the Audit Committee on the board of another public-listed company in Singapore.