Board of Directors

Dr Loo Choon Yong

Dr Loo Choon Yong
Executive Chairman and
Co-Founder
Raffles Medical Group Limited

Dr Loo Choon Yong is the Executive Chairman of Raffles Medical Group Limited, one of Singapore’s leading private integrated healthcare providers. He co-founded the Raffles Medical Group in 1976 and was appointed to his current position in 1997 when the Group was listed in Singapore Stock Exchange.

Dr Loo was appointed by the President of Singapore as the Ambassador to the Italian Republic from March 2006. He was appointed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry as Chairman, Sentosa Development Corporation Ltd and Sentosa Golf Club on 1 March 2007. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Chairman of the Asian Medical Foundation Ltd. Dr Loo is also an independent director of CapitaMalls Asia Limited.

Dr Loo was the Nominated Member of Parliament from January 2005 to May 2006 and again from January 2007 to June 2009. He was the former Deputy Chairman of the Action Committee for Entrepreneurship (ACE), a public-private collaboration to promote entrepreneurship in Singapore. He also served as a member of the Government Economic Review Committee (ERC) from December 2001 to February 2003 and Chairman of the ERC’s Healthcare Services Working Group (HSWG).

In the area of social service, Dr Loo had been active in the fight against drug abuse for more than 20 years. He was the former Chairman of National Council Against Drug Abuse (NCADA) and President of Singapore Anti-Narcotic Association (SANA).

Besides his medical training, Dr Loo also read Law at the University of London and is a barrister of Middle Temple.

Dr Loo was awarded the Singapore National Day Awards Public Service Medal (2003) and Public Service Star (2009) and the Distinguished Service Award (2005) from the Ministry of Home Affairs for his contributions to Singapore’s fight against drug abuse.

Dr Loo was conferred the CEO of the Year award in May 2010 at the Singapore Corporate Awards organised by The Business Times and supported by Singapore Stock Exchange.

Mr Tan Soo Nan
Independent Director

Mr Tan Soo Nan is the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Totalisator Board. Mr Tan is also concurrently the Chief Executive of Singapore Totalisator Board.

He is a trustee of the Singapore Totalisator Board SCO Trust and Sporting Singapore Fund Board of Trustees. He is a member of the Olympic Pathway Program Identification Sub-Committee, Singapore National Olympic Council Executive Committee and Vice-President of the Football Association of Singapore. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Lottery Association (APLA) and a member of the Executive Committee of APLA. Mr Tan also serves on the board of private and public listed companies including Singapore Mercantile Exchange Pte Ltd and OSIM International Ltd.

Mr Tan was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Capital (Private) Limited and Senior Managing Director of DBS Bank and had over 29 years of experience in the banking industry. He joined the Board on 28 July 2000.

A/Prof Wee Beng Geok

Associate Professor
Wee Beng Geok
Independent Director

Dr Wee Beng Geok is Associate Professor of strategy, management and organisation at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She is also the Director of the Asian Business Case Centre at the University. She holds a PhD in Management Systems and Sciences from the University of Hull; a Master in Business Administration from Cranfield Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Singapore.

She has worked both in the corporate sector and academia and held management positions in various companies. She joined the Board on 27 November 2000.

Professor Lim Pin
Independent Director

Professor Lim Pin is Professor of Medicine at National University of Singapore (NUS) and Senior Consultant Endocrinologist at the National University Hospital. He was the former Vice Chancellor of NUS from 1981 to 2000, and is accorded the highest academic title of 'NUS University Professor' in recognition of his work and achievements.

Professor Lim chairs the National Wages Council, Singapore Millennium Foundation, Special Needs Trust Company, Tropical Marine Science Institute Management Board and is Adviser to the Bioethics Advisory Committee. He co-chairs several joint committees with overseas institutes to establish research centres in the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) in Singapore.

He joined the Board on 19 February 2001.

Mr Olivier Lim
Independent Director

Mr Olivier Lim is the Chief Investment Officer of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the SGX-ST). He is concurrently the non-executive Chairman of Australand Holdings Limited (listed on the Australian Securities Exchange), and a non-executive director of CapitaMalls Asia Limited (listed on the SGX-ST and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited), CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaMall Trust listed on the SGX-ST), and CapitaCommercial Trust Management Limited (the manager of CapitaCommercial Trust listed on the SGX-ST). Mr Lim also serves as a board member of Sentosa Development Corporation, and as the non-executive Chairman of its subsidiary, Mount Faber Leisure Group Pte Ltd.

He was CapitaLand’s Group CFO for 6 years until 2011. Prior to joining CapitaLand Limited in 2003, he was Director and Head of the Real Estate Unit, Corporate Banking in Citibank Singapore.

Mr Lim holds a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London. He was named CFO of the Year in 2007 (for firms with market value of S$500 million or more) in The Business Times' Singapore Corporate Awards. He was also named CFO of the Year by The Asset magazine in its 2010 Asian Awards. He was awarded Best Investor Relations by a CFO by IR Magazine for South East Asia for 2009, 2010 and 2011 and Pan-Asia for 2011.

He joined the Board on 1 October 2009.

Mr Koh Poh Tiong
Independent Director

Mr Koh Poh Tiong retired as CEO of Fraser & Neave Limited (Food & Beverage Division) in October 2011 having previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Breweries from 1993 to 2008.

Mr Koh is currently the Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor of Ezra Holdings Limited and he continues to serve as a Director at The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited, PSA International Pte Ltd and PSA Corporation Limited, SATS Ltd, United Engineers Limited and Petra Foods Limited. In addition, Mr Koh was also the Chairman of the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority and Director at Wildlife Reserves Singapore Pte Ltd, Jurong Bird Park Pte Ltd and Media Corporation of Singapore Pte Ltd.

Mr Koh is noted for this strong civic involvement and his long-standing interest in sports and education. He has served on the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee, the Singapore Sports Council and the Football Association of Singapore, as well as on the MBA Advisory Board of the Nanyang Technological University. He is currently Council Chairman for The Singapore Kindness Movement. For his contributions to society and business, Mr Koh was conferred both the Public Service Medal and the Service to Education Medal in 2007. He was also named Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year at the Singapore Business Awards 1998 by DHL and The Business Times.

He joined the Board on 3 Oct 2011.

Mr Kee Teck Koon
Independent Director

Mr Kee Teck Koon is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of CapitaMalls Malaysia REIT Management Sdn. Bhd. (the manager of CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust listed on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad), NTUC First Campus and Lien AID. He also holds directorship positions in CapitaMall Trust Management Ltd, Changi Airports International Pte Ltd, NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd, and Alexandra Health Endowment Fund.

Mr Kee retired as the Chief Investment Officer of CapitaLand Limited (listed on the SGX-ST) on 1 July 2009, a position he assumed since February 2007. Between April 2003 and January 2007, he was responsible for overseeing the CapitaLand Group's Financial, Commercial and Retail businesses. Prior to that, he was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of The Ascott Limited from November 2000 to April 2003. The Ascott Group is today the largest serviced residence company in the world outside of the USA. Mr Kee has also held senior management appointments with several other organisations. He started his career in 1979 with the Singapore Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense where he remained until 1991.

Mr Kee holds a Master of Arts in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

He joined the Board on 3 Jan 2012.