Lee Suan Hiang

Mr Lee was appointed Independent Director of the Company on 16 April 2010. A Colombo Plan Scholar in Industrial Design (Engineering), he had a varied career in public service as Deputy Managing Director of the Economic Development Board and Chief Executive of SPRING Singapore, National Productivity Board, Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research and National Arts Council. He was also the Chairman of PSB Corporation, Deputy Chairman of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies and Council Member of the International Standards Organisation. He is the current President of the EDB Society and a Fellow of the UK Chartered Management Institute, Chartered Institute of Marketing, and World Academy for Productivity Science. Mr Lee was awarded the Public Administration (Gold) Medal in 1998, World SME Association Award in 2001, Japan External Trade Organisation Award in 2002 and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres from France in 2010.