New Members appointed to the JTC and SPRING Boards

NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE JTC AND SPRING BOARDS

The Minister for Trade and Industry has appointed two new Board members to JTC Corporation (JTC) and four new Board members to SPRING Singapore. Their appointments are with effect from 1 April 2007:

• JTC

• MG Desmond Kuek – Chief of Defence Force, Ministry of Defence

• Dr Ernest Kan –Partner, Deloitte & Touche, Singapore

SPRING Singapore

• Dr Moh Chong Tau–CEO/ President, Makino Asia Pte Ltd

• Mr Tony L White –Chairman, President & CEO, Applera Corporation

• Mrs Kim Faulkner– CEO, Activiste Pte Ltd

• Mr ZaqyMohamad –Regional Director, Solutions (South-East Asia) Avanade Asia Pte Ltd

The Retiree Board members have stepped down from the JTC Board:

• Mr Chong Lit Cheong–Chief Executive Officer, International Enterprise Singapore and former Chief Executive Officer of JTC

• Mr Goh Hup Jin–Director, Wuthelam Holdings Pte Ltd

• Mr Masahiro Yamasaki –Former Managing Director, Sumitomo Chemical Singapore Pte Ltd

Four Board members have stepped down from the SPRING Board:

• Mdm Nooraini Noordin– MD, Nooris Consultants Pte Ltd and Director, Propnex Pte Ltd

• Mr Raj Mitta – Chairman, Essential value Associates Pte Ltd

• Prof Hellmut Schutte– Dean, Asia Campus, INSEAD

•  Dr Paul Temporal – Group MD, Temporal Brand Consulting Pte Ltd

The Ministry of Trade and Industry, JTC and SPRING welcome the new Board members and also express their appreciation to the outgoing members for their invaluable contributions.

JTC’s Board comprises 11 members and SPRING’s Board comprises 17 members.The current lists for both Boards may be found at Annex.

MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY
30 March 2007

JTC Corporation’s Board Members 

• Chairman

• Mr Soo Kok Leng

• Chairman

• ST Electronics Ltd

• Deputy Chairman

• Mr Cedric Foo

• Group Deputy President

• Neptune Orient Lines Ltd

• Members

• Mrs Ow Foong Pheng

• Chief Executive Officer

• JTC Corporation

• Mrs Cheong Koon Hean

• Chief Executive Officer

• Urban Redevelopment Authority

• Ms Chua Sock Koong

• Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer

• Singapore Telecommunications Ltd

• Mdm Halimah Yacob

• Assistant Secretary General

• National Trades Union Congress

• Mr Jen Kwong Hwa

• Managing Director

• Micron Semiconductor Asia (S) Pte Ltd

• Dr Ernest Kan

• Partner

• Deloitte & Touche, Singapore

• Mr Gary Kee

• Director – Strategy & Corporate Development, Asia Pacific Japan

• Hewlett Packard Singapore

• MG Desmond Kuek

• Chief of Defence Force

• Ministry of Defence

• Mr Tan Gee Paw

• Chairman

• Public Utilities Board

 SPRING Singapore’s Board Members

• Chairman

• Mr Philip Yeo

• Members

• Mr Loh Khum Yean

• Chief Executive

• SPRING Singapore

• Mr Willie Cheng

• Prof Chong Tow Chong

• Executive Director

• Science & Engineering Research Council

• Agency for Science, Technology and Research

• Mrs Kim Faulkner

• CEO, Activiste Pte Ltd

• Mr Gong Wee Lik

• Deputy Managing Director, Cluster Development and Corporate Services

• Economic Development Board

• Mr Lawrence Leow

• Executive Chairman

• Crescendas Group

• Mr Lim Boon Wee

• Deputy Secretary

• Ministry of Transport

• Dr Moh Chong Tau

• CEO/ President

• Makino Asia Pte Ltd

• Mr Ong Ye Kung

• Chief Executive

• Singapore Workforce Development Agency

• Mr Steven Phan

• Partner & Ernst & Young, Singapore

• Mr Tan Kian Chew

• Chief Executive Officer

• NTUC FairPrice

• Chief Executive Officer

• Infiniti Solutions Pte Ltd

• Mr Ted Tan

• Deputy Chief Executive Officer

• International Enterprise Singapore

• Mr Tony L White

• Chairman, President & CEO

• Applera Corporation

• BG Wong Ann Chai

• Chief Armour Officer

• Ministry of Defence

• Mr Yeo Guat Kwang

• Director, Quality Worklife

• National Trades Union Congress

• Mr ZaqyMohamad

• Regional

• Director, Solutions (South-East Asia)

• Avanade Asia Pte Ltd