KEY FEATURES OF OUR BOARD

  • Separation of the role of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Other than the CEO, none of the other Directors is a former or current employee of the Company or its subsidiaries (collectively, the Group)
  • Chairpersons of the Board and all Board committees are Independent Directors
  • Remuneration of Non-Executive Directors (including the Chairman) does not include any variable component
  • To stimulate fresh thinking, external experts are regularly invited to the annual Board strategy offsite and to conduct Directors' training sessions
Board of Directors
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Peter Seah Lim Huat, 69

Peter Seah Lim Huat

Chairman
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Peter Seah Lim Huat

Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours)
National University of Singapore

Date of first appointment as a director - 16 November 2009
Date of appointment as Chairman - 1 May 2010
Date of last re-election as a director - 23 April 2015
Length of service as a director - 6 years 3 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • Level 3 Communications Inc - Director
  • Singapore Airlines Limited - Deputy Chairman
  • StarHub Ltd - Director

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Chairman
  • DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited(1) - Chairman
  • GIC Private Limited - Director
  • Asia Mobile Holdings Pte Ltd - Director
  • STT Communications Ltd - Deputy Chairman
  • Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte Ltd - Deputy Chairman
  • LaSalle College of the Arts Limited - Chairman
  • Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd - Chairman

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:

  • Capital Limited - Deputy Chairman
  • Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd - Chairman
  • STATS ChipPAC Ltd(2) - Director

(1) Total director's fees received for FY2015: HKD 900,000
(2) STATS ChipPAC Ltd was delisted from the official list of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on 19 October 2015

Piyush Gupta, 56

Piyush Gupta

Chief Executive Officer
Executive Director
Piyush Gupta

Post Graduate Diploma in Management
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India

Bachelor of Arts, Economics
University of Delhi, India

Date of first appointment as a director - 9 November 2009
Date of last re-election as a director - 28 April 2014
Length of service as a director - 6 years 3 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies
Nil

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Chief Executive Officer & Director
  • DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited - Vice Chairman
  • The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited - Director
  • Institute of International Finance, Washington - Board Member
  • Dr Goh Keng Swee Scholarship Fund - Director
  • MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa - Regional Advisory Board - Director
  • Info Communications Development Authority of Singapore - Board Member
  • SPRING Singapore - Deputy Chairman
  • Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research - Council Member
  • The Association of Banks in Singapore - Vice Chairman
  • The Institute of Banking & Finance - Council Member
  • Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics - Advisory Board
  • Indian Business-leaders Roundtable under Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) - Member, Managing Council

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Bart Joseph Broadman, 54

Bart Joseph Broadman

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Bart Joseph Broadman

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science and Management
University of California at Davis

MBA in Financial Economics
University of Southern California, Graduate School of Business

Ph.D in Financial Economics
University of Southern California, Graduate School of Business

Date of first appointment as a director - 17 December 2008
Date of last re-election as a director - 28 April 2014
Length of service as a director - 7 years 3 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies
Nil

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • Alphadyne Asset Management Pte Ltd - Director
  • Alphadyne (UK) Holdings Limited - Director
  • Alphadyne Asset Management, LLC - Managing Member
  • Alphadyne Capital, LLC - Managing Member
  • Nanyang Technological University - Member, Investment Committee

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang, 60

Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang

Fellow
Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants

Associate member
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Member
Chartered Institute of Taxation, UK

Associate member
Institute of Financial Services, UK

Fellow
Singapore Institute of Directors

Date of first appointment as a director - 1 December 2008
Date of last re-election as a director - 29 April 2013
Length of service as a director - 7 years 3 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • CapitaLand Limited - Director
  • Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Director
  • SATS Ltd - Director

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • DBS Foundation Ltd - Chairman
  • NorthLight School - Chairman, Board of Governors
  • Singapore Chinese Girls’ School - Chairman
  • Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd - Director
  • Cinnamon College, National University of Singapore - Rector
  • Singapore Institute of International Affairs - Trustee, Endowment Fund
  • Temasek Trust - Member, Board of Trustees

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:

  • Singapore Airlines Limited - Director

Ho Tian Yee, 63

Ho Tian Yee

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Ho Tian Yee

Master of Business Administration
University of Chicago

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Economics (CNAA)
Portsmouth University, UK

Date of first appointment as a director - 29 April 2011
Date of last re-election as a director - 28 April 2014
Length of service as a director - 4 years 10 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • AusNet Services Ltd - Director

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • Pacific Asset Management (S) Pte Ltd - Managing Director
  • Fullerton Fund Management Co. Ltd - Chairman
  • Singapore Power Ltd - Director
  • Mount Alvernia Hospital - Director
  • Blue Edge Advisors Pte. Ltd. - Investment Advisor

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE, 71

Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE

Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Honours)
Bombay University, India

Date of first appointment as a director - 29 April 2011
Date of last re-election as a director - 23 April 2015
Length of service as a director - 4 years 10 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • Akzo Nobel India Limited - Chairman
  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd - Director
  • Olam International Limited - Director
  • SATS Ltd - Director
  • StarHub Ltd - Director

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • DBS Foundation Ltd - Director
  • Caraway Pte. Ltd. - Chairman
  • TVS Motor (Singapore) Pte. Limited - Director
  • PT TVS Motor Company - President Commissioner
  • Bain & Company SE Asia, Inc - Member, Advisory Board for South East Asia/Indonesia
  • The Department for International Development (DFID) - Member, UK Government’s DFID Private Sector Portfolio Advisory Committee for India

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Andre Sekulic, 65

Andrea Sekulic

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Andrea Sekulic

University of Sydney

Date of first appointment as a director - 26 April 2012
Date of last re-election as a director - 23 April 2015
Length of service as a director - 3 years 10 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies
Nil

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • comGateway (S) Pte Ltd - Chairman
  • Optal Limited - Chairman
  • Hussar Pty Ltd - Director
  • Insourcing International Pty Ltd - Director
  • Queenstar Pty Ltd - Director
  • Royal Motor Yacht Club Broken Bay - Director

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Danny Teoh Leong Kay, 60

Danny Teoh Leong Kay

Non-Executive and Independent Director
Danny Teoh Leong Kay

Associate Member
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Diploma in Accounting
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic, England

Date of first appointment as a director - 1 October 2010
Date of last re-election as a director - 29 April 2013
Length of service as a director - 5 years 5 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • Keppel Corporation Limited - Director
  • CapitaLandMall Trust Management Limited(1) (the Manager of CapitaMall Trust(2)) - Chairman

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • DBS Bank (China) Limited(3) - Director
  • DBS Foundation Ltd - Director
  • Ascendas-Signbridge Pte. Ltd. - Director
  • Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd - Director
  • JTC Corporation - Director

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

(1) CapitaLand Mall Trust Management Limited was formerly known as CapitalMall Trust Management Limited
(2) CapitaLand Mall Trust was formerly known as CapitalMall Trust
(3) Total director's fees received for FY2015: CNY 365,000

Woo Foong Pheng (Mrs Ow Foong Pheng), 52

Woo Foong Pheng (Mrs Ow Foong Pheng)

Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director
Woo Foong Pheng

Master of Science in Management
Stanford University, USA

Bachelor of Arts, Politics, Philosophy and Economics
St John’s College, Oxford University

Date of first appointment as a director - 26 April 2012
Date of last re-election as a director - 23 April 2015
Length of service as a director - 3 years 10 months

Present directorships:
Other listed companies

  • Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Management Ltd (the Manager of Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust) - Director

Other principal commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd - Director
  • Ministry of Trade and Industry - Permanent Secretary

Past directorships in listed companies held over the preceding 3 years:
Nil

Board independence

Board independence
Out of nine directors, seven (including the Chairman) are independent directors, one is a non-executive and non-independent director and one is an executive director (CEO).

Gender diversity

Gender diversity
Two of nine directors are female.

Deep banking knowledge and experience

Deep banking knowledge and experience
Two-thirds of the Board are seasoned bankers, while the rest have extensive industry experience ranging from consumer goods to accounting.
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