DBS Group Holdings Ltd | Annual Report 2012
Annual
Report 2012

Board of Directors

Peter Seah Lim Huat, 66
Chairman
Non-Executive and Independent Director

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:
    25 April 2012
  • Length of service as a director:
    3 years 3 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Compensation and Management Development Committee (Chairman) - Appointed on 26 April 2012
Executive Committee (Chairman)
Nominating Committee (Chairman)
Audit Committee (Member)
Board Risk Management Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd …… Chairman
  • CapitaLand Limited …… Deputy Chairman
  • StarHub Ltd …… Director
  • STATS ChipPAC Ltd …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Chairman
  • DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited …… Chairman
  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited …… Director
  • LaSalle College of the Arts Limited …… Chairman
  • Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd …… Chairman

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

  • Sembcorp Industries Ltd …… Chairman
  • Bank of China Limited …… Director

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Piyush Gupta, 53
Chief Executive Officer
Executive and Non-Independent Director

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:
    25 April 2012
  • Length of service as a director:
    3 years 3 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Executive Committee (Member)

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
  • The Association of Banks in Singapore …… Chairman
  • Human Capital Leadership Institute …… Board Member
  • 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
  • Singapore Business Federation …… Council Member
  • The Institute of Banking & Finance …… Council Member
  • Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics …… Member, Advisory Board
  • Indian Businessleaders Roundtable under Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) …… Member, Managing Council

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

  • Nil

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Bart Joseph Broadman, 51
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural 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 2011
  • Length of service as a director:
    4 years 3 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Board Risk Management Committee (Member)
Compensation and Management Development Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Nil

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • Alphadyne Asset Management Pte Ltd …… Director
  • Alphadyne (UK) Holdings Limited …… Director
  • Monetary Authority of Singapore …… Member, Financial Research Council
  • Nanyang Technological University …… Member, Investment Committee

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

  • Nil

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Christopher Cheng Wai Chee, 64
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

Bachelor of Business Administration
University of Notre Dame

Master of Business Administration
Columbia University

Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa
The University of Hong Kong

  • Date of first appointment as a director:
    1 June 2007
  • Date of last re-election as a director:
    28 April 2011(1)
  • Length of service as a director:
    5 years 9 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Audit Committee (Member)
Compensation and Management Development Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Wing Tai Properties Limited …… Chairman
  • Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd …… Director
  • New World China Land Ltd …… Director
  • NWS Holdings Ltd …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • DBS Bank (China) Limited …… Director
  • Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s Exchange Fund Advisory Committee …… Chairman, Governance Committee
  • Temasek Foundation CLG Ltd …… Director
  • Columbia Business School …… Member, Board of Overseers
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University …… Member, International Advisory Board
  • University of Hong Kong …… Council Member
  • Board of Investment’s International Advisory Board of Mauritius …… Member
  • Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission of HKSAR …… Member
  • Yale University …… Member, President's Council on International Activities
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club …… Steward

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

  • Winsor Properties Holdings Limited …… Chairman

(1) Due to retire at the Fourteenth Annual General Meeting to be held on 29 April 2013 and, although eligible, shall not be seeking re-election.

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Euleen Goh Yiu Kiang, 57
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

Member of the following institutions:
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Chartered Institute of Taxation, UK

Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore

ifs School of Finance, UK

  • Date of first appointment as a director:
    1 December 2008
  • Date of last re-election as a director:
    28 April 2011
  • Length of service as a director:
    4 years 3 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Board Risk Management Committee (Chairman)
Compensation and Management Development Committee (Member)
Executive Committee (Member)
Nominating Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • CapitaLand Limited …… Director
  • Singapore Airlines Limited …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • Singapore International Foundation …… Chairperson, Board of Governors
  • NUS Business School …… Member, Management Advisory Board

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

  • Aviva PLC …… Director
  • Singapore Exchange Limited …… Director

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Ho Tian Yee, 60
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

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:
    25 April 2012
  • Length of service as a director:
    1 year 10 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Board Risk Management Committee (Member)
Nominating Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • SP AusNet(1) …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • Pacific Asset Management (S) Pte Ltd …… Managing Director
  • Fullerton Fund Management Co. Ltd …… Director
  • Hexa-Team Planners Pte Ltd …… Director
  • Singapore Power Ltd …… Director

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

  • Fraser and Neave Limited …… Director
  • Singapore Exchange Limited …… Director

(1) SP AusNet, a stapled security, comprises SP Australia Networks (Distribution) Ltd, SP Australia Networks (RE) Ltd and SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd.

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Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE, 68
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

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:
    25 April 2012
  • Length of service as a director:
    1 year 10 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Audit Committee (Member)
Board Risk Management Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Akzo Nobel India Limited …… Chairman
  • GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd …… Director
  • SATS Ltd …… Director
  • StarHub Ltd …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • TVS Motor Company (Europe) BV …… Director
  • Wildlife Reserves Singapore Pte Ltd …… Director
  • PT TVS Motor Company …… President Commissioner

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

  • Agro Tech Foods Ltd …… Director
  • Titan Industries Ltd …… Director

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Woo Foong Pheng (Mrs Ow Foong Pheng), 49
Non-Executive
and Non-Independent Director

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:
    Not applicable
  • Length of service as a director:
    10 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Audit Committee (Member) - Appointed on 1 May 2012
Nominating Committee (Member) - Appointed on
1 June 2012

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Nil

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust Management Ltd …… Director
  • Ministry of Trade and Industry …… Permanent Secretary

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

  • Nil

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Andre Sekulic, 62
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

University of Sydney

  • Date of first appointment as a director:
    26 April 2012
  • Date of last re-election as a director:
    Not applicable
  • Length of service as a director:
    10 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Audit Committee (Member) - Appointed on 1 May 2012
Compensation and Management Development Committee (Member) - Appointed on 1 May 2012

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Nil

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • comGateway (S) Pte Ltd …… Chairman
  • Hussar Pty Ltd …… Director
  • Insourcing International Pty Ltd …… Director
  • ourGroup Inc …… Director
  • Queenstar Pte Ltd …… Director
  • Queenstar Pty Ltd …… Director

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

  • Nil

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Danny Teoh Leong Kay, 57
Non-Executive
and Independent Director

Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales Associate Member

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic, England
Diploma in Accounting

  • Date of first appointment as a director:
    1 October 2010
  • Date of last re-election as a director:
    28 April 2011
  • Length of service as a director:
    2 years 5 months

Board committee(s) served on:

Audit Committee (Chairman)
Board Risk Management Committee (Member)
Nominating Committee (Member)

Present Directorships:
Other Listed Companies

  • Keppel Corporation Limited …… Director

Other Principal Commitments

  • DBS Bank Ltd …… Director
  • CapitaMall Trust Management Limited (the Manager of CapitaMall Trust) …… Director
  • Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte Ltd …… Director
  • JTC Corporation …… Director
  • Singapore Olympic Foundation …… Director
  • Pro-Tem Singapore Accountancy Council …… Council Member

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

  • Nil

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