Chumpol NaLamlieng (Chairman)
Mr Chumpol NaLamlieng, 61, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 13 June 2002 and Chairman on 29 August 2003. Mr NaLamlieng was last re-elected as a Director on 28 July 2006.

Mr NaLamlieng is Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Advisory Committee of The Siam Cement Public Co. Ltd ("Siam Cement").  He was President of Siam Cement for 12 years before stepping down in December 2005.  His career with Siam Cement spans more than 30 years.

Mr NaLamlieng is also a non-executive Director of British Airways Plc. and the Siam Commercial Bank Public Co. Ltd.

Mr NaLamlieng was conferred the Royal Decoration, Knight Grand Commander (Second Class, Higher Grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, Thailand in May 2002 and the Officier de l'Ordre National du Mérite, France in July 2004.  He holds a Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering) from the University of Washington, USA, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, USA.


Chua Sock Koong (SingTel Group CEO)
Ms Chua, 50, is an executive and non-independent Director of SingTel.  She was appointed a Director on 12 October 2006 and Group CEO on 1 April 2007.  She was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Ms Chua joined SingTel in June 1989 as Treasurer.  In April 1999, she was appointed Chief Financial Officer, a position she held till February 2006 when she assumed the positions of Group CFO and CEO (International).   She was appointed Deputy Group CEO on 12 October 2006.

Ms Chua sits on the boards of Bharti Airtel Limited, Bharti Telecom Limited, JTC Corporation, and key subsidiaries of the SingTel Group.  She is also member of the Singapore Management University Board of Trustees and the Casino Regulatory Authority.

Ms Chua holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) from the University of Singapore.  She is a Certified Public Accountant with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and a CFA charterholder.


Deepak S Parekh
Mr Parekh, 63, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel. He was appointed a Director on 31 May 2004 and was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Mr Parekh is Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (HDFC) in India.  He joined HDFC in 1978 and was its Managing Director from 1985 until he assumed his present office in 1993.

Mr Parekh is the non-executive Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd (formerly known as Glaxo India Ltd), HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd., HDFC Chubb General Insurance Company Ltd, HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Ltd, Siemens Ltd. and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd.  He sits on the boards of Castrol BP India, Hindustan Lever, Indian Hotels Company and Mahindra & Mahindra.

Mr Parekh is a former Director of ICI India Ltd, National Housing Bank, National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd.  He has been a member of various committees set up by the government of India to examine policy issues, the most recent being the three-member Investment Commission Committee.

Mr Parekh has received several awards, including the Padma Bhushan from the Government of India in 2006, the Businessman of the Year 1996 from Business India and the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award from the All India Management Association.  He was also the first recipient of the Qimpro Platinum Award for Quality for his contributions to the services sector and the youngest recipient of the prestigious Corporate Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Economic Times.  On 24 January 2008, Mr Parekh was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by FinanceAsia for his contribution towards the banking/financial sector in Asia.

Mr Parekh holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai.  He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Dominic Chiu Fai Ho
Mr Ho, 57, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 28 November 2007.

Mr Ho is the founder and a partner of HOPU Investment Management Co., Ltd. and a Director of Hang Lung Properties Limited.

Mr Ho joined KPMG US in Houston in 1975 and became a partner in 1985.  He was transferred to Beijing, China to set up KPMG’s practice in 1984 and resided in China until 1989 when he was assigned to Hong Kong.  Mr Ho became the China firm’s Senior Partner based in Beijing in 2000 and was elected Chairman of KPMG in China and Hong Kong SAR in April 2003.  He retired in April 2007.

Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of  Business Administration and a Master of  Science in Accountancy from the University of Houston.  He is a member of the American Institute of Accountants and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accounts.


Graham John Bradley
Mr Bradley, 59, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 24 March 2004 and was last re-elected on 28 July 2006.

Mr Bradley is a professional company director and is also involved in various philanthropic pursuits. He practised law for six years in Australia and USA before joining McKinsey & Company in 1978.  He was a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company from 1984 to 1991, National Managing Partner of Blake Dawson Waldron from 1991 to 1995, and CEO of Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited from 1995 to 2003.

Mr Bradley is Chairman of HSBC Bank Australia Limited, Stockland Corporation Limited, Film Finance Corporation Australia Limited, Boart Longyear Limited, Po Valley Energy Limited and Proteome Systems Limited, and a Director of MBF Australia Limited.  He is also Chairman of the Garvan Research Foundation and a Director of Brandenburg Ensemble Limited.  He is the former Chairman of Sydney Community Foundation and a former Director of Queensland Investment Corporation.

Mr Bradley holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from The University of Sydney and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, USA.


Heng Swee Keat
Mr Heng, 47, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 4 July 2003 and was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Mr Heng is the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He is the Chairman of the Institute of Banking and Finance.

Mr Heng has served in various government departments.  He joined the Singapore Administrative Service in 1997 and was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Senior Minister from 1997 to 2000.  He was appointed Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 2000 and Chief Executive Officer of the Trade Development Board in 2001. He was Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade and Industry from November 2001 to April 2005.

Mr Heng was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) at the Singapore National Day Awards 2001.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Cambridge, UK and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University, USA.


John Powell Morschel

Mr Morschel, 65, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 14 September 2001 and was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Mr Morschel is a non-executive Director of ANZ Banking Group Limited and Tenix Pty. Ltd.  Prior to his present appointment, he was an Executive Director and then Managing Director and Chief Executive of Lend Lease Corporation Limited.

Mr Morschel was Chairman of Rinker Group Limited, CSR Limited and Leighton Holdings Limited.  He is also a former Director of Westpac Banking Corporation, Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited.

Mr Morschel holds a Diploma in Quantity Surveying from The University of New South Wales.  He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.


Kaikhushru Nargolwala
Mr Nargolwala, 58, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed on a Director on 29 September 2006 and was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Mr Nargolwala is a member of the Executive Boards of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse. He joined Credit Suisse in January 2008 and is Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, Asia Pacific.

Mr Nargolwala  was  a Group Executive Director  of Standard Chartered PLC before he stepped down on 5 September 2007. Prior to that, he was the Group Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Wholesale Banking Group for Bank of America, headquartered in Hong Kong.  Mr Nargolwala was a non-executive Director of Tate & Lyle PLC from December 2004 to December 2007. He was also a non-executive Director of the Asia Pacific Region Board of Visa International until October 2007.


Mr Nargolwala holds a Bachelor degree in Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Delhi, India.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.


Nicky Tan Ng Kuang

Mr Tan, 49, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 12 March 2002 and was last re-elected on 29 July 2005.

Mr Tan currently manages nTan Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd, a boutique firm specialising in corporate finance and corporate restructuring.  He is also a Director of Fraser & Neave Limited and a member of its Audit Committee.

Mr Tan was a Partner and Head of Global Corporate Finance at Arthur Andersen, Singapore and ASEAN region from 1999 to 2001.  Prior to that, he was a Partner and Head of Financial Advisory Services at Price Waterhouse, Singapore and Chairman of Financial Advisory Services at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Asia Pacific region. 
 

Mr Tan is a Chartered Accountant and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. 


Professor Tommy Koh
Professor Koh, 70, is a non-executive and independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 4 July 2003 and was last re-elected on 29 July 2005.

Professor Koh is one of Singapore’s senior diplomats.  He is an Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the Institute of Policy Studies and the National Heritage Board, and a Director of The Esplanade Co. Ltd.  He is on secondment from the National University of Singapore.

Over the course of his career, Professor Koh has served as Dean, Faculty of Law at the National University of Singapore, Singapore’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Singapore’s Ambassador to USA. He was the founding Chairman of the National Arts Council and the founding Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation.

He was also Singapore’s Chief Negotiator for the USA-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.  Professor Koh has served as the United Nations’ Special Envoy to Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  He was also Singapore’s Agent in a dispute between Singapore and Malaysia over Singapore’s land reclamation in the Straits of Johor, which was settled amicably.

In recognition of his contributions, Professor Koh has received awards from the governments of Singapore, Chile, France, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain and USA.  He has also received academic awards from universities around the world.

Professor Koh holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Singapore, Master of Laws from Harvard University, USA, a post-graduate Diploma in Criminology from the University of Cambridge, UK, and Honorary Degrees of Doctor of Laws from Yale University, USA and Monash University, Australia.


Simon Israel
Mr Israel, 55, is a non-executive and non-independent Director of SingTel.  He was appointed a Director on 4 July 2003 and was last re-elected on 27 July 2007.

Mr Israel is Chairman of the Singapore Tourism Board, and an Executive Director of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.  He is also a Director of Asia Financial Holdings Pte Ltd., Neptune Orient Lines Limited and Fraser and Neave Limited.

Mr Israel was Chairman, Asia Pacific of Danone Asia, and a member of the Executive Committee of Group Danone before stepping down in June 2006.  He held various positions in Sara Lee Corporation in the Asia Pacific region, including Country Manager/Zone Manager for Indonesia, the Philippines, the South Pacific and Thailand, from 1974 to 1991, before becoming President (Household & Personal Care), Asia Pacific, from 1992 to 1996.

Mr Israel is a former Director of Britannia Industries Ltd, Danone Asia Pte Ltd, Danone Food & Beverages India Pvt Ltd, Frucor Beverages Group Limited, Griffins Foods Pte Ltd, Hangzhou Wahaha Food Co Ltd., PT Tirta Investama, Wuhan Dongda Brewery Co. Ltd., Wuhan Euro Dongxibu Brewery Co. Ltd., Wuhan Xingyingge Brewery Co. Ltd., Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd and Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd.

Mr Israel holds a Diploma in Business Studies from The University of the South Pacific.