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Council Members
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The SBF Council, which manages the affairs of the Federation, will include nominated, elected and co-opted representatives. The Council will have a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 26 members.
The three local ethnic chambers i.e. Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry will have permanent representation in the Council. Up to 1/4 of the total number of the Council Members shall be representatives from foreign chambers of commerce and industry. In addition, up to 6 members could be co-opted by the Council. The rest of the council members would be nominees of local chambers or elected representatives of member companies.
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Tony
Chew Leong Chee
( Chairman )
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- Executive Chairman, Asia Resource Corporation
- Chairman, KFC Vietnam and Macondray & Co Inc
- Independent Director, Keppel Corporation
- Honorable Governor of ERIA
- Chairman of Governing Board, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore
- Adviser, Singapore Institute of Int’l Affairs
- Conferred Public Service Star in 2008
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Abdul Rohim Sarip
( Vice Chairman ) |
- President, Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Lawyer and Managing Partner, A Rohim Noor Lila & Partners
- Member, Small Medium Enterprise Committee under Singapore Business
Federation
- Member, Malaysia Singapore Business Council
- Board Member, Malay Heritage Foundation
- Member, Muslim Law Practice Committee
- Director, Institute of South East Asian Studies
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Gautam Banerjee
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Director, Blackstone Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Board Member, National Heritage Board
- Board Member, Economic Development Board
- Member, Board of Governors of Singapore International Foundation
- Member, Economic Strategies Committee
- Member, Corporate Governance Council, Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Member, Companies Act Reform Steering Committee
- Director, Singapore Arts School Ltd
- Former Nominated Member of Parliament
- Executive Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Singapore
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Shabbir H Hassanbhai
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Director (Finance & Investment), Indo Straits Trading Co (Pte) Ltd & related companies, Singapore
- Director, Gateway Distriparks Ltd and Group of companies, India
- Director, Al Badawi General Trading LLC, United Arab Emirates
- Singapore’s Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Member, Oman-Singapore Joint Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Member, Asean-India Business Council, Ministry of Trade & Industry
- Chairman, Africa-Singapore Business Group and Co-Chairman, Singapore-Oman Business Council, Vice Chairman of Middle East Business Group and Singapore-Saudi Business Council, SBF
- Chairman, School Advisory Committee, Chong Boon Secondary School, Ministry of Education
- Board Member, National Council of Social Services, Singapore
- Secretary and Exco Member, Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA)
- Conferred Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2010
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R.Narayanamohan
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Chairman, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- SBF Member- Finance & Investment Committee
- Senior Partner, Natarajan & Swaminathan, Certified Public Accountant
- Member, National Wages Council
- Board of Trustees, Institute of South East Asian Studies, Member Executive Committee & Fund Raising Committee.
- Member of the People's Association Talents Advisory Council 2009/2011
- Treasurer, Tamil Language Council (MCYS)
- Honorary Treasurer, Singapore Indian Association
- Honorary Treasurer, The Indus Entrepreneurs Singapore Chapter
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Tang Kin Fei
( Vice Chairman ) |
- President & CEO, Sembcorp Industries Ltd
- Deputy Chairman, International Enterprise Singapore
- Director, Sembcorp Marine Ltd
- President, Singapore Water Association
- Member, APEC Business Advisory Council
- Co-chair, Saudi-Singapore Business Council, and Member, Singapore-Tianjin Economic & Trade Council, Abu Dhabi-Singapore Business Forum and Saudi-Singapore Economic City Business Forum. Represents Sembcorp Industries on the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council and Singapore-Zhejiang Economic & Trade Council
- Director, School of Science and Technology, Singapore
- Director and trustee, Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital
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Teo Siong Seng
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Immediate Past President, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Nominated Member of Parliament
- Managing Director, Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd
- Chief Executive Officer & President, PIL’s subsidiary company, Singamas
Container Holdings Ltd, Hong Kong
- President, Singapore Shipping Association
- Chairman, Lloyd’s Register Asia Shipowners
- Chairman, Class NK Singapore
- Chairman, The Standard Steamship Owners’ Protection & Indemnity
Association (Asia) Ltd
- Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Singapore Maritime Institute
- Vice Chairman, Singapore-Zhejiang Economic & Trade Council
- Board Member, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
- Director, Business China
- Independent Non-Executive Director, China COSCO Holdings Co Ltd
- Standing Council Member, China Overseas Exchange Association, Beijing
- Honorary Citizen of Foshan City, Guangdong Province and Yixing City in
Jiangsu Province, People’s Republic of China
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Robert Yap
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Chairman & CEO of YCH Group Pte Ltd
- ASEAN Business Advisory Council, Singapore Chairman
- Founding Chairman of Supply Chain Asia
- Board Member of International Enterprise Singapore & Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
- Board of Advisors of School of Information Systems in SMU, Member of Singapore Customs Advisory Committee & Honorary Advisor of Singapore Computer Society
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Philip Ng
( Honorary Secretary ) |
- Chief Executive Officer, Far East Organization
- Executive Chairman, Orchard Parade Holdings Limited
- Non-Executive Director, Super Coffeemix Manufacturing Limited
- Director, Sino Group (Hong Kong)
- Governing Board of The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
- The Singapore-China Foundation Board of Governors
- Advisory Board for the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC)
- Exco Member, ULI (Urban Land Institute) South Asia District Council
- Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Technology and Design
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Olivia Lum
( Deputy Honorary Secretary ) |
- Group President & CEO of Hyflux Ltd
- President of the Singapore Compact for Corporate Social Responsibility
- Member of the Singapore-Tianjin Economic & Trade Council
- Member of the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council
- Member of the Singapore-Zhejiang Economic and Trade Council
- Advisor to Singapore Institute of International Affairs
- Trustee Member of The Chinese Development Assistance Council
- Patron of The Singapore Productivity Association
- Former Nominated Member of Parliament
- Former APEC Business Advisory Council member
- Former National University of Singapore Board of Trustees Member
- Former National University Health System Board Member
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Bob Tan
( Honorary Treasurer ) |
- Chairman, Jurong Engineering Limited
- Chairman of the Institute of Technical Education
- Directorships in other companies including SMRT Corporation Ltd
- Vice President of Singapore National Employers Federation
- Co-Chairman of Tripartite Alliance for Fair Employment Practices
- Member of National Wages Council
- Board Member of Ong Teng Cheong Labour Leadership Institute
- Member of NTUC Club Management Council
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Chong Siak Ching
( Deputy Honorary Treasurer ) |
- Chief Executive Officer, The National Art Gallery, Singapore
- Deputy Chairman, SPRING Singapore
- Chairman, IE Singapore’s Network India Steering Committee
- Awarded Gold Medal by the Singapore lnstitute of Surveyors and Values in 1981
- Conferred NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2009
- Conferred NUS Distinguished Alumni Award by the Faculty of
Architecture and Building Management in 1999
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Mitsuhiro Akiyama
( Council Member ) |
- President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (JCCI) Singapore
- Council, Singapore National Employers Federation
- Committee, Japanese Association Singapore
- Director & General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
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Chan Chong Beng
( Council Member ) |
- Co-Founder and Chairman, Goodrich Global Pte Ltd
- President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises
- General Committee, Laguna Country Club
- Member, Tripartite Panel on Community Engagement at Workplaces
- Council Member, Singapore Kindness Movement 2009 - 2011
- SAC, Naval Base Secondary School
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Piyush Gupta
( Council Member ) |
- Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group, as well as Director of DBS’ subsidiary companies, The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited and DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited.
- Current Chairman of the Association of Banks in Singapore
- Board Member of the Institute of International Finance, Washington
- Director of The Institute of Banking & Finance
- Governing Council Member of the Human Capital Leadership Institute
- Advisory Board Member of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics
- Managing Council Member of the Indian Businessleaders Roundtable (under SINDA)
- Director of the MasterCard Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa Regional Advisory Board
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George Huang
Chang Yi
( Council Member ) |
- President, Singapore Manufacturers Federation
- Managing Director, Amoy Canning Corporation (S) Ltd
- Member, Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Co-operation
- President, Chartered Management Institute (Singapore Branch)
- Vice Chairman, Business Practices Committee, Consumers Association
of Singapore
- Member, Singapore-Liaoning Economic & Trade Council
- Member, Board of Governors, Institute of Management Consultants, Singapore
- Chairman, Advisory Committee, Singapore Environment Council
- Member, National Tripartite Committee on Workplace Health, MOH
- Chairman, Practicing Management Consultants – Certification Board (PMC-CB)
- Honorary Consul-General, Consulate General of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
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Shanker Iyer
( Council Member ) |
- Chairman, The Iyer Practice, Accountants and Business Consultants
- Chairman, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
- Chairman, International Fiscal Association (Singapore Branch)
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Simon Kahn
( Council Member ) |
- Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
- CMO, Asia Pacific, Google Inc
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Kay Kuok Oon Kwong
( Council Member ) |
- President, Singapore Hotels Association
- Executive Chairman, Shangri-La Hotel Limited, Singapore
- Managing Director, Shangri-La Hotels (M) Bhd
- Director, Kuok (Singapore) Limited
- Director, Allgreen Properties Limited
- Chairman, National Healthcare Group Pte Ltd
- Member, NUS Board of Trustees
- Member, NTU Business Degree Programmes Advisory Board
- Trustee, Wildlife Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund
- Member, Northlight School Board of Governors
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Graham Lee
( Council Member ) |
- Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Fellow, Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Singapore and Member, Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia
- President, Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
- Member, International Relations Committee, Singapore Business Federation
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Lawrence Leow
( Council Member ) |
- Immediate Past President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises
- Executive Chairman of the Crescendas Group
- Chairman, SME Committee (SMEC)
- Vice Chairman, SBF ASEAN Business Group
- Member of Customs Advisory Committee, Singapore Customs
- Patron of Singapore Taekwondo Federation
- Patron of Yew Tee Citizens' Consultative Committee and Constituency Sports Club
- Former Nominated Member of Parliament
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Stefano Poli
( Council Member ) |
- President, European Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)
- CEO, Continental Chemical Corporation Pte Ltd Group of Companies
- Board member, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
- Member, Economist's Intelligence Network AsiaPac
- Member of Aspen Institute
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Alvin Yeo
( Council Member ) |
- Senior Counsel
- Senior Partner, WongPartnership LLP
- Member of Parliament
- Chairman, Government Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Law
- Member, Appeals Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Member, ICC Commission on Arbitration
- Member, Singapore International Arbitration Centre’s Council of Advisors
- Director, United Industrial Corporation Ltd
- Director, Singapore Land Ltd
- Director, Tuas Power Ltd
- Director, Keppel Corporation Ltd
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