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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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Teo Siong Seng
( Vice Chairman ) |
- 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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Dato' Mohd Zain Abdullah
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Immediate Past President, Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Vice Chairman, Middle East Business Group, SBF and Member, Malaysia-Singapore Business Council
- Managing Director for Yam Holdings Sdn Bhd and E.A. Marine Services Sdn Bhd and Director for Prestige Energy Pte Ltd, Vanda Tankers (S) Pte Ltd, Avila Tankers (S) Pte Ltd, Aravinda Tanker Sdn Bhd, PM Marine Services Sdn Bhd and J Oasis Logistics Pte Ltd
- Board of Trustee, Rahmatan Lil Alamin Foundation Ltd
- Director, J Oasis Logistics Pte Ltd
- Conferment of Datoship 2004 - Darjah Dato’ PadukaTuanku Ja’afar (D,.P.T.J)
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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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Gautam Banerjee
( Vice Chairman ) |
- Executive Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers Singapore
- Chief Operating Officer for PwC Eastern Cluster (China, Australia, Japan,
Korea and South East Asia)
- 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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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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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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Kay Kuok Oon Kwong
( Deputy Honorary Secretary ) |
- 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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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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Lawrence Leow
(Deputy Honorary Treasurer) |
- President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises
- Executive Chairman of the Crescendas Group
- Member of Central Provident Fund Board
- Member of Customs Advisory Committee, Singapore Customs
- Adviser of People's Association - Youth Movement (PAYM)
- Member of Pro-Enterprise Panel set up by Ministry of Finance
- Former Nominated Member of Parliament
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Chong Siak Ching
( Council Member ) |
- President and CEO, Ascendas Pte Ltd
- Director of Ascendas Pte Ltd & its subsidiaries
- 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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Micheal Collins
( Council Member ) |
- President, European Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
- Founder: Collins Kumarasinghe Associates
- Director: The Prep Zone, Kraken Media
- Founder: Asia Pacific Ireland Business Forum
- Former Executive Director, Irish Chamber of Commerce, Singapore
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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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Shabbir H Hassanbhai
( Council Member ) |
- 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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Desmond Hill
( Council Member ) |
- Immediate Past President, Singapore Contractors Association Ltd and Singapore Squash Rackets Association
- Deputy General Manager, Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd
- Council Member, Singapore Accreditation Council
- Council Member, National Crime Prevention Council
- Council Member, Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (ACCORD)
- Member, Building and Construction Standard Committee SPRING; WSH(Construction & Landscaping) Committee, WSH Council, MOM; and Water Network 3rd Panel, PUB
- Treasurer, ASEAN Constructors Federation (ACF)
- Accredited Adjudicator and Evaluator, Singapore Mediation Centre
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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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Jung Young Soo
( Council Member ) |
- Chairman, Korean Chamber of Commerce (Singapore)
- Global Business Advising Director, CJ Group
- Board Director, Singapore International Chamber of Commerce
- Auditor, Singapore Life Lines
- Advisor, Investment of JeJu Special Self-Governing Province
- Council Member, The Corean Dongpo News
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Edwin Khew
( Council Member ) |
- Former Nominated Member of Parliament
- Director, IUT Singapore Pte Ltd; CEO & Managing Director, IUT Global Pte Ltd
- Chairman, Sustainable Energy Association of S’pore, S’pore Standards Council (Spring)
- Member, National Climate Change Committee (MEWR), ESCO Accreditation Committee (NUS), Enterprise Development Advisory Committee (Spring), German-S’pore Business Forum Steering Committee (Spring), Supervisory Board of Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (NUS)
- Member, ADB’s E4ALL Partnership Steering Committee and Chairman of its Enterprise Development Working Group
- VP, Exco & Council Member of The Institution of Engineers S’pore and Chairman of Manufacturing Group
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Seiji Kino
( Council Member ) |
- President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Singapore
- Managing Director, Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Ltd
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Olivia Lum
( Council Member ) |
- 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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Steven Royce Okun
( Council Member ) |
- Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
- Vice President, Public Affairs for UPS Asia Pacific
- Served in the Administration of President Bill Clinton at the Department of Transportation as Deputy General Counsel and Aviation Advisor to the Secretary
- Co-Chair of the 21st Century Leaders program of the Boao Forum for Asia
- Awarded Honored Beta Gamma Sigma Inductee by the City University of
New York, Baruch College
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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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