Property - Guthrie GTS Ltd

Board of Directors
PUTRA MASAGUNG
Non-Executive Chairman
Date of first appointment: 10 December 1987
Date of last re-election: 27 April 2010
BEN YEO CHEE SEONG
Group Managing Director
Date of first appointment: 10 December 1987
Date of last re-election: 27 April 2010
HARRY ONG KIM SENG
Deputy Group Managing Director
Date of first appointment: 6 March 1996
Date of last re-election: 28 April 2009
ONG KIN BEE
Executive Director (Engineering Division)
Date of first appointment: 30 November 1993
Date of last re-election: 28 April 2008
Mr Putra Masagung has been with the Company since 1987. He was initially appointed as a
Non-Executive Chairman. In 1994, he assumed executive functions and became the Executive
Chairman. In 2008, Mr Masagung relinquished his executive functions within the Group. He remains as a
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board and is also a member of the Nomination Committee.
Mr Masagung is a graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Business from the
University of San Francisco.
Mr Ben Yeo has been a Director of the Company since 1987 and was appointed Group Managing Director
in 1994. He is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Mr Yeo has over 35 years of working experience
across various fields such as audit, finance, management and in particular, the real estate industry.
He also serves as a member of the Board of Management of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and
is the Chairman of its Finance Committee.
Mr Harry Ong has been an Executive Director of the Company since 1996 and was appointed Deputy
Group Managing Director in 2004. He deputises for the Group Managing Director and in particular,
oversees the Leisure Division as well as finance, administration and investments at the Group level.
Prior to joining the Group, Mr Ong worked in investment banking and corporate finance and advisory,
with a focus on Asia. He has held directorship and senior management positions in the Singapore offices
of various international investment banks prior to joining the Group. He is a graduate with a Bachelor
of Business Administration degree from the then University of Singapore.
Mr Ong has a professional career spanning almost 40 years; starting his career as an engineer with
the then Singapore Telephone Board. He has been with the Guthrie Group since 1973. Through the
years, he has risen through the ranks and has been in charge of the Group’s Engineering Division since
1988. He was appointed Executive Director of the Company in 1993. He graduated with a Bachelor of
Engineering (Honours) from the then University of Singapore and is a professional engineer.
MICHAEL LEONG CHOON FAI
Executive Director (Property Division)
Date of first appointment: 3 February 2000
Date of last re-election: 27 April 2010
GIAM CHIN TOON
Independent Director
Date of first appointment: 2 December 1991
Date of last re-election: 28 April 2009
Mr Michael Leong has been an Executive Director of the Company since 2000 and has led the Group’s
Property Division since 1996. He has more than 30 years experience in the real estate sector focusing
on the shopping centre industry. Prior to joining the Group, Mr Leong was involved in the marketing
and management of several well-established shopping malls in Singapore such as Parkway Parade
and Marina Square. He is a property graduate from the University of Newcastle (Australia) and is also
an active council member of The Association of Shopping Centres, Singapore.
Mr Giam was appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company in 1991. He has been Chairman of the
Audit Committee since 1992 and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He is
an advocate and solicitor and a Senior Counsel. He is a senior partner of the law firm Wee Swee Teow
& Co. He currently serves as a non-executive director of several public and private companies. Mr Giam
is Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Peru and Non-Resident High Commissioner to Ghana.
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