Board of Directors - SingTel

Board of DirectorsCHUMPOL NALAMLIENGNon-executive and independent DirectorChairman, SingTel BoardChairman, Executive Resource andCompensation CommitteeMember, Corporate Governanceand Nominations CommitteeDate of Appointment: Director on 13 Jun 2002and Chairman on 29 Aug 2003Last Re-elected: 25 Jul 2008Mr NaLamlieng, 64, is a member of theBoard of Directors of The Siam CementPublic Co., Ltd. (Siam Cement). He wasPresident of Siam Cement for 13 yearsbefore stepping down in December 2005.His career with Siam Cement spans morethan 30 years.Mr NaLamlieng is also a non-executiveDirector of Siam Commercial Bank PublicCo., Ltd and Siam Sindhorn CompanyLimited. He was a non-executive Directorof British Airways Plc from November2005 to July 2009.Mr NaLamlieng was conferred the RoyalDecoration, Knight Grand Commander(Second Class, Higher Grade) of the MostIllustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao,Thailand in May 2002 and the Officier del’Ordre National du Mérite, France in July2004. He holds a Bachelor of Science(Mechanical Engineering) from theUniversity of Washington, US and an MBAfrom Harvard Business School, US.GRAHAM JOHN BRADLEY am (1)Non-executive and independent DirectorMember, Executive Resource andCompensation CommitteeMember, Optus Advisory CommitteeDate of Appointment: 24 Mar 2004Last Re-elected: 25 Jul 2008Mr Bradley, 62, is a professional companydirector and is also involved in variousphilanthropic pursuits. He practised lawfor six years in Australia and US beforejoining McKinsey & Company in 1978.He was a Senior Partner of McKinsey &Company from 1984 to 1991, NationalManaging Partner of Blake Dawson from1991 to 1995, and CEO of Perpetual Limitedfrom 1995 to 2003.Mr Bradley is Chairman of HSBC BankAustralia Limited, Stockland CorporationLimited and Po Valley Energy Limited. He isalso a Director of Brandenburg EnsembleLimited and a Director and President ofthe Business Council of Australia. He isthe former Chairman of Boart LongyearLimited, Film Finance Corporation AustraliaLimited, Garvan Research Foundationand Sydney Community Foundation, and aformer Director of MBF Australia Limitedand Queensland Investment Corporation.Mr Bradley holds a Bachelor of Arts anda Bachelor of Laws from The Universityof Sydney and a Master of Laws fromHarvard Law School, US.CHUA SOCK KOONGExecutive and non-independent DirectorMember, Optus Advisory CommitteeDate of Appointment: Director on12 Oct 2006 and Group Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) on 1 Apr 2007Last Re-elected: 24 Jul 2009Ms Chua, 53, appointed Group CEO on1 April 2007, oversees SingTel’s three keybusinesses - Australia, Singapore andInternational. She joined SingTel in June1989 as Treasurer and was made ChiefFinancial Officer (CFO) in April 1999. Sheheld the positions of Group CFO and CEO(International) from February 2006 until12 October 2006, when she was appointedDeputy Group CEO.Ms Chua sits on the Boards of BhartiAirtel Limited, Bharti Telecom Limitedand key subsidiaries of the SingTel Group.She is also a member of the SingaporeManagement University Board of Trustees,the Public Service Commission and theCorporate Governance Council of theMonetary Authority of Singapore. She is aformer Board member of JTC Corporationand the Casino Regulatory Authority.She holds a Bachelor of Accountancy(First Class Honours) from the Universityof Singapore. She is a Certified PublicAccountant in Singapore and a CFAcharterholder.Note:(1)Member of the Order of Australia14 SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

FANG AI LIANNon-executive and independent DirectorChairman, Audit CommitteeMember, Executive Resource andCompensation CommitteeDate of Appointment: 7 Aug 2008Last Re-elected: 24 Jul 2009Mrs Fang, 61, has been the Chairmanof Great Eastern Holdings Ltd since April2008, as well as Chairman of its insurancesubsidiaries. Prior to that, she was withErnst & Young for over 30 years, where shewas appointed Managing Partner in 1996and Chairman in 2005.Mrs Fang is a Director of Banyan TreeHoldings Limited, MediaCorp Pte Ltd,Metro Holdings Limited and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited andone of its subsidiaries. She is also theChairman of the Charity Council and theTax Academy of Singapore. She is a formerBoard member of the Public Utilities Boardand International Enterprise Singapore.Mrs Fang qualified as a CharteredAccountant in London in 1973 and isa Fellow of the Institute of CharteredAccountants in England and Wales.dominic chiu fai hoNon-executive and independent DirectorMember, Audit CommitteeMember, Corporate Governanceand Nominations CommitteeDate of Appointment: 28 Nov 2007Last Re-elected: 25 Jul 2008Mr Ho, 60, is a Director of Hang LungProperties Limited and the Hong KongMercantile Exchange. He was the founderand a partner of HOPU InvestmentManagement Co., Ltd.Mr Ho joined KPMG US in Houston in 1975and became a partner in 1985. He wastransferred to Beijing, China to set upKPMG’s practice in 1984 and resided inChina until 1989 when he was assignedto Hong Kong. Mr Ho became the Chinafirm’s Senior Partner based in Beijing in2000 and was elected Chairman of KPMGin China and Hong Kong SAR in April 2003.He retired in April 2007.Mr Ho holds a Bachelor of BusinessAdministration and a Master of Sciencein Accountancy from the University ofHouston, US. He is a member of theAmerican Institute of Accountants anda member of the Hong Kong Institute ofCertified Public Accountants.SIMON ISRAELNon-executive and non-independent DirectorChairman, Optus Advisory CommitteeMember, Executive Resourceand Compensation CommitteeMember, Finance, Investmentand Risk CommitteeDate of Appointment: 4 Jul 2003Last Re-elected: 30 Jul 2010Mr Israel, 58, is an Executive Directorand President of Temasek Holdings(Private) Limited (Temasek) and a Directorof CapitaLand Limited. He is also theChairman of Asia Pacific BreweriesLimited and Asia Pacific BreweriesFoundation. He will retire from Temasekwith effect from 1 July 2011.Mr Israel was Chairman of Asia Pacificof Danone, Asia, and a member of theExecutive Committee of Group Danonebefore stepping down in June 2006. He heldvarious positions in Sara Lee Corporationin the Asia Pacific region, including CountryManager/Zone Manager for Indonesia, thePhilippines, the South Pacific and Thailandfrom 1974 to 1991, before becomingPresident (Household & Personal Care),Asia Pacific from 1992 to 1996.Mr Israel is the former Chairman of theSingapore Tourism Board and a formerDirector of Fraser and Neave Limited andNeptune Orient Lines Limited.Mr Israel was conferred the Knight inthe Legion of Honour by the Frenchgovernment in 2007. He holds a Diplomain Business Studies from The Universityof the South Pacific.ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 15

Board of DirectorsLOW CHECK KIANNon-executive and independent DirectorMember, Corporate Governanceand Nominations CommitteeMember, Finance, Investmentand Risk CommitteeDate of Appointment: 9 May 2011Mr Low, 52, is one of the foundingpartners of NewSmith Capital PartnersLLP, an independent partnershipproviding corporate finance advice andinvestment management services, withits headquarters based in London. Priorto founding NewSmith, Mr Low wasa Senior Vice-President and Member ofthe Executive Management Committeeof Merrill Lynch & Co., as well as itsChairman for the Asia Pacific Region.Mr Low has served as an independentdirector on the Singapore Exchange Boardsince 20 July 2000, and was appointedLead Independent Director in May 2006.He also sits on the Boards of NeptuneOrient Lines Limited and FibrechemTechnologies Limited, as well as AWAKTechnologies Pte. Ltd. Mr Low previouslyalso sat on the Board of SingaporeWorkforce Development Agency andchaired its investment arm.Mr Low holds Bachelor and Masterdegrees in Economics from the LondonSchool of Economics.PETER EDWARD MASON AM (1)Non-executive and independent DirectorMember, Executive Resource andCompensation CommitteeMember, Optus Advisory CommitteeDate of Appointment: 21 Sep 2010Mr Mason, 65, is the Chairman of AMPLimited, a director of David Jones Limitedand a Senior Advisor to UBS Australia.Mr Mason has 40 years experience ininvestment banking. He was Chairmanof JP Morgan Chase Bank in Australiafrom 2000 to 2005 and Chairman oftheir associate, Ord Minnett Group.Prior to this, he was Chairman andChief Executive of Schroders Australia andGroup Managing Director of Schroders’investment banking businesses in theAsia Pacific region. He has previously beenchairman and/or director of a number ofAustralian listed companies.Mr Mason holds a Bachelor of Commerce(First Class Honours), an MBA and anHonorary Doctorate from The University ofNew South Wales.Note:(1)Member of the Order of AustraliaKAIKHUSHRU SHIAVAXNARGOLWALANon-executive and Lead Independent DirectorChairman, Corporate Governanceand Nominations CommitteeMember, Audit CommitteeMember, Executive Resource andCompensation CommitteeDate of Appointment: Director on 29 Sep 2006and Lead Independent Director on 13 May 2009Last Re-elected: 24 Jul 2009Mr Nargolwala, 61, is the non-executiveChairman of Credit Suisse Asia Pacific.Prior to that, he was the CEO of CreditSuisse Asia Pacific and a member of theExecutive Board of Credit Suisse AG fromJanuary 2008 to September 2010. He isalso a Board member of the CasinoRegulatory Authority.Mr Nargolwala was a Group ExecutiveDirector of Standard Chartered PLCbefore joining Credit Suisse AsiaPacific. Prior to that, he was the GroupExecutive Vice President and Head ofAsia Wholesale Banking Group for Bankof America, headquartered in Hong Kong.Mr Nargolwala was a non-executiveDirector of Tate & Lyle PLC from December2004 to December 2007. He was also anon-executive Director of the Asia PacificRegion Board of Visa International untilOctober 2007.Mr Nargolwala holds a Bachelor degreein Economics (First Class Honours) fromthe University of Delhi, India. He is a Fellowof the Institute of Chartered Accountantsin England and Wales.16 SINGAPORE TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

PETER ONG BOON KWEENon-executive and non-independent DirectorMember, Audit CommitteeMember, Corporate Governanceand Nominations CommitteeDate of Appointment: 1 Sep 2010Mr Ong, 49, is the Head of Singapore’sCivil Service, Permanent Secretary ofthe Ministry of Finance of Singapore,Permanent Secretary (Special Duties)in the Prime Minister’s Office and thePermanent Secretary for National Securityand Intelligence Co-ordination. He haspreviously held the positions of PermanentSecretary (Ministry of Trade and Industry),Permanent Secretary (Ministry ofTransport) and 2 nd Permanent Secretary(Ministry of Defence). Prior to that, he wasan Executive Vice President of TemasekHoldings (Private) Limited.He currently sits on the Boards of ASEAN+3Macroeconomic Research Office, MonetaryAuthority of Singapore and NationalResearch Foundation. He is also theChairman of Inland Revenue Authorityof Singapore, MND Holdings Pte Ltd andCalvary Community Care. He is the formerChairman of the Accounting and CorporateRegulatory Authority and Maritime andPort Authority of Singapore, and a formerDirector of DBS Group Holdings Limitedand DBS Bank Limited.Mr Ong was conferred the MeritoriousService Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang) at theSingapore National Day Awards 2010. Heholds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours)from The University of Adelaide, Australiaand an MBA from Stanford University, US.ONG PENG TSINNon-executive and independent DirectorMember, Finance, Investment and Risk CommitteeMember, Optus Advisory CommitteeDate of Appointment: 1 Jun 2009Last Re-elected: 24 Jul 2009Mr Ong, 48, is the Chairman of InfoCommInvestments Pte Ltd and a venture partnerof GSR Ventures. He is also a memberof the Board of the National ResearchFoundation and a member of the Boardof Trustees of the Singapore Universityof Technology and Design.Mr Ong was the founder and Chairmanof Encentuate, Inc. (Encentuate), whichwas acquired by IBM, Inc. (IBM) in 2008.Prior to Encentuate, Mr Ong was thefounder and Chairman of Interwoven, Inc.(Interwoven) (now Autonomy, Inc.). BeforeInterwoven, Mr Ong was co-founderand chief architect of Electric Classifieds,Inc., and held various engineeringand management roles at IllustraInformation Technologies, Inc. (nowInformix Technologies, Inc., part of IBM),Sybase Inc. (now SAP America, Inc.),and Gensym Corporation. He is a formerDirector of InfoComm DevelopmentAuthority of Singapore and JTCCorporation.Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Science inElectrical Engineering from The Universityof Texas, US and a Master of Science inComputer Science from the University ofIllinois, US.NICKY TAN NG KUANGNon-executive and independent DirectorChairman, Finance, Investmentand Risk CommitteeMember, Optus Advisory CommitteeDate of Appointment: 12 Mar 2002Last Re-elected: 25 Jul 2008Mr Tan, 52, manages nTan CorporateAdvisory Pte Ltd, a boutique firmspecialising in corporate finance andcorporate restructuring. He is a Directorof Fraser and Neave Limited anda member of its Audit Committee,Nominating Committee and ExecutiveBoard Committee, and he also serveson the Board of National UniversityHealth System Pte Ltd.Mr Tan was a Partner and Head of GlobalCorporate Finance at Arthur Andersen,Singapore and ASEAN region, from1999 to 2001. Prior to that, he was aPartner and Head of Financial AdvisoryServices at Price Waterhouse, Singaporeand Chairman of Financial AdvisoryServices at PricewaterhouseCoopers, AsiaPacific region.Mr Tan is a Chartered Accountant anda member of The Institute of CharteredAccountants in England and Wales. He isalso a Certified Public Accountant and amember of the Institute of Certified PublicAccountants of Singapore.Note:Mr Heng Swee Keat, Mr John Powell Morschel andMr Deepak S Parekh retired from the SingTel Boardfollowing the conclusion of the Annual GeneralMeeting held on 30 July 2010.ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 17