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Boardof DirectorsRICHARD HALE, OBENon-executive DirectorAppointed September 1, 2000Mr Hale is an independent director and heads theboard’s Audit and Risk Committees.Mr Hale is Chairman of CapitaCommercial TrustManagement and Deputy Chairman of SembcorpMarine. His other directorships include membershipon the boards of CapitaLand and Wheelock Properties(Singapore). He was previously a director and CEOSingapore of The Hongkong and Shanghai BankingCorporation. Mr Hale was educated at Radley College,Abingdon, UK.Past directorships in listed companies and major appointments2006–2008:• Sembcorp Logistics• Wildlife Reserves Singapore• The Ascott Group• BM Trust ManagementYONG YING-INon-executive DirectorAppointed May 26, 2003Ms Yong is an independent director and a member ofthe board’s Audit and Risk Committees.She is Singapore’s Permanent Secretary for Healthas well as Chairman of the Infocomm DevelopmentAuthority of Singapore and IDA International.Ms Yong also serves on the boards of the Civil ServiceCollege, the Singapore Symphonia Company, theNational University Health System, Singapore HealthServices and the Singapore Totalisator Board. Sheholds an MBA from Harvard University GraduateSchool of Business, USA and an Economics degree fromthe University of Cambridge, UK.Past directorships in listed companies and major appointments2006–2008:• Singapore Workforce Development AgencyEVERT HENKESNon-executive DirectorAppointed April 30, 2004Mr Henkes is an independent director. He hasextensive experience in the petrochemical industryas the former CEO of Shell’s group global chemicalbusiness. He is a director of Air Products andChemicals, Outokumpu and Tate & Lyle. Mr Henkesalso serves as a member of International AdvisoryBoard of China National Offshore Oil Corporation.He holds a BSc from Cornell University, USA.Past directorships in listed companies and major appointments2006–2008:• BPB• China National Offshore Oil CorporationLEE SUET FERNNon-executive DirectorAppointed July 1, 2005Mrs Lee is an independent director and a member ofthe board’s Audit and Risk Committees.The Senior Director of Stamford Law Corporation,Mrs Lee has extensive experience as a corporate lawpractitioner with a focus on mergers and acquisitions,equity and debt capital markets and restructuringsin Singapore and the region. Mrs Lee currentlyserves on the boards of Macquarie InternationalInfrastructure Fund, Rickmers Trust Managementand Richina Pacific. She is also a director of theNational Heritage Board, a member of the Boardof Trustees of Nanyang Technological University,a member of the Accounting Advisory Board ofNational University of Singapore Business Schooland a member of the Advisory Board of SingaporeManagement University’s School of Law. Mrs Leeholds a double first in Law from Cambridge University,UK and is a member of the Honourable Society ofGray’s Inn.Past directorships in listed companies and major appointments2006–2008:• Continental Chemical Holdings• International Capital Investment• Media Asia Entertainment Group• Transpac Industrial Holdings• ECS Holdings• China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation• Sincere Watch (Hong Kong)BOBBY CHIN YOKE CHOONGNon-executive DirectorAppointed December 1, 2008Mr Chin is an independent director and serves on theboard’s Audit Committee.The Managing Partner of KPMG Singapore from1992 until his retirement in September 2005, Mr Chinis the Chairman of the Singapore Totalisator Board anda board member of the Competition Commission ofSingapore and the Singapore Labour Foundation. He alsosits on the boards of AV Jennings, Ho Bee Investment,Neptune Orient Lines, Oversea-Chinese BankingCorporation and Yeo Hiap Seng. Mr Chin holds a BAccfrom the University of Singapore. He is a memberof the Institute of Certified Public Accountants ofSingapore and an associate member of the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England and Wales.Past directorships in listed companies and major appointments2006–2008:• Urban Redevelopment Authority• Singapore Business Federation• Changi Airports International• Singapore Changi Airports Enterprise• Stamford Land Corporation• The Straits Trading Company48 Delivering Essential Solutions Sembcorp Industries Annual Report 2008 49