Lim Chee Onn, 61

Appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 1 November 1999, Mr. Lim is also the Executive Chairman of Keppel Corporation Limited; Chairman of Keppel Land Limited and Singapore-Suzhou Township Development Pte Ltd; and a Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and k1 Ventures Limited.

Mr. Lim was in the Civil Service until he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Merah in July 1977. He was Secretary-General, National Trades Union Congress, from May 1979 to June 1983; and concurrently Minister without Portfolio, Prime Minister’s Office, from September 1980 to July 1983, and remained as MP, Bukit Merah constituency until August 1991. He was then elected MP for Marine Parade GRC from September 1991 to December 1992.

Mr. Lim is Co-Chairman of the Philippines- Singapore Business Council; Consultant for the People’s Government of Yunnan Province, PRC; and Deputy Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. He is a member of the Singapore- US Business Council and the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) Development Advisory Committee, and a Singapore Representative in the ASEAN Business Advisory Council. He is also Global Counsellor of The Conference Board’s Global Advisory Council on Economic Issues and member of the INSEAD Singapore International Council.

 

Neil Montefiore, 53

Appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 8 November 2002, Mr. Montefiore has been M1’s Chief Executive Officer since April 1996.

Prior to joining M1, Mr. Montefiore was the Director of Mobile Services at Hongkong Telecom CSL Ltd, the largest cellular operator in Hong Kong. He also held the position of Managing Director of telecommunications companies in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, including Paknet Ltd which launched the world's first public packet radio data network.

His earlier years at various units in the Cable and Wireless Group saw him managing and specialising in telecommunication products, projects and services in Hong Kong and the Far East, as well as Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

 
       
   

Roger Barlow, 56

Mr. Barlow was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 22 May 2002. Mr. Barlow is Chairman and founder of RJB Consultants Limited, a telecommunications consultancy company operating in Asia and based in Hong Kong. He advises clients on many aspects of elecommunications with a focus on SE Asia.

Mr. Barlow was formerly Director of Global Communications Services at PCCW Limited in Hong Kong. Other past appointments include posts in Reach Ltd in Hong Kong, Cable & Wireless plc in London and Vietnam (where he was Chief Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless Vietnam), and Hong Kong Telecom Limited. Mr. Barlow was also a Director of Great Eastern Telecommunications Ltd and Compunet Corporation in Thailand, and an alternate Director of Reach Ltd and Hong Kong CSL Limited, a leading mobile operator in Hong Kong.

Low Huan Ping, 49

Mr. Low was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 1 September 1994. He is also the Executive Vice President (Technology) of Singapore Press Holdings Limited.

Previously, Mr. Low was Chief Executive Officer of SPH AsiaOne Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Press Holdings Limited; Chairman of CyberWay Pte Ltd; and a board member of Singapore Cable Vision Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Low also at the Ministry of Defence headed various IT departments and division units

   
   
       

Hsuan Owyang, 77

On 8 November 2002, Mr. Owyang was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors. He is also Chairman of the East Asian Institute; Pro-Chancellor of Nanyang Technological University, and a member of the International Council of the Asia Society. He currently holds directorships in several companies including N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Singapore) Limited and CapitaLand Limited.

Mr. Owyang was previously a Director and General Manager of Overseas Union Bank Limited; Deputy Chairman of the Post Office Savings Bank; a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore; and Chairman of the Housing and Development Board.

In 1993, Mr. Owyang was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by the Government of Singapore.

 

Ganen Sarvananthan, 31

Mr. Ganen Sarvananthan was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 16 November 2005. He is Director, Investments at Khazanah Nasional Berhad and is also a member of the Board of Directors of TM International Sdn Bhd.

Mr. Sarvananthan is a barrister-at-law (Lincoln’s Inn, London). Prior to joining Khazanah, he was a Director, Investment Banking Department at UBS Investment Bank, Hong Kong. He had also worked in UBS Investment Banking offices in London and Singapore.

 
       
   
       

Arthur Seet Keong Hoe, 59

Mr. Seet was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 16 January 1998. Mr. Seet is the Executive Vice-President (Special Duties) of Singapore Press Holdings Limited where he had previously held the positions of General Manager, Circulation and General Manager, Finance.

Mr. Seet has also held various finance positions within Times Publishing Bhd; and within Singapore Newspaper Services Pte Ltd, including Financial Controller and General Manager, Circulation. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

 

Teo Soon Hoe, 56

Mr. Teo was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 7 May 1996. He is an Executive Director and Group Finance Director of Keppel Corporation Limited.

Mr. Teo is the Chairman of Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd and Keppel Philippines Holdings Inc. In addition, he is a Director of several other companies within the Keppel Group, including Keppel Land Limited, k1 Ventures Limited and Singapore Petroleum Company Limited. He is a member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

 
       
   

Reggie Thein, 64

On 8 November 2002, Mr. Thein was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors. He is currently also a Director and Audit Committee member of several listed companies in Singapore, among them Haw Par Corporation Limited and BIL International Limited (formerly Brierley Investments Ltd).

Mr. Thein is a member of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors; a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales; and member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

Mr. Thein was previously a Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers; Vice-Chairman of Coopers & Lybrand, and Managing Partner of its management consulting services firm.

In 1999, Mr. Thein was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore.

Thio Su Mien, 67

Dr. Thio was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 8 November 2002. She currently holds various directorships including SIA Engineering Company Limited, Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Econ International Limited.

Dr. Thio is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and is currently a Senior Executive Director of TSMP Law Corporation.

Previously Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Singapore, Dr. Thio has held various positions in professional bodies and institutions, and sat on the board of subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Singapore. She has served on the Board of Legal Education; chaired one of the Disciplinary Committees set up by the Chief Justice; was an Accredited Arbitrator at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, as well as served as Judge and Senior Vice- President of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal; and as a member of the Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal.

   
   
       

Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hoh, 67

Appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 8 November 2002, Mr. Yeoh also holds directorships at other companies, including Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and Accuron Technologies Pte Ltd (formerly known as Singapore Precision Industries 2000 Pte Ltd). He is also an Advisor to Nuri Holdings (S) Pte Ltd.

His previous posts include various positions at Development Bank of Singapore Ltd, including President and Director.

In 1999, Mr. Yeoh was awarded the Public Service Star by the President of Singapore.

 

 

 

 

Yusof Annuar Yaacob, 40

Mr. Yusof Annuar bin Yaacob was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 16 November 2005. He is the Chief Executive Officer of TM International Sdn Bhd and sits on the various Boards within the TM Group. He is also the Board Director for OCB Berhad and Dialog Telekom Ltd.

Mr. Yusof is an Accountant by profession and has had both investment banking and corporate management experience throughout his career. His investmentbanking career included stints at S.G. Warburg & Co (now known as UBS) and ING Barings Securities. He was previously an Executive Director at OCB Berhad and a Board member of a number of other public listed companies.

 

Michael John Grant, 52

On 20 August 2004, Mr. Grant was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors. He is also Chairman of Cable & Wireless America and Great Eastern Telecommunications’ Limited (Grand Cayman).

Previously, Mr. Grant was Chief Executive of the Strategic Rail Authority (UK), a Board Director of Monaco Telecom, and a Board Director of British Railways Board and Director of Finance, Eurotunnel Group.

Mr. Grant resigned from the M1 Board on 27 October 2005.