TEO SOON HOE, 60
Chairman
Mr. Teo was appointed to
M1’s Board of Directors on
7 May 1996. He is Senior
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.
KAREN KOOI LEE WAH, 55
Chief Executive Officer
Ms. Kooi was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer and Executive Director
of M1 on 22 April 2009. Ms. Kooi was
also the Acting Chief Executive Officer
of M1 with effect from 1 February
2009 until her appointment as Chief
Executive Officer on 22 April 2009.
Ms. Kooi joined M1 as Chief Financial
Officer in August 1995. She was a key
member of the senior management
team responsible for the planning,
development and launch of M1’s
commercial operations. Prior to
joining M1, Ms. Kooi held various
senior financial positions with large
public listed companies, namely
Singapore Press Holdings Limited, City
Developments Limited and Hai Sun
Hup Group Limited. She has over 20 years of experience in finance, covering
treasury management, acquisition,
business analysis, risk management,
tax planning and credit control. Ms.
Kooi is a Fellow of the Association
of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom) and holds a Master
of Business Administration degree in
Investment and Finance (Distinction)
from the University of Hull in the
United Kingdom.
ROGER BARLOW, 60
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
telecommunications 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.
CHOW KOK KEE, 58
Mr. Chow was appointed
to M1’s Board of Directors
on 16 February 2009. He is
Managing Director of ACTA
Investment & Services Pte
Ltd, which provides business
and financial-related services
to companies.
Mr. Chow has more than
15 years of extensive
experience in the financial
services industry. Mr Chow
is a fellow of the Singapore
Institute of Directors,
member of the Institute of
Engineers, Australia and an
associate of the Institute
of Chartered Secretaries
and Administrators, United
Kingdom. He worked in the
government administrative
service for 6 years from
1976, holding management
positions in the Ministries
of Defence and Education
before joining DBS Bank in
1982. He was the senior vice
president of International and
Correspondent Banking at
DBS Bank.
A Colombo Plan Scholar, he
holds a first class honours
Bachelor of Engineering
degree and a Bachelor of
Commerce degree from the
University of Newcastle,
Australia, and an MBA from
the National University of
Singapore.
JAMALUDIN IBRAHIM, 50
Jamaludin Ibrahim
was appointed to M1’s Board
of Directors on 21 August
2008. Jamaludin
Ibrahim is the Managing
Director/President and Group
Chief Executive Officer of TM
International Berhad (TMI).
Prior to his appointment at
TMI, Jamaludin
Ibrahim was the Group Chief
Executive Officer of Maxis.
Jamaludin Ibrahim
joined Maxis in 1997 and
spent 10 years there before
he stepped down as Group
Chief Executive Officer. He
continued to serve on the
Maxis Board until February
2008. Prior to joining Maxis,
Jamaludin Ibrahim
spent 16 years in the IT
industry. He was the Managing
Director and Chief Executive
Officer of Digital Equipment (M)
Sdn Bhd from 1993 to 1997.
Before that, he was with IBM
Malaysia from 1981 to 1993.
Jamaludin Ibrahim
graduated in 1978 from
California State University,
United States, with a Bachelor
of Science in Business
Administration and a minor
in Mathematics. He obtained
his Masters of Business
Administration from Portland
State University, Oregon,
United States, in 1980,
specialising in Quantitative
Methods. Jamaludin
Ibrahim is Chairman of Celcom
Bhd and a Board Member of
TMI and PT Excelcomindo
Pratama Tbk (XL) in Indonesia.
He sits on the boards of
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn
Malaysia and Universiti Tun
Abdul Razak Sdn Bhd. He
had previously served as a
board member of the Bridge
Mobile Alliance, World GSM
Association, Malaysia Venture
Capital Management Berhad
and HeiTech Padu Berhad.
LOW HUAN PING, 53
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 worked at
the Ministry of Defence and
headed various IT departments
and division units.
ALAN OW SOON SIAN, 63
Mr. Ow was appointed to
M1’s Board of Directors on
16 February 2009. He is a
Consultant with KhattarWong
Partnership, a law firm.
Mr. Ow has extensive years
of experience in the tax
industry. He was the Senior
Deputy Commissioner of
IRAS and Chief Executive
Officer of the Tax Academy of
Singapore until 30 November
2007. He holds a Bachelor
of Social Sciences Degree
(Honours) from the University
of Singapore. He also
attended the International
Tax Program in Harvard Law
School and the Advanced
Management Program in
Harvard Business School.
Mr. Ow is the recipient of
several Public Administration
Medals (Bronze – 1981, Silver
–1985 and
Gold – 1997).
REGGIE THEIN, 68
On 8 November 2002,
Mr. Thein was appointed to
M1’s Board of Directors. He is
currently also a Director and
Audit Committee Chairman
of several listed companies
in Singapore, among them
Haw Par Corporation Limited
and GuocoLeisure Limited
(formerly known as BIL
International Limited).
Mr. Thein is a member of
the Governing Council of
the Singapore Institute
of Directors; a Fellow of
the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in 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, 71
Dr. Thio was appointed to
M1’s Board of Directors on 8
November 2002.
Dr. Thio is an Advocate and
Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Singapore and is currently
a Senior Executive Director
of TSMP Law Corporation
and a director of Allens Arthur
Robinson TSMP.
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 and has served
as director on the Board of
several listed companies. 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, 71
First 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 Ltd
(formerly known as Accuron
Technologies 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, 44
Yusof Annuar bin Yaacob
was appointed to M1’s Board
of Directors on 16 November
2005. Currently he is the Group
Chief Financial Officer of TM
International Berhad and sits
on the various Boards within
the Group of TMI. He is also the
Board Director for OCB Berhad.
Yusof is Chartered
Accountant by profession. He
has had investment banking,
corporate management and
telecommunication experience
throughout his career. His
investment-banking career
included stints at S.G. Warburg
& Co (now known as UBS) and
ING Barings Securities.
