board of directors

L-R:

Chow Kok Kee, Roger Barlow, Karen Kooi Lee Wah (Chief Executive Officer), Teo Soon Hoe (Chairman), Jamaludin Ibrahim, Alan Ow Soon Sian, Reggie Thein, Low Huan Ping, Thio Su Mien, Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hoh, Kannan Ramesh (not in picture)

Teo Soon Hoe, 61
Chairman
Mr. Teo was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 7 May 1996. He was appointed as the Chairman of M1 on 1 March 2009. 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 and k1 Ventures Limited. He is a member of the Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

Karen Kooi Lee Wah, 56
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 from 1 February 2009 to 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 in large public listed companies, including Singapore Press Holdings Limited and City Developments Limited. She has over 30 years of experience in General and Financial Management. Ms. Kooi is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) and holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Investment and Finance (Distinction) from the University of Hull in the UK.

Roger Barlow, 61
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 South-East Asia. Mr Barlow is also an independent director of Planet, a wireless broadband service provider in Laos.

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 had also been 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, 59
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, UK. He worked in the government administrative service for six years from 1976, holding management positions in the Ministries of Defence and Education before joining DBS Bank in 1982. He was 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, 51
Mr. Jamaludin Ibrahim was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 21 August 2008. Mr. Jamaludin Ibrahim is the Managing Director/President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Group Berhad (“Axiata”). Prior to his appointment at Axiata, Mr. Jamaludin Ibrahim was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Maxis. Mr. 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, Mr. Jamaludin Ibrahim spent 16 years in the IT industry. He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Digital Equipment Malaysia Sdn Bhd from 1993 to 1997. Before that, he was with IBM Malaysia from 1981 to 1993.

Mr. Jamaludin Ibrahim graduated in 1978 from California State University, US, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. He obtained his MBA from Portland State University, Oregon in 1980. Mr Jamaludin Ibrahim is the Chairman of Celcom Axiata Berhad and a Board Member of PT XL Axiata Tbk in Indonesia. He is also a Board Member of the GSMA (the global World GSM Association) and a Board Member of the Multimedia Development Corporation Malaysia.

Kannan Ramesh, 45
Mr. Kannan was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 11 February 2011. He is the Managing Partner of a law firm, Tan Kok Quan Partnership, where he heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution, and Insolvency and Restructuring practice groups.

Mr. Kannan is a Director of Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing Pte Ltd, which is a member company of the Singapore Technologies Group. He is also a Director and Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore, as a nominee of the Law Society of Singapore.

Besides being a founder member of the International Insolvency Institute, which is based in New York, Mr. Kannan is also a member of INSOL International.

Low Huan Ping, 54
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.

He currently serves on the Boards of iFast Corporation Pte Ltd, Shareinvestor.com Holdings Ltd, MediaCorp Press Ltd, MediaCorp TV Holdings and Republic Polytechnic.

Alan Ow Soon Sian, 64
Mr. Ow was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 16 February 2009. He is a Tax-Consultant/Non-Legal Practitioner with KhattarWong, 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, 70
Mr. Thein was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 8 November 2002. He is also chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee. He is a Director of United Overseas Bank Limited, and a board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee of several listed companies in Singapore, among them Haw Par Corporation Limited, Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation Limited, GuocoLand Limited, GuocoLeisure Limited (formerly known as BIL International Limited), MFS Technology Limited, FJ Benjamin Holdings Ltd and Otto Marine Limited. He is also Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Ascendas Pte Ltd and a Director of Energy Support Management Pte Ltd.

Mr. Thein is a member of the governing council and Vice Chairman 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, 72
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.

Previously Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Singapore, Dr. Thio had held various positions in professional bodies and institutions, and sat on the Boards of subsidiaries of multinational corporations and several listed companies 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, 72
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 DBS Bank Ltd, including President and Director.

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