Board of Directors

Teo Soon Hoe Click more

TEO SOON HOE, 64
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 of Keppel Corporation Limited.

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

Karen Kooi Lee Wa Click more

KAREN KOOI LEE WAH, 59
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 Click more

ROGER BARLOW, 64
 

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 Hong Kong-based telecommuni-
cations consultancy company operating in Asia and with a focus on Southeast Asia. Mr Barlow is also an independent director of Planet, a wireless broadband service provider in Laos.

Mr Barlow was formerly the 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 Click more

CHOW KOK KEE, 62
 

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. 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. 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.

Jamaludin Ibrahim Click more

JAMALUDIN IBRAHIM, 54
 

Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 21 August 2008. He is President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Group Berhad, which he joined in March 2008. He is also a board member of Axiata Group Berhad, the Chairman of Celcom Axiata Berhad (Malaysia’s premier mobile telecommunications company), and sits on the boards of PT XL Axiata Tbk (Indonesia) and Dialog Axiata PLC (Sri Lanka). He is also the Deputy Chairman of the GSM Association.

He has about 32 years experience in the ICT and telecommunications industry, holding management positions at IBM and Digital Equipment Malaysia. In 1997, Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim joined Maxis Communications Berhad, and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1998. In 2006, he was re-designated Group Chief Executive Officer. He joined Axiata, then called TM International Berhad, a month before the demerger with Telekom Malaysia Berhad, in 2008.

Dato’ Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim graduated from California State University in 1978 with a B.Sc. in Business Administration and minor in Mathematics. He obtained his MBA from Portland State University, Oregon in 1980.

Kannan Ramesh Click more

KANNAN RAMESH, 48

Mr Ramesh 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 Ramesh is a Director of Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing Pte Ltd, which is a member company of the Singapore Technologies Group.

Mr Ramesh obtained his LLB from the National University of Singapore and was called to the bar in 1991. He was appointed Senior Counsel on 6 January 2012 by the Senior Counsel Selection Committee of the Singapore Academy of Law. He is also a 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 Ramesh is also a member of INSOL International.

Low Huan Ping Click more

LOW HUAN PING, 57

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 is currently serving on the Board of iFast Corporation Pte Ltd, Shareinvestor.com Holdings Ltd, MediaCorp Press Ltd and MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd.

Mr Low holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Master of Arts from Cambridge University, where he read Engineering and a Master of Science from the National University of Singapore. He also graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Alan Ow Soon Sian Click more

ALAN OW SOON SIAN, 67

Mr Ow was appointed to M1’s Board of Directors on 16 February 2009.

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).