Choo Chiau Beng, 67 Chairman

Mr Choo Chiau Beng was Chief Executive Officer of Keppel Corporation from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2013. Before that, he was CEO of Keppel FELS from 1983 to 2008 and Chairman and CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine from 2002 to 2008. He was Executive Director of Keppel Corporation since 1983 and Senior Executive Director since 2005. Upon his retirement on 1 January 2014, Mr Choo was appointed Senior Advisor to the Board of Keppel Corporation.

Mr Choo sits on the Board of several organisations, including Keppel Care Foundation Limited, KrisEnergy Ltd, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office. He is also Chairman of Centre for Maritime Studies, NUS and the Board of Governors of Raffles Institution, as well as Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Brazil.

Mr Choo was conferred the Public Service Star Award (BBM) in August 2004, NTUC Medal of Commendation (Gold) Award in May 2007, The Meritorious Service Medal in 2008 and Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2009.

Mr Choo was awarded the Colombo Plan Scholarship to study Naval Architecture in the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in 1970 and a Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture in 1971. He attended the Programme for Management Development in Harvard Business School in 1982 and is a Member of Wharton Society of Fellows, University of Pennsylvania.

Karen Kooi Lee Wah, 60 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, 65

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 telecommunications 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, 63

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 a Master of Business Administration 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, 55

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 33 years of 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 Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and minor in Mathematics. He obtained his Master of Business Administration from Portland State University, Oregon in 1980.

Kannan Ramesh, 49

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 (Honours) 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. Mr Ramesh is a member of the International Insolvency Institute (which is based in New York) and INSOL International.

Low Huan Ping, 58

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, 68

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).