Our Board of Directors

Mr MAH was appointed Chairman of Surbana Jurong Group on 1 January 2021.

Mr Mah is also Chairman of Singapore Tourism Board, the Singapore Accountancy Commission and NetLink NBN. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of SG Eco Fund, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Chairman of the NUS Business School Accounting Advisory Board. He also serves on the boards of the Singapore Economic Development Board, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Flipkart Private Ltd and CapitaLand Limited.

Mr Mah served on the boards of the Singapore Economic Development Board from 2015 to 2021 and the Singapore Land Authority from 2007 to 2014, during which he was SLA’s Chairman between 2010 and 2014. He was Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce between 2015 and 2017, and an external member of the Audit Committee of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank from 2017 to 2020.

In 2016, Mr Mah retired as CEO of Deloitte Southeast Asia and Chairman of Deloitte Singapore. He was with Deloitte for over 38 years, including five years in its Melbourne office. During his tenure, Mr Mah led teams serving multinational and local companies across a wide spectrum of industries, specialising in financial services, telecommunications & technology, real estate, private equity and manufacturing and advising companies in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr Mah was also the CEO of Deloitte Asia Pacific and served as the Vice-Chair of Deloitte’s Global Board of Directors.

Mr Mah is the Singapore Non-Resident Ambassador to Papua New Guinea. In 2014, he was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) for his contributions to public service.

Sean Chiao is Group Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, Surbana Jurong Group, effective 1 April 2023.

Mr Chiao has more than 35 years’ experience in built environment consulting and global business leadership. Prior to this, Mr Chiao held senior leadership positions at AECOM, one of the world’s largest infrastructure, design and engineering companies. He was Chief Executive, Buildings and Places, a global business line and in that capacity, led a team of over 10,000 covering a wide range of market sectors. Before that, Mr Chiao served as AECOM’s President, Asia Pacific where he oversaw its business operations in Greater China, Southeast Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand.

A passionate urbanist and firm advocate of collaboration to create holistic solutions, Mr Chiao has spearheaded iconic projects including the River of Life masterplan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the masterplan for Jinji Lake in Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China.

An advocate for inspiring future generations of talent, Mr Chiao orchestrated a collaboration between AECOM and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, enabling students to explore topical urbanisation issues and empowering them to envision tangible, holistic solutions.

Mr Chiao is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Global Trustee of the Urban Land Institute. He serves as a member of Harvard University’s Master in Design Engineering (MDE) External Advisory Board and a member of Dean’s Leadership Council, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Mr Chiao holds a degree in architecture and a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University.

Mr Eric ANG joined the Group in 2015. He was Senior Executive Advisor at DBS Bank Ltd, where he was from the start of his banking career in 1978 till January 2020. Mr Ang sits on the Board of Directors of Sembcorp Marine Ltd, Raffles Medical Group Ltd, NetLink NBN Management Pte Ltd and Wing Tai Holdings Limited in Singapore.

Mr Ang holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration (Honours) from the University of Singapore.

Mr Desmond Choo is a Member of Parliament for the Tampines Group Representative Constituency and the Adviser to the Tampines Changkat Grassroots Organisations. Concurrently, he is the Mayor of North East District. Mr Desmond Choo oversees social and community development for 18 constituencies.

Mr Desmond Choo is also the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Policy Division at NTUC. He oversees the economic and social policies, strategic communications and international affairs. He is also the Executive Secretary of the Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore and Advisor to the Young NTUC Committee.

Within the Labour Movement, Mr Desmond Choo is the Advisor to the Attractions, Resorts & Entertainment Union, Singapore Union of Broadcasting Employees and Union of Security Employees. He is also the Trustee of Singapore Shell Employees’ Union. He is the Secretary of the Industrial Relations Committee (Service Sector) as well as a Member of the Training Council and Industrial Relations Council.

Representing workers and the Labour Movement, Mr Desmond Choo sits on the Board of Directors for Surbana Jurong and is a Full Member of the National Wages Council.

Prior to joining NTUC, Mr Desmond Choo served in various roles in the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Ministry of Manpower and the private sector. He was the Senior Vice President, Investments of Kestrel Capital Pte Ltd. He was also instrumental in leading the acquisition of La Liga’s Valencia CF and development of the non-profit Foundation of Valencia CF. He was on the Board of the Foundation of Valencia CF and provided advice on the development of Hotel Football in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Mr Desmond Choo was awarded the SPF Overseas Merit Scholarship in 1997 to study Economics at the University of Chicago.

Mr FONG Heng Boo joined the Group in 2015. He is also an independent director of several public listed and private limited companies.

An accountant by profession, Mr Fong started his career with the Auditor-General’s Office and left in 1993 as Assistant Auditor-General. He was also General Manager (Corporate Development) of a listed company in Singapore as well as the Chief Financial Officer of a listed company in Australia. He was Director (Special Duties) at the Singapore Totalisator Board until his retirement in December 2014. His other professional experience included membership of Audit Committees of statutory boards and Advisory Committees of the School of Accountancy of Nanyang Technological University and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

Mr Fong was a past Fellow Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (“ICPAS”). He was a council member of ICPAS and was awarded a Silver Medal by ICPAS in 1999.

Mr GAN Chee Yen is the Co-President & Executive Director of Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd and concurrently a Board Director of PIL Pte Ltd, PIL Marine Pte Ltd, PIL Enterprises Pte Ltd. He also serves as a director of Nomura Singapore Limited, BOC Fullerton Community Bank, Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd and ICHX Tech Pte Ltd.

Mr Gan was previously the CEO of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte Ltd (‘FFH’) and member of its Board. He was Chair or Board Member of several of FFH’s overseas portfolio companies, including serving as Board Commissioner of Bank Danamon Indonesia from 2003 to 2019. Prior to FFH, he was Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Managing Director, Special Projects and Head of China Market at Temasek International. He joined Temasek in May 2003 as Chief Financial Officer and served in various investments roles as a member of the senior management team. The investment clusters he led included the Financial Industry portfolio and the Transportation and Logistics portfolio, before he took on the role of Co-Chief Investment Officer where he anchored several successful investments.

Mr Gan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants. He also attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development in September 2001.

Prof. Yaacob IBRAHIM joined the Group in 2019 and is presently a Professor of Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and an Advisor to the President of SIT.

Prior to his current position, Prof. Yaacob served in the Singapore Cabinet as a Minister in the Ministries of Communications and Information (2011 – 2018), Environment and Water Resources (2004 – 2011) and Community Development and Sports (2002 – 2004). Throughout his 16 years as a Minister, Prof. Yaacob was also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. He started his political career as a Member of Parliament (MP) in Jalan Besar GRC in January 1997, and held several political appointments before becoming a Minister in 2002.

Prof. Yaacob graduated from the University of Singapore with a degree in Civil Engineering in 1980. He worked as a structural engineer with a multinational engineering consulting firm from 1980 to 1984. He pursued his Ph.D at Stanford University from 1984 and graduated in 1989. He spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at Cornell University. He joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as a faculty member in 1990 where he became a tenured member. He took a leave of absence from NUS from July 1998 till his resignation in August 2018.

He was previously on the Board of Trustees of the Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees’ Union (BATU), and is currently on the Board of Advisors of BATU. He is also an Advisor to the Infocomm Media Development Authority’s Kampong Glam Digitalisation Project.

Mr TAN Gee Paw was appointed Chairman of the PUB, Singapore’s national water agency on 1 April 2001 until his retirement on 31 March 2017. Mr Tan is a member of a number of government committees. He is the Adjunct Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore. Previous appointments held by Mr Tan were Principal of Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Permanent Secretary of the then Ministry of the Environment, Advisor on Rail Transformation, MOT and Special Advisor to Land Transport Authority.

Mr Tan graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from the University of Malaya in 1967, and a Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Singapore in 1971. He was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science from the University of Westminster, UK in 1993; and an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from Sheffield University, UK in 1995. In 2013, he was conferred an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Engineering by the Nanyang Technological University.

Mr Tan received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1978 and a Special Award (Gold Medal) for Clean River Commemoration in 1987. He also received the Medal of Commendation at the NTUC May Day Award in 2005, the President’s Award for the Environment in 2007 and the President’s Science and Technology Medal in 2015. Mr Tan was conferred the Meritorious Service Medal in 2001 for his work as Permanent Secretary of the then Ministry of the Environment and the Distinguished Service Order in 2010 for his work as Chairman of PUB. In 2011, Mr Tan was conferred the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by the National University of Singapore; the Distinguished Member Award by National University of Singapore Society in 2014; and the Distinguished Professional Engineer Award in 2018 by the Professional Engineers Board. He was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore and awarded the Lifetime Engineering Achievement Award in 2015. Mr Tan was also elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore in 2012.

Mr Tan is the Special Advisor to Chairman, PUB, and a member of the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) Panel of Distinguished Advisors. Mr Tan has been appointed the Acting Chairman of Changi Airport Group. He is also a Board member of Changi Airport Group and a Director of Surbana Jurong Private Limited.

Mr Russell Tham joined the Surbana Jurong Board of Directors in January 2022.

As Head of Strategic Development and Joint Head of Enterprise Development Group, Temasek International, Mr Tham focuses on building new businesses and investing globally in early-stage high potential Science & Technology ventures respectively. He joined Temasek in May 2020 after two years at ST Engineering where he was President of New Enterprises and Ventures.

Previously, Mr Tham worked at Applied Materials from 1994 to 2018. He last held the position of President, Applied Materials Southeast Asia and concurrently held global corporate level business development responsibilities for new markets. Mr Tham led the regional business and oversaw the company’s Singapore infrastructure expansion into manufacturing, supply chain, R&D and product development for global markets. From 2004 to 2009, he was Regional General Manager, Southeast Asia. He went on to concurrently hold various global leadership roles, including Head of Global Continuous and Improvement, Corporate Sales Operations from 2010 to 2017.

Mr Tham serves on the board of AEM, a SGX-listed semiconductor company. He is the Deputy Chairman of Temasek Polytechnic Board of Governors, and a board member of Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore, SSG. He is a member of the Singapore Government’s Future Economy Council (FEC).

Mr Tham holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.