Dr Cham Tao Soon

Dr Cham joined the Board in 1985 and was last re-elected in 2005 as an Independent and Non-executive Director. He is also the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating Committee.

For over two decades until 2002, he was the President of Nanyang Technological University. He is now the Chairman of NatSteel Technology Ltd, the Singapore Symphonia Co Ltd, and MFS Technology Ltd and the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

He serves as a Director at United Overseas Bank Ltd and Soup Restaurant Group Ltd and was on the boards of Robinson & Company Ltd and TSH Corporation Ltd. He is also a board member of the Land Transport Authority as well as a member of the Council of Presidential Advisers. He was conferred a Public Administration Medal (P.P.A.), and the Distinguished Service Order (D.U.B.C.).

Dr Cham holds a BEng(Hons) from the University of Malaya, and a BSc(Hons) from the University of London. He obtained his PhD from Cambridge University, UK. He also has several honorary degrees which were conferred on him by universities. These include the University of Strathclyde, the University of Surrey, Loughborough University and Soka University. He is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore; the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK and the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK.