Board of Directors

GOBINATH ARVIND ATHAPPAN
Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director/Chairman

Mr Gobinath Arvind Athappan was appointed as a Director and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company on 4 July 2024.

Mr Athappan is the Chairman & CEO of Fairfax Asia Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Canada) (“FFH”), the latter being the ultimate parent company of Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited. He sits on the Board of Directors of various operating companies of Fairfax Asia Limited.

Since 2001, Mr Athappan has been with various operating companies of FFH, including Odyssey America Reinsurance Corporation in the United States, First Capital Insurance in Singapore (now known as MS First Capital Insurance), Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited in Hong Kong, and The Pacific Insurance Berhad in Malaysia.

Mr Athappan graduated with a Master of Business Administration from MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honours) from National University of Singapore. He is also an Associate of The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance.

DAVID CHAN MUN WAI
Non-Executive and Non-Independent Director/Deputy Chairman

Mr Chan was appointed to the Board on 28 December 1998 and became Deputy Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee on 1 January 2008. He is also a member of the Audit, Nominating, Remuneration and Investment Committees.

Mr Chan was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of United Overseas Insurance Limited (UOI) from 1 January 1996 till 31 March 2023 and retired as the Director of UOI effective 19 April 2024.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Singapore (now known as the National University of Singapore) and is also a Chartered Insurer and a Fellow of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK.

KER SIN TZE
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Dr Ker Sin Tze was appointed to the Board on 1 September 2021. He was also appointed as Chairman and member of the Remuneration Committee and as member of the Nominating, Audit, Executive and Investment Committees on 1 September 2021.

Dr Ker had served as a Member of Parliament in Singapore from 1991 - 2002. He was Singapore's Trade Representative in Taipei till 2007 and Consul-General in Hong Kong till 2012.

Dr Ker currently sits on the Boards of Green Pharma Pte Ltd and Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Limited.

Dr Ker holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Nanyang Technology University, Singapore and a Master of Arts and PhD in Economics from University of Manitoba, Canada.

HO YEW KEE
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Professor Ho Yew Kee was appointed to the Board on 21 May 2024.

Professor Ho currently serves as a senior academic with the Singapore Institute of Technology since 2017. He had served several posts at National University of Singapore from 1992 to 2016.

Professor Ho graduated with a Master of Science in Industrial Administration and Doctorate of Philosophy from the Carnegie Mellon University, Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and Master of Economics from Monash University. He also holds a Diploma of Business Studies from Ngee Ann Polytechnic.

LIM KIAN WEI
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Mr Lim Kian Wei was appointed to the Board on 30 August 2024. He has more than 22 years of senior management experience in the insurance industry with leadership roles in both life and general insurance spanning areas such as business development. agency distribution and the management of industry associations. His various stints include CEO of the General Insurance Association of Malaysia, Executive Director of the General Insurance Association of Singapore and Executive Vice-President of Great Eastern Life Singapore.

Mr Lim currently manages an insurance consultancy working with insurance associations in the ASEAN region.

Mr Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honors) in Nautical Studies from the University of Southampton UK and obtained his Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian Insurance Institute.

SIMON PHILIP GUY LEE
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Mr Simon Philip Guy Lee was appointed as a Director of the Board on 13 December 2024.

Mr Lee currently chairs the Board of Brit Syndicates Ltd and PPHC Inc. He is a non-executive director of several other companies and has extensive experience as a non-executive director of many regulated companies.

In his executive career, he worked for Natwest Group, a large British bank, both in the United Kingdom and internationally for over 17 years. In 2003, he moved into the world of insurance at RSA Insurance Group. He was initially the Chief Executive of RSA International before becoming Group Chief Executive in 2011. At that time, RSA was a FTSE 100 Company employing 25,000 people with revenues of £5 billion.

Mr Lee attended Tonbridge School and the University of Leeds, where he obtained an honours degree of in English and French.