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05. Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE 07. Steven Terrell Clontz Overview
Independent Director Non-Executive Director Strategy
Date of Appointment: 16 August 2004 Date of Appointment: 8 December 1999 Performance
Last Re-elected: 14 April 2014 Last Re-elected: 14 April 2014 Governance
Chairman, Strategy Committee Member, Strategy Committee
Member, Audit Committee
Mr Steven Terrell Clontz is Senior Executive Vice-
Mr Nihal Vijaya Devadas Kaviratne CBE serves on the President of North America and Europe Operations at
boards of DBS Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd. He has
in Singapore and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals been the Chairman of InterDigital, Inc. since February
Limited in India. He is the Chairman of Caraway Pte. Ltd., 2010 and will retire in June 2015. He is also a Director of
a subsidiary of Olam International Limited. Mr Kaviratne Jasper Wireless, Inc and PSA International Pte Ltd. He
has a stellar track record of success gained during a wide- served as the CEO of StarHub for 11 years before retiring
ranging career at Unilever spanning over 40 years. He held on 1 January 2010. Mr Clontz is a well-regarded veteran
various senior level management positions in the Unilever in the telecommunications and media industry with
group across Asia, Europe and Latin America. He retired more than 30 years of extensive experience. He brings
from the Unilever group in March 2005. Mr Kaviratne was with him invaluable knowledge of the telecoms and
cited in the Queen’s 2004 New Year Honours List in the media industry and extensive management expertise.
UK and was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order He began his career in the USA. From 1995 to 1998,
of British Empire) for services to UK business interests in he served as the President and CEO of IPC Information
Indonesia. He was chosen by Business Week in 2002 for Systems Inc., based in New York. Prior to that, Mr
the Stars of Asia Award as one of the “25 leaders at the Clontz has held senior executive positions at BellSouth
forefront of change”. His management and leadership International, Inc. He was the President of BellSouth
skills in multinational business strengthen the Board. International (Asia-Pacific), Inc. between 1991 and
Mr Kaviratne holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) with a 1994. Mr Clontz holds a Bachelor of Science (Physics
major in Economics from Bombay University, India and has Major) from the University of North Carolina, USA.
attended various management development programmes
in India, Australia, the UK and the USA, including the Financials
Advanced Executive Programme conducted by Kellogg
School of Management, Northwestern University and the
Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business
School, USA.
06. Sio Tat Hiang 08. Lim Ming Seong
Non-Executive Director Non-Executive Director
Date of Appointment: 2 July 2012 Date of Appointment: 14 December 2000
Last Re-elected: 15 April 2013 Last Re-elected: 15 April 2013
Member, Executive Resource and Compensation Committee Member, Audit Committee
Member, Nominating Committee Member, Executive Resource and Compensation Committee
Member, Risk Committee Member, Strategy Committee
Mr Sio Tat Hiang is the Executive Director of Singapore Mr Lim Ming Seong is the Chairman of CSE Global
Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd (ST Telemedia). Mr Sio Limited and First Resources Ltd and serves on
has more than 20 years of financial and management the boards of U Mobile Sdn Bhd and Singapore
experience. He was a core member involved in the Technologies Kinetics Ltd. Mr Lim was with the
formation of ST Telemedia as a new business area for Singapore Technologies (ST) group from 1986 to 2002,
the former ST group, and served as Senior Executive where he left as Group Director. Prior to joining the ST
Vice-President of ST Telemedia from September 2010 group, Mr Lim served as the Deputy Secretary with the
to March 2012. Prior to that, Mr Sio was Vice-President Ministry of Defence of Singapore. Mr Lim brings with
of Corporate Finance, Director of Strategic Investment him extensive accounting, management and technical
and Group Treasurer for the ST group, overseeing the expertise. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science
treasury and investment management functions of the (Honours) with a major in Mechanical Engineering from
ST group. Before joining the ST group, Mr Sio worked the University of Toronto and a Diploma in Business
in the banking and financial services industries. He Administration from the former University of Singapore.
holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) Mr Lim also participated in the Advanced Management
from the former University of Singapore and attended Programs conducted by INSEAD and the Harvard
the Senior Management Programme at the London Business School, USA.
Business School, UK.
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