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board of directors
09. Teo Ek Tor
Independent Director
Date of Appointment: 16 August 2004
Last Re-elected: 15 April 2013
Member, Audit Committee
Member, Executive Resource and Compensation Committee
Member, Nominating Committee
Mr Teo Ek Tor is the Chairman of PrimePartners Group
Pte Ltd and Aris PrimePartners Asset Management Pte
Ltd, a joint venture asset management company based
in Singapore. Mr Teo has vast experience in investment
banking, asset management and financial services
in Asia, and brings with him in-depth financial and
analytical expertise. He had contributed to, and been
instrumental in the development of two major regional
investment banking groups – Morgan Grenfell Asia
(1980-1993) and BNP Prime Peregrine (1997-1999).
Mr Teo held senior executive positions within the
Morgan Grenfell Asia group and was the Regional
Managing Director of BNP Prime Peregrine (Singapore)
Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), with a major the Takeovers Appeal Committee and Deputy Chairman
in Business Administration, from the University of
Western Ontario, Canada.
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10. Liu Chee Ming
Independent Director
Date of Appointment: 16 August 2004
Last Re-elected: 15 April 2013
Member, Strategy Committee
Mr Liu Chee Ming is and has been the Managing Director
of Platinum Holdings Company Limited since 1996.
Mr Liu also serves on the boards of Japfa Ltd., OUE
Hospitality Trust Management Pte. Ltd., OUE Hospitality
REIT Management Pte. Ltd., Kader Holdings Company
Limited and Founder BEA Trust Co., Ltd. He has over 30
years of experience within the financial services sector
and has an invaluable network of contacts in the media
industry. Mr Liu’s financial and strategic expertise and
experience of dealing with major corporations and
businesses in many parts of the world is an asset to the
Board. He worked for various Jardine Fleming entities
for over 17 years in senior level positions. Mr Liu was
a Director of Media Asia Entertainment Group Limited
of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2007. He is a member of
of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Securities
and Futures Commission in Hong Kong. Mr Liu holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration from the former
University of Singapore.
11. Robert J. Sachs
Independent Director
Date of Appointment: 29 April 2005
Last Re-elected: 12 April 2012
Member, Strategy Committee
A lawyer by training, Mr Robert J. Sachs is a Principal
of Continental Consulting Group, LLC. Mr Sachs has 35
years of extensive experience in the cable television and
media industry. He was the President and CEO of the
National Cable & Telecommunications Association from
August 1999 to March 2005. From 1979 to 1998, he held
various senior level positions in Continental Cablevision,
Inc. and its successor, MediaOne Group, Inc., overseeing
the company’s legal and regulatory affairs and corporate
development. He began his professional career as the
legislative staff of US Senator Charles Goodell and
thereafter as a consultant to the White House Office of
Telecommunications Policy. He was legislative counsel
to the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration in the United States. Mr Sachs holds
a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of
Rochester, a Master of Journalism from the Columbia
University Graduate School of Journalism, and a
Doctorate of Law from the Georgetown University, USA.
He has also completed the Program for Management
Development at Harvard Business School and is a
member of the bar in the District of Columbia and the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.