MR YAP CHEE KEONG
B Acc, CPA
Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director
Last re-elected in 2012
Mr Yap Chee Keong is a Non-Independent and
Non-Executive Director of The Straits Trading Company
Limited. He is the Chairman and Non-Executive Independent
Director of CityNet Infrastructure Management Pte Ltd,
the Trustee Manager of NetLink Trust. He is the Lead
Independent Director of Tiger Airways Holdings Limited,
a Non-Executive Independent Director of Citibank
Singapore Limited and Certis CISCO Security Pte Ltd, and a
Non-Executive Director of ARA Asset Management Limited.
He also serves as a Board Member of the Accounting
and Corporate Regulatory Authority and as a member
of the Resource Panel of the Government Parliamentary
Committee for Finance and Trade & Industry.
Mr Yap has worked in various senior management roles in
multinational and listed companies. He holds a Bachelor
of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore
and is a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered
Accountants, CPA Australia and the Singapore Institute of
Directors.
MR TAN TIONG CHENG
Diploma in Urban Valuation, FSISV, FAPFM, ANZIV, SPINZ
Independent and Non-Executive Director
Last re-elected in 2014
Mr Tan Tiong Cheng was appointed as an Independent
Director of The Straits Trading Company Limited on
1 July 2013.
Mr Tan is currently the Executive Chairman of Knight Frank
Pte Ltd’s Group of Companies. He has an extensive and
in-depth knowledge of real estate for more than 40 years.
He is an Independent and Non-Executive Director of UOL
Group Limited and a Member of its Audit Committee.
Mr Tan is also an Independent Director, Chairman of the
Remuneration Committee and a Member of the Audit
Committee of Heeton Holdings Limited.
A Colombo Plan Scholar, Mr Tan graduated top of his class
with a Diploma in Urban Valuation from the University of
Auckland, New Zealand. A Licensed Appraiser, he is also a
Fellow Member of the Singapore Institute of Valuers and
Surveyors, and the Association of Property and Facilities
Management, an Associate Member of the New Zealand
Institute of Valuers and a Senior Member of The Property
Institute of New Zealand and a member of the Valuation
Review Board.
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THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT 2014
