CHEW GEK HIANG, 52
B Acc (Hons), CPA
Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director
First appointed: 30 April 2008
Last re-elected: 30 April 2014
Ms Chew Gek Hiang, an accountant by training, has
been with the Tecity Group, the parent company of The
Straits Trading Company Limited, since 1991. As Executive
Director and Head of Finance, she is actively involved in the
investment activities of the Tecity Group and is responsible
for its securities trading portfolio. She also oversees the
human resource and administrative functions in the Tecity
Group. Currently serving on the advisory panel of the
GST Review Board, Ms Chew is also a Council Member of
Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore and Tan Sri Tan
Foundation in Malaysia. She is also President of Noah’s Ark
CARES (Companion Animal Rescue and Education Society),
a non-profit animal welfare society which champions
responsible pet ownership and active sterilisation and micro-
chipping of stray dogs and cats in Singapore and Johor.
After her graduation from the National University of
Singapore in 1986, Ms Chew worked with Ernst & Whinney in
Singapore for a year. She then joined Ernst & Young (London)
in 1987 to pursue chartered accountancy, and was admitted
to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and
Wales in October 1990.
GOH KAY YONG DAVID, 54
BA (Hons), SM (MIT), CFA
Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director
First appointed: 30 April 2008
Last re-elected: 30 April 2014
Mr Goh Kay Yong David is the Chief Investment Officer and
Chief Strategist of the Tecity Group, the parent company
of The Straits Trading Company Limited. Mr Goh started
his investment career as an Investment Analyst with Great
Eastern Life in 1986, and taught at the Nanyang Technological
University (“NTU”), Singapore in the Bachelor of Business
Financial Analyst programme in 1991. After joining Tecity
Group in 1997, he remained from 1997 to 2003, as Adjunct
Associate Professor of Finance at NTU. Mr Goh also serves
as Director of Stewardship Equity Pte Ltd, Commonwealth
Capital Pte Ltd and NPE Print Communications Pte Ltd.
Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Economics
from York University, Canada; a Master of Science in
Management (System Dynamics, Finance and Strategy) from
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of
Management, and is a CFA Charter holder.
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