TAN TIONG CHENG, 65
Diploma in Urban Valuation, FSISV, FAPFM, ANZIV, SPINZ
Independent and Non-Executive Director
First appointed: 1 July 2013
Last re-elected: 30 April 2014
Mr Tan Tiong Cheng was appointed as an Independent and
Non-Executive 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. He is a Member of the Valuation
Review Board.
GARY HILTON WEISS, 62
LLB (HONS), LLM, JSD
Independent and Non-Executive Director
First appointed: 1 June 2014
Last re-elected: 30 April 2015
Dr Gary Hilton Weiss was appointed as an Independent and
Non-Executive Director of The Straits Trading Company
Limited on 1 June 2014.
Dr Weiss is currently the Executive Director of Ariadne Australia
Limited, a diversified investment company with investments
in a variety of sectors, including car parking, insurance and
financial services. The Chairman of Ridley Corporation Limited
and ClearView Wealth Limited, Dr Weiss is also a Non-
Executive Director of Premier Investments Limited, Pro-Pac
Packaging Ltd and Estia Health Ltd.
He was the former chairman of Coats Plc, former executive
director of Whitlam, Turnbull & Co and Guinness Peat Group
plc and sat on the board of Westfield Holdings Limited. Dr
Weiss has also been involved in managing large businesses
with operations in many regions including Europe, China and
India and is familiar with investments across a wide range of
industries, corporate finance and private equity type deals.
Dr Weiss holds an LLB (Hons) and LLM from Victoria University
of Wellington and a Doctor of the Science of Law (JSD) from
Cornell University. He was admitted as a Barrister and Solicito
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, a Barrister and
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and as a Solicitor
of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
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