Bachelor of Laws (Hons), National University of Singapore

Ms Chew Gek Khim was appointed to the Board of the Company as a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director on 18 March 2016.

A lawyer by training. She has been the Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited (STC) since 24 April 2008, first as Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman and then as Executive Chairman since 1 November 2009.

Ms Chew is also Executive Chairman of Tecity Group, which she joined in 1987. She is Deputy Chairman of ARA Asset Management Limited, Chairman of ARA Trust Management (Suntec) Limited, and sits on the board of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. 

Ms Chew is also Deputy Executive Chairman of Tan Chin Tuan Foundation in Singapore and Chairman of Tan Sri Tan Foundation in Malaysia. She is a Member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore, the SSO Council and Board of Governors of S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. She was the chairman of the National Environment Agency Board of Singapore from 2008 to 2015. Ms Chew was also previously a director of CapitaLand Retail China Trust (formerly CapitaRetail China Trust Management Limited) and board member of the Singapore Totalisator Board. 

She was awarded the Chevalier de lOrdre National du Mérite in 2010 as Businessman of the Year 2014 in 2015.

She is also the Executive Chairman of The Straits Trading Company Limited, the major shareholder of the Company.

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Direct interest : 400,000 ordinary shares of RM1.00 each in MSC