Mr Cheng is the Chairman of the Board. He is also the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Mr Cheng retired as Chief Executive Officer of POSBank in July 1997. He holds and has held directorships, in both listed and unlisted companies. Currently, he is a director of Hong Leong Finance Limited, Singapore Petroleum Company Ltd, Pacific Andes (Holdings) Limited, Tee International Limited, SHC Capital Ltd, Thomson Medical Centre Limited and CFM Holdings Limited.

Mr Cheng holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics (Honours) from the University of Malaya in Singapore. He received the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1984 and the Public Service Medal in 2001.

Mr Yap is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, and is a member of the Nominating Committee.

He is currently managing director of B.P.Y. Private Limited, a firm of management consultants which provides financial planning, financial accounting, reviewing internal control systems as well as corporate secretarial services. Between July 1975 and January 1999, Mr Yap was a senior partner at Yap Boh Pin & Co which provided advice on auditing, taxation, liquidation and corporate restructuring matters. He is also a director of Lereno Bio-Chem Ltd, serving as Chairman of its Nominating Committee and member of its Audit Committee.

He has also held directorships in various public companies between 1975 and 2000, including Singapore Land Limited, L&M Investments Limited and Pan Pacific Public Company Limited. During his appointment by these companies, Mr Yap was a member of their executive committee and/or audit committee, assisting in the evaluation and recommendation of changes to their system of internal controls as well as corporate governance.

In March 2007, Mr Yap was appointed as director of Asia Mobile Holdings Pte. Ltd., a private limited company which is a subsidiary of ST Telemedia. It has investments in StarHub and Indosat.

Beyond the corporate sector, Mr Yap is actively involved in various non-profit, educational and social welfare organisations. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, and serves as the Honorary Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Singapore Heart Foundation. He is actively involved on the Board of Management of the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (“ACS”), serving as Chairman of the ACS Endowment Fund and Chairman of the Finance Management Committee. At end January 2008, Mr Yap was appointed a Director of ACS (International). He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Chinese Development Assistance Council.

Mr Yap qualified as a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales in 1966. He is a Fellow member of both the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Mr Yen is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, and serves as a member of the Remuneration Committee. He was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee with effect from 1 March 2007.

Mr Yen is currently the Chief Executive Officer of SECOM (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a provider of security services. Mr Yen has held senior management positions in industries such as defence marketing, construction and development, security, hospitality and aviation services.

Mr Yen began his career with the Singapore Ministry of Defence as a systems engineer. Mr Yen later joined Chartered Industries of Singapore Pte Ltd, where he was part of the team that established CDC-Construction and Development Pte Ltd (now known as Sembawang Engineers & Constructors Pte Ltd), a leading design-and-build contractor in Singapore for civil engineering, residential and commercial building projects.

Mr Yen is currently also an independent director and member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Hersing Corporation Ltd, a company listed in Singapore. Mr Yen obtained a Bachelor Degree in Engineering from the McMaster University in 1972 and also holds a diploma in financial management from the New York University.

Mr Tang joined the Board in November 2006 and was appointed as a member of the Audit Committee with effect from 1 March 2007.

After three years in the Singapore Government Administrative Service, Mr Tang spent the next 28 years in the banking and financial services industry and held senior management positions at Continental Illinois National Bank, N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Singapore) Ltd, ST Capital Limited and Vertex Management (UK) Limited. He retired from full-time employment in January 2005.

Mr Tang has held directorships in various companies, including SGX-Main-Board listed Singapore Food Industries Limited, where he served as a member of the Audit Committee.

Mr Tang graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics) (Honours) (1970), and obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration (1975), from the then University of Singapore.

Mr Lee serves as a member of the Executive Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nominating Committee. Mr Lee is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd where he is responsible for steering the strategic growth and development as well as investments of the Singapore Technologies Telemedia group of companies.

Mr Lee joined the Singapore Technologies group of companies in 1985 and held senior positions overseeing legal and strategic business development. In 1994, recognising the potential in the telecommunications sector, Mr Lee spearheaded the creation of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd as a new business area for the Singapore Technologies group. Since then, he has led the company's growth through overseeing their investments in and managing infocommunications businesses.

Under his leadership, Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd has evolved into a leading information-communications company, with operations and investments in Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe. Currently, the Company's business focus is in two distinct sectors, namely, wireless and internet protocol. The Singapore Technologies Telemedia group of companies, which include PT Indosat, Global Crossing Limited and StarHub Ltd, offer a wide range of communications and information services including fixed and mobile communications, internet exchange and data communications, satellite, broadband and pay television.

Mr Lee began his career as an officer with the Singapore Legal Service where he served for more than eight years. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the then University of Singapore in 1976.

Mr Sio serves a member of the Audit Committee. Mr Sio has over 20 years of financial and management experience, and is currently the Executive Vice-President of Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd, a position he has held since November 1995.

In 1991, Mr Sio joined Singapore Technologies Holdings Pte Ltd as Vice-President of Corporate Finance, overseeing the treasury and investment management functions of the Singapore Technologies group of companies. Between 1993 and 1997, Mr Sio held the position of Director of Strategic Investment and Group Treasurer and was part of the team which formed Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd as the telecommunications branch of the Singapore Technologies group.

Mr Sio obtained a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the then University of Singapore in 1970, and attended the Senior Management Programme at the London Business School.

Mr Kwek, who serves as an alternate director to Mr Lee Theng Kiat, has over 30 years of financial experience. He joined the Singapore Technologies group in 1992. He has served as Chief Financial Officer in various major operating units within the group including Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, ST Assembly Test and Services Ltd, Vickers Capital Limited and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte Ltd.

Prior to joining the Singapore Technologies group, Mr Kwek spent 10 years at United Technologies Carrier Asia Pacific Operation where he assumed various regional responsibilities in planning, business development and joint venture start-ups. Mr Kwek is currently the Chief Financial Officer of StarHub Ltd, a position he has held since September 2002.

Mr Kwek obtained a Bachelor Degree in Accountancy from the then University of Singapore in 1975. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1997. Mr Kwek is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.

Mr Lim serves as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr Lim is credited with having successfully spearheaded the strategic development and growth of the Group since its inception in 1998 into a regional diversified provider and enabler of innovative communications today.

Following his retirement as Group President in November 2006, Mr Lim continues to contribute his extensive industry experience and expertise to the Group, as a Non-Executive Director and a member of the Executive Committee.

Mr Lim, who oversaw the strategic development and management of our Group as President, has over 13 years' of experience in the telecommunications industry, including establishing Cellstar Pacific Pte Ltd. Prior to undertaking his appointment as our Group President in January 2004, he held the position of Managing Director from March 1999 to December 2003 where he was responsible for the Group's distribution business.

Mr Lim is currently the Managing Director of Leap International Pte Ltd, a private investment holding company. Mr Lim holds a Diploma in Marine Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic, a Diploma in Administrative Management from the Institute of Administrative Management in the United Kingdom and a Master of Business Management in Marketing and Finance from the Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines.