Board Members

• Mr Ong Ye Kung

  Chairman of the Board
  Deputy Secretary-General
  National Trades Union Congress
  
  

  Ong Ye Kung is the Deputy Secretary-General of National Trades Union Congress (NTUC).  He oversees the Labour Movement’s employment and employability programmes and initiatives which include serving as the Chairman of Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (e2i).  He also holds the positions of Executive Secretary in the National Transport Workers’ Union (NTWU), Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers’ Union (SMMWU) and Singapore Industrial and Services Employees’ Union (SISEU).  Mr Ong is also the Worker Centric Director and Mentor to Young NTUC. Prior to joining NTUC, he was the Chief Executive of Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA).  He spearheaded many initiatives to build up the Continuing Education and Training infrastructure for Singapore, and made training accessible to the individual worker, including contract workers and the unemployed.   He also held several other positions in the Singapore Government, including that of Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Deputy Chief Negotiator for the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.  Mr Ong sits on the Boards of SMRT Corporation Ltd, JTC Corporation, Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC), Alexandra Health System (AHS), NTUC Investment Co-operative Ltd (NIC) and NTUC LearningHub Pte Ltd (LHUB).   He also serves on the Board of Governors of Northlight School.  He is a member of Ngee Ann Polytechnic Council, a Trustee of the Singapore LSE Trust and Chairman of Workers’ Upgrading and Employment Committee of Chinese Development Assistance Council. Mr Ong has a First Class Honours in B.Sc (Economics) from the University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) and a Master of Business Administration from the Institute of Management Development, Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Mr Ang Hin Kee

  Board of Director
  Chief Executive Officer, e2i
  
  

  Ang Hin Kee is the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment & Employability Institute (e2i). e2i is an initiative of the National Trades Union Congress and is supported by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency, Singapore Labour Foundation and the Singapore National Employers Federation. e2i is a one-stop centre for skills upgrading, job placement, career coaching and other employment and employability-related services for all working people in Singapore.  Hin Kee was previously the Director of the Employability Enhancement Department at the NTUC. He oversaw the Job Re-creation Programme where he worked together with partners and developed as well as implemented various initiatives to enhance the employability of workers through skills upgrading, job re-creation, job placement and other employment assistance. He is a Board member of the National Environment Agency and serves in various tripartite committees. He is also a member of NTUC's Employment and Employability Committee. Hin Kee joined the NTUC in 2006. Prior to that, he held senior positions in sports, statutory boards as well as the private sector. Hin Kee graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in 1991.

• Ms Adeline Sum

  Board of Director
  Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Labour Foundation (SLF)
  Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Childcare Co-operative Limited
  Competency Director (Group Development), NTUC
  
  

  Ms Adeline Sum is a Director of NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Limited, NTUC Choice Homes Co-operative Limited, NTUC Thrift & Loan Co-operative Limited, Pasir Ris Resort Pte Ltd, SLF Leisure Enterprises (Pte) Ltd, SLF Properties Pte Ltd and other private companies in the property, leisure, childcare and service industries. She was appointed a non-executive Director of ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited in January 2007. She is also a member of the Nominating Committee and the Investment Committee. Ms Sum holds a Bachelor of Arts (History) degree from the National University of Singapore, a Master of Business Administration (Accountancy) from the Nanyang Technological University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.

• Ms Anna Chan

  Board of Director
  Assistant Managing Director, Planning & Policy, Economic Development Board (EDB)
  
  

  Ms Anna Chan is currently Assistant Managing Director, Planning & Policy.  In her current role, she oversees EDB’s operating and development budgets and also the resources needed to support investments in Singapore.  Anna joined EDB in 1991, and prior to her current appointment, she held various positions in EDB ranging from Planning, Human Resource to Finance.  From 2003 to 2008, she also held concurrent appointments in EDB Investment Pte Ltd (EDBI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDB that is responsible for making direct and fund investments in companies and projects that are aligned with EDB’s overall economic thursts.

• Mr Boon Yoon Chiang

  Board of Director
  Chairman and MD
  Jardine Matheson (S) Ltd
  
  

  Mr Boon Yoon Chiang has been Chairman/Managing Director of Jardine Matheson (Singapore) Ltd since 1986.  He is on the board of various Jardine Group companies within and outside Singapore, including Jardine Asia-Pacific Regional Board. In addition to the directorships of the various Jardine Group companies, he also serves on the Boards of other listed and public companies including MNCs.  Among the companies of which he is a director, are Food Empire Holdings Ltd and MSIG Insurance (Singapore) Pte Ltd. He is a Board member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce (SICC) and a member of the Singapore-British Business Council and serves on the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors.  He represents the Singapore Business Federation on the Council of the ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASEAN-CCI).  He is the Honorary Secretary of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and a member of the Singapore National Council of INSEAD, a leading international graduate business school, and a member of the Competition Appeal Board. He obtained a Diploma in Personnel Management from the Singapore Institute of Management (1971) and completed the Senior Executive Programme at the London Business School in  1974.

• Mr Wong Hong Kuan

  Chief Executive
  Singapore Workforce Development Agency
  
  

  Mr Wong was appointed CE of WDA in June 2011 to lead and drive workforce development in Singapore. WDA’s mission is to enhance the employability and competitiveness of everyone in the workforce, from the young to old workers, from the rank-and-file to professionals, managers and executives. Mr Wong graduated with First Class Honours in Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University on a Singapore Government Local Merit Scholarship and joined the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in 1995. He was appointed as a Foreign Fellow under the Fulbright Programme in 2003 and graduated from the Harvard Business School with a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in 2005. Mr Wong has held many appointments within and outside the SPF since he started his career in the public sector 16 years ago. These include Director of Operations in the SPF, Commander of Bedok Police Division and Commander of Police Training Command. He also served as Assistant Director (Infrastructure & Economy) in the Ministry of Finance. In addition, Mr Wong has contributed to the community through his involvement with the National Committee on Youth Guidance and Rehabilitation, the National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) Council, and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC). He is also currently on the board of Singapore Land Authority (SLA), Employment and Employability Institute Pte Ltd (e2i), Singapore Media Academy Pte Ltd (SMA), Northlight School (Board of Governors), and SIM University ( Board of Trustees).

• Ms Mary Yeo

  Board of Director
  Vice President, Supply Chain Operations for South Asia Pacific, United Parcels Services (S) Pte Ltd (UPS)
  
  

  Ms Mary Yeo joined UPS in 1988 as Country Manager, the only woman in her company to hold such a senior position at that time. In her 20 years with UPS, she has led UPS Singapore to win the UPS Enterprise Excellence Award in 2002 for being the ‘best business performer' amongst 34 UPS offices worldwide. In this past year, UPS Singapore was awarded both the Winning Team (Employee Satisfaction) and the Most Profitable country. In 2003, Mary led UPS Singapore to win the Top 10 Best Employer award in Singapore and the company bagged the award for 2 consecutive times since. Ms Mary Yeo also received the prestigious International Management Action Award (IMAA) in 2003, that recognizes outstanding individuals who have demonstrated exceptional ability in taking management action to achieve sustainable, tangible results for an organization, society or nation. Mary has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Northumbria University. She is a member of the Board of Governors for the Institute of Technical Education, member of IDA Board and member of CPF Board. She is also a Committee member of SICC (Logistics Cluster) and Enabling Employers.

• Mr Philip Su

  Board of Director
  Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, Far East Organization
  
  

  Mr Philip Su has been Assistant Chief Executive Officer of JTC Corporation since 1 September 2001.  His functional responsibilities as ACEO are to spearhead the multi-billion dollar one-north development zone, Singapore's latest icon for the knowledge-based and creative economy, into a vibrant business eco-system; and to develop JTC's various Business Parks into premier business and industrial centers of excellence. Before joining JTC Corporation, he served in a variety of Army command, management and staff positions and been actively involved as a Director and Board Member on several Government-linked corporations and statutory boards. He graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a BSc (First Class Honours ) in Physics and Applied Mathematics; BSc in Economics from University of London, UK; MSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering from National University of Singapore; MS from University of Berkeley, USA; and a MMAS from the US Army Command and General Staff College.

• Mr Png Cheong Boon

  Board of Director
  Chief Executive, SPRING Singapore
  
  

  Png Cheong Boon is appointed as the Chief Executive of SPRING Singapore on 1 September 2008.  He joined SPRING in July 2003 and has been leading SPRING’s efforts in developing a competitive SME sector and nurturing innovative Singapore enterprises. He also currently serves as Chairman of SPRING SEEDS Capital Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SPRING Singapore, and Director of Singapore Information Services Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Enterprise Singapore. Prior to his current appointment, Cheong Boon spent ten years with the Economic Development Board (EDB) in various capacities. His last appointment was as Regional Director for Central US based in Chicago, responsible for EDB's investment promotion efforts in the midwest and southcentral states in the US. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engg) with Distinction from Cornell University, USA and a Master of Science in Management (Sloan programme) from Stanford University, USA.