Hyflux

Olivia Lum

Ms Lum started corporate life as a chemist with Glaxo Pharmaceutical and left in 1989 to start up Hydrochem (S) Pte Ltd, the precursor to Hyflux Ltd.

Managing the Group for 19 years now, Ms Lum is the driving force behind Hyflux's growth and business expansion, responsible for policy and strategy formulation and corporate direction.

A former Nominated member of Singapore Parliament, Ms Lum holds several positions in the public service. Presently, she sits on the board of a number of companies. She is a Member of the NUS Board of Trustees, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited as well as National University Health System. In addition to her commitments in Hyflux, Ms Lum is also a member of the Singapore-Tianjin Economic & Trade Council, and the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council.

Among the many accolades Ms Lum has received for her entrepreneurial achievements are: the Winner of the Regional Growth Award by Nihon Keizai Shimbun at the 11th Nikkei Asia Prize 2006, and most recently the Rising Asia – The Next 10 Years Award by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA) and AXN ASIA. She was also awarded the Asiamoney’s Corporate Executive of the Year 2005 in Singapore.

Ms Lum holds an Honours degree in Science from the National University of Singapore.

Teo Kiang Kok

Mr Teo has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since December 2000. He is currently a member of the Company's Nominating, Audit, Remuneration, Risk Management and Executive Committees.

A lawyer with more than 20 years of experience, Mr Teo is a senior partner of the law firm, Shook Lin & Bok LLP. He heads Shook Lin & Bok LLP’s corporate & corporate finance and China practices.

Mr Teo serves on the boards of a number of other companies including Memtech International Limited, Jadason Enterprises Ltd, Ocean Sky International Ltd and Unisteel Technology Limited.

Mr Teo holds an Honours degree in Law from the University of Hull and is a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln's Inn.

Lee Joo Hai

Mr Lee has been a Non-Executive independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since December 2000. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating, Remuneration, Risk Management and Executive Committees.

Mr Lee is a CPA and a member of both the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is currently a partner in a public accounting firm in Singapore and has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and auditing.

Mr Lee also sits on the board of other listed companies, including Lung Kee (Bermuda) Holdings Ltd and Unisteel Technology Limited.

Gay Chee Cheong

Mr Gay has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since August 2001. He is also the Chairman of Nominating Committee, as well as a member of the Remuneration, Audit and Executive Committees.

Mr Gay co-founded and was the CEO of 2G Capital Private Limited, a private investment company investing in equities and private companies in the Asia Pacific economies. The company was awarded Highest Net Profit in 2006 and Net Profit Excellence in 2007 in the annual SME 500 ranking.

Mr Gay was the Group Executive Director of JIT Electronics Pte Ltd for four years, responsible for corporate development, business strategy and investments of the JIT Group. He established operational subsidiaries in Singapore, China and Hungary and served concurrently as their respective Managing Directors. He initiated and was responsible for the public listing of JIT Electronics in November 1997 and the subsequent merger of JIT with Flextronics International valued at $1.16 billion in August 2000.

Mr Gay was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas training Award (Graduating) and attended the Royal Military Academy (RMA), Sandhurst and Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenharm, United Kingdom. At RMA, Sandhurst, Mr Gay won the Nigeria Prize for Best Overseas Student Officer and at the Singapore Command and Staff College, the Top Student Prize.

Mr Gay holds Honours degrees in Electronics Engineering from the Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, United Kingdom, and in Economics from University of London. He also has a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Christopher Murugasu

Mr Murugasu has been a Non-Executive Non-Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since February 2005.

Mr Murugasu is also a member of the Risk Management and Remuneration Committees.

Previously Senior Vice President for Corporate Services at Hyflux Ltd, he was responsible for the Group’s human resources, procurement and general administration functions. Prior to joining Hyflux, Mr Murugasu had accumulated over 15 years of experience in the public sector as well as with a foreign bank.

He holds an Honours degree in Computing Science from Imperial College, United Kingdom, and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics, United Kingdom.

Raj Mitta

Mr Mitta has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since April 2007. He is the Chairman of Risk Management Committee.

Mr Mitta is currently the Chairman of Essential Value Associates Pte Ltd, a boutique high-powered consultancy firm, providing hands-on personal counselling on issues of managing change and strategic implementation with the result of driving lasting change in organisations and developing high growth businesses with quality governance and sustainability.

Mr Mitta has advised some of the world’s best consumer goods and customer-intensive companies, technology-intensive corporations and regional governments. His client list includes multinationals like PepsiCo, Gillette, Kelloggs, and the Governments of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia and India. He has also worked with regional conglomerates like Hutchisons (HK), Jardines (HK), Bakrie Group (Indonesia), Reliance (India), Amex, Citicorp, British Airways and telecom operators like Optus, Orange, Singapore Telecom and Deutsche Telekom.

Prior to his experience of over 14 years in consulting, Mr Mitta worked in senior marketing roles with Pepsico (US and Cyprus) and Mars Inc. (UK).

Mr Mitta is a seasoned negotiator and deal maker with well developed cross cultural sensitivity developed through living and working across diverse countries and consulting with an expansive list of clients. His main areas of professional interest are in strategy development and value extraction through enhancing marketing and sales effectiveness, the competitive repositioning of brands/services and issues relating to managing change within organisations.

Mr Mitta holds a Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Bombay, India and a Masters in Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Professor Tan Teck Meng

Professor Tan has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since April 2007. He is also the Chairman of Remuneration Committee as well as a member of the Audit Committee.

Professor Tan is currently Professor of Accounting in the School of Accountancy at Singapore Management University. He chairs the Singapore National Council for Pacific Economic Cooperation (SINCPEC), K K Women & Children Hospital’s Medifund Committee and the Advisory Committee of Meridian Junior College. In October 2007, he was appointed as a Council Member of the Accounting Standard Council.

Professor Tan also sits on the board of a number of companies including: Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited; Kim Eng Holdings Limited; Singapore Shipping Corporation Ltd; k1 Ventures Ltd; Raffles Education Corporation; and Oriental Century Limited.

Professor Tan has a Bachelor of Accountancy (BAcc) Degree from the University of Singapore and a Masters of Commerce (MCom) (Honours) from the University of New South Wales in Australia. In 1996, he was awarded an Honorary PhD by Liaoning University (China). In 1997, he became the first Singaporean to garner the (US-based) Wilford L. White Award.

He holds Fellowships in the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (FCPA), Australian Society of CPAs (FCPA), Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (FCIS), and Chartered Management Institute, UK (FCMI).

Ahmed Butti Ahmed

Mr Ahmed has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of Hyflux Ltd since April 2008.

Mr Ahmed is currently the Director General of Dubai Customs and CEO of the Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC) Authority.

Mr Ahmed serves as Chairman for several companies including Imdaad (facilities management), Palm Utilities (district cooling & water treatment) and Dubai Security Services. In addition, he also serves as a board member for Dubai World, Tamweel and Federal Customs Authority Board of Directors.

He holds a Masters degree in Science from Denver University, USA.