Our Board of Directors

Mr Kaikhushru S. Nargolwala

Chairman

Non-Executive and Independent Director

Mr. Kai S. Nargolwala is the Chairman of the Board of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited. He also serves on the Board of PSA International Pte Ltd and chairs the Boards of 65 Equity Partners Pte. Ltd. and Pentagreen Capital Pte. Ltd.

The career of Kai spanned several decades in the financial services industry in the UK, USA and Asia.  At various times over the last 30 years, he has helmed the Asian businesses of Bank of America, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse.  He retired from executive roles at the end of 2011.

Kai previously served on the Boards of several listed companies including Credit Suisse Group AG, Prudential plc, Standard Chartered plc, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Tate & Lyle plc.  He was the Founding Chairman of Clifford Capital Holdings, a company guaranteed by the Singapore Government.  He was also the former Chairman of Prudential Corporation Asia Limited and Duke-NUS Medical School Governing Board.  Additionally, he served as a Board member of the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore and was a member of Visa International's Asia Pacific Advisory Board.

Kai is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as well as the Singapore Institute of Directors. He earned his Honors Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and is a Singapore citizen.

Kai was awarded the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) at the National Day Awards 2019 in recognition of his service to Singapore.

Mr Giam Chin Toon

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s):
Nominating Committee (Member)

Mr Giam Chin Toon S.C. has over 50 years of experience in law practice. Mr Giam acted as Counsel in numerous major cases in court proceedings and before arbitral tribunals. He specialises in commercial cases, in particular building and construction, banking, property and corporate disputes.

 Mr Giam is also actively involved in arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution and has served as arbitrator in many arbitrations both domestic and international. A former President Law Society of Singapore, Giam played a key role in developing and growing the Society's Criminal Legal Aid Scheme where he served as its Chairman. He was also formerly Chairman of the Law Society's Inquiry Panel. He was among the first batch of Senior Counsel appointed in 1997 and was conferred the CC Tan Award by the Law Society in 2006. 

 Mr Giam has held directorships (past and present) in public and private companies.

Dr Lee Kwok Cheong

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s):
Audit & Risk Committee (Member)

Mr Lee Kwok Cheong retired in 2019 after a 41-year career in IT and education, of which 23 years in CEO role. He has been active in shaping Singapore's IT, education and talents landscape. He was adjunct faculty at NTU and SUSS for many years.

He was the founder CEO of NCS Pte Ltd, which grew to be Southeast Asia's largest IT services provider. Mr Lee was also the founding President of the Singapore Association for Private Education, the industry association. He was the President of the Singapore Computer Society, the IT professional society.

For his public services, Mr Lee was conferred 2 National Day Medals by the President of the Republic, in 2010 and in 2016. He was also conferred Honorary Doctorate Degrees by RMIT University, University of London and University of Stirling.

Currently, he is on the Board of an education company in Vietnam, a government-owned gaming operator, a music ensemble, and a mental health charity.

Ms Wan Mei Kit

Ms Wan Mei Kit is an experienced professional in Audit, Risk Control, Governance and Compliance roles of leading international banks, with knowledge spanning across Asia Pacific.

Ms Wan is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and member of the Nomination Committee of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited and member of the Tote Board Audit and Risk Committee. She is also a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit Committee, Business Risk Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore.

She serves on various non-profit organisations as Audit and Risk Committee member of the National Kidney Foundation in Singapore, Deputy Chair of the Advisory Committee on Oversight of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (United Nations Women) in New York, and a Board member of Asia Philanthropic Ventures Pte Ltd.  

Ms Wan began her career in audit with Cooper & Lybrand Public Accountants (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Since then she has worked in various global financial institutions and held various regional head and leadership roles in the global audit, compliance and operational risk functions within Standard Chartered Bank Singapore from 1989 to 2015. Her most recent corporate role was the Regional Head of Audit, ASEAN at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore.

Ms Wan is a fellow member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK). She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Director and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr Neo Sing Hwee

Mr Neo Sing Hwee is a partner of the Ernst & Young Singapore Consulting Practice. He is currently the Global Client Service Partner of several large Temasek Portfolio Companies, Government & Public Service (GPS) accounts as well as private client accounts. 

Mr Neo was the Managing Director of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd from 2018 to 2020 where he headed the operation business process department, group information system & technology department, group risk management department, group internal audit department as well as group policy and delegation of authority.

For 9 years till 2018, Mr Neo Sing Hwee was a member of the EY Asean Partner Governance Council and led the Advisory (Risk) Internal Audit Practice in EY Singapore, Asean and Asia Pacific. Mr Neo has more than 25 years of experience in providing risk management, business process and performance improvement, internal controls, and business advisory services to clients in various industries, including organisations in both public and private sectors.

Mr Neo worked closely and provided advice to Audit Committees of listed companies as well as organisations in the public sector on leading practices, insights as well as issues relating to corporate governance, risk management and processes and controls. Currently, he also sits on the Board of several government related, charities and social organisations. 

Mr Neo has led and continues to lead teams in the review and assessment of risks as well as performance of internal audits for Singapore listed companies, MNCs as well as organisations in the government and public sector including ministries and statutory boards.

Mr Kok Ping Soon

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s): 

Technology Committee (Chairman)               
Audit & Risk Committee (Member)

Mr Kok Ping Soon is Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the apex business chamber championing the interests of Singapore’s business community in trade, investment and industrial relations matters. SBF represents more than 28,000 companies, as well as key local and foreign business chambers.

Prior to his current appointment, Ping Soon was Chief Executive of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech), the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative and public sector digital transformation. He also held various positions in the Ministry of Manpower, National Security Co-ordination Secretariat, Ministry of Trade & Industry, Singapore Tourism Board, Contact Singapore (CS), and Economic Development Board (EDB). He spent six years in the United States working for CS and EDB.

He serves on the Board of SBF Holdings, SBF Connect, NUS-ISS and is a member of the NIE Council. 

Mr Alan Goh Kim Hua

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s):
Leadership Development & Compensation Committee (Member)

Nominating Committee (Member) 

Mr Alan Goh is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Sport Singapore (SportSG). Prior to joining SportSG, he served as Deputy Secretary (Development and Regulation) in the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) from 2019 to 2023, and served in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) for 26 years, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral.

His previous appointments include Group Chief of Policy and Strategy in MINDEF's Policy Office, Commander of the RSN's Maritime Security Task Force, Head of Naval Plans, Head of Naval Personnel, and Commanding Officer of the RSN's Missile Corvette Squadron. He was a competitive sailor in his school days, and served as Commodore of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Yacht Club from 2017 to 2019 and Vice President (High Performance) of the Singapore Sailing Federation from 2018 to 2019.

Mr Goh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Mathematics from Cambridge University and a Master of Business Administration (Sloan Fellow) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was also a Fulbright Scholar. He is also a graduate of the United States Naval War College.

Mr Goh also previously served on the Board of Directors of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd and Unicorn International Pte Ltd, as well as on the Board of Governors of Temasek Polytechnic. For his contributions over the years, Mr Goh was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) in 2019 and the Civil Service Long Service Award (30 years) in 2023.

Mr Tan Choon Shian

Board Director
Non-Executive Director

Mr Tan Choon Shian is the Chief Executive of Tote Board since 1 July 2023.

He was formerly the Chief Executive, Workforce Singapore (WSG) from 2016 to June 2023 and was the principal and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Polytechnic prior to WSG.

Prior to his Singapore Polytechnic appointment, Choon Shian was the Deputy Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). During his time at EDB, he held various diplomatic and leadership roles in Singapore and Japan, including First Secretary (Industry) of the Singapore Embassy in Japan and led various EDB divisions including Asia Pacific Operations, Electronics and Precision Engineering Cluster, Planning and Policy, Marketing Communications and Knowledge Management.

Whilst at EDB, he was seconded for a year to the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) as Director, Corporate Development.

Choon Shian graduated as a valedictorian from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor of Science (Information Science) in 1992. He was a Sloan Fellow at Stanford University, USA, where he received a Master of Science in Management in 2000. He completed his Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in 2011.

Mr Lam Chee Weng

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Lam Chee Weng is the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Pools and was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2019. 

A seasoned finance professional with more than 30 years of work experience, he joined Singapore Pools in June 2017 as Chief Financial Officer. He has vast commercial experience working in public-listed companies and multinational companies with coverage across Asia Pacific. Notably he served as the Group Chief Financial Officer for Eu Yan Sang International Limited, a company previously listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange. An auditor by training, he started his finance career with KPMG in 1992 and holds professional qualifications with CA Singapore, ACCA UK, CPA Australia, CA Malaysia, and CFA Institute USA. In addition, he has an MBA from RMIT University, Australia and has completed the Advanced Management Program and International Directors Program with INSEAD.

Mr. Lam is a Board Member of iShineCloud Pte Ltd (an Institution of a Public Character), Kallang Alive Sport Management and Selegie Management Pte Ltd. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Asia Pacific Lottery Association (APLA) and committee member for United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS), a non-profit organization that aims to protect the integrity of sports and prevent match-fixing. He is also a committee member of the Audit & Risk Chapter at the Singapore Institute of Directors. He was the Co-Chairman for the Responsible Gambling Forum (RGF) in Singapore from 2019 to 2023 where he spearheaded responsible gambling efforts within the gambling industry, particularly in Singapore Pools. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Singapore Silent Heroes Awards which recognises ordinary, everyday Singaporeans for their extraordinary humanity and compassion towards people, causes and missions.