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 Manipal Health Enterprises Private Limited and chairs the Boards of 65 Equity Partners Pte. Ltd., Pentagreen Capital Pte. Ltd and Nxera Investment Holdings 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.

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 of Capitaland and China Trust Management Limited.

She serves on various non-profit organisations as 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 Zhang Weihan

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s):

Audit & Risk Committee (Member)

Mr Zhang Weihan is the Deputy Commissioner (Investigation & Intelligence) and concurrent Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Singapore Police Force. Prior to this, he has held several key appointments including the Director of the Police Intelligence Department, Deputy Director of the Criminal Investigation Department and Commander of Ang Mo Kio Division. He also served previously as Deputy Director of the Joint Operations Group at the Ministry of Home Affairs and Senior Assistant Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

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 advancing the interests of Singapore’s business community in trade, investment and industrial relations matters. SBF represents more than 30,000 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 across government covering manpower, economic and security issues.

He serves on the Board of ACRA, SBF Foundation, Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS), IPOS and NUS-ISS. 

Ms Tan Bin Ru

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

Board Committee(s): 

Technology Committee (Member)

Ms Tan Bin Ru is a renowned leader in the Fintech industry globally and a prominent figure in the Singapore blockchain community. As the Chairwoman of the Blockchain Association of Singapore (BAS), she leads the organization with the vision to be the leading industry organization for the advocacy, collaboration, convergence, and fair use of blockchain and scalable technologies in Singapore.

Ms Tan is a regular speaker at various Fintech events on Artificial Intelligence & Blockchain including Singapore Fintech Festival, Singapore Blockchain Fest, Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Singapore – India Hackathon 2023 (Fintech & ESG) and many more. Through her speaking engagements, she aims to promote the adoption and responsible use of blockchain technology in various industries and sectors.

Currently, Ms Tan serves as President, Enterprise Digital in Singapore Technologies Engineering in addition to her role as the Chairwomen of the BAS. As President of Enterprise Digital, she leads the development of advanced healthcare and finanical services solutions that optimize hospital operations and enhance financial system resilience using AI, loT, and cybersecurity technologies. With over 25 years of experience, she has led several leadership roles in MNCs and startups. Notable roles include CEO (Southeast Asia) of OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd., a technology-as-a-service platform for financial instituitions and leadership roles at Microsoft and Hewlett Packard.

Ms Tan's contributions to the Singapore fintech industry have been recognized with numerous accolades, including being named "Top 5 Women in FinTech" and "Asia FinTech Leaders" at the 2019 Singapore FinTech Awards. She was also recognized with the "Woman in Fintech" award by Fintech Nation 65 in 2022. She is also a role model for women in the tech sector and was featured in the inaugural Singapore 100 Women in Tech List in 2020.

Ms Tan holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from National University of Singapore. She is also a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Ms Ng Shin Ein

Board Director
Non-Executive and Independent Director

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

Shin Ein brings with her a blend of legal, business and diplomatic experience. She is a legally trained private equity entrepreneur and co-founder of Gryphus Capital, a pan-Asian private equity firm. Prior to this, she spent a number of years at the Singapore Exchange where she was responsible for developing Singapore's capital market and bringing foreign companies to list in Singapore. Additionally, she was part of the Singapore Exchange's IPO Approval Committee, where she contributed industry perspectives and acted as a conduit between the market and regulators.

Shin Ein was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court in 1998 and practiced as a corporate lawyer in Messrs Lee & Lee.

Shin Ein has served on boards of companies listed on Nasdaq, the Singapore Exchange and the Australian Securities Exchange. She has steered some of these companies through their IPOs and seen others through their privatisations. She presently serves on the boards of Grab Holdings Inc, Starhub Holdings and Singapore Land. She is also on the Board of Governors of the Singapore International Foundation.

In 2015, Shin Ein was awarded for her services as a board member of Fairprice.

Apart from corporate boards, Shin Ein serves as Singapore's Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. In 2021, she was awarded the Commander's Cross, Order of Merit, the second highest civilian state award of Hungary

Mr Tan Choon Shian

Board Director
Non-Executive

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. Prior to WSH, Mr Tan served as the Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Polytechnic (SP) for more than three years, after relinquishing his appointment as 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.

Mr Tan 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.