Board of Directors

TEO Ming Kian
Chairman

  • Chairman of Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd, Temasek Foundation Ecosperity CLG Limited, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory Limited and Tychan Pte Ltd
  • Director of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd, Temasek Foundation Ltd, TF IPC Ltd, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd and Interel Pte Ltd
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  • Permanent Secretary and Executive Chairman positions in several Singapore government ministries and agencies
  • Public Administration Medal (Gold), Singapore (1993)
  • Commander First Class – Royal Order of the Polar Star (Sweden) (1994)
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Monash University, Australia (1999)
  • Meritorious Service Medal, Singapore (2008)
  • Defence Technology Medal (Distinguished Leadership) (2015)

 

Benny LIM
Deputy Chairman

  • Chairman of National Parks Board
  • Chairman of Temasek Foundation CLG
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  • Special Advisor to Centre for Liveable Cities (MND) and to the National Security Studies Program, RSIS/NTU
  • Held Permanent Secretary positions in Home Affairs, National Development, National Security and Intelligence Coordination.
  • Awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 2021


Peter CHIA
Chief Executive Officer

  • Member of TLL’s Executive Committee and Research Strategy Committee
  • Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Life Sciences Ventures Pte Ltd and Temasek Lifesciences Accelerator Pte Ltd
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  • Holds directorship positions in several technology start-ups and organisations, namely, JOil (S) Pte. Ltd., Temasek Lifesciences Accelerator Pte Ltd, The Lifesciences Innovation Fund Pte. Ltd., Zero2.5 Biotech Pte. Ltd., Aqualita Ecotechnology Pte. Ltd., Pathnova Laboratories Pte. Ltd. and Silver Factory Technology Pte. Ltd.


CHUA Phuay Hee

Director

  • Retired since 2012. Currently independent director on the boards of listed and non-listed companies in Singapore and China
  • Board member and Executive Director for finance, risk management, IT and corporate services at Singapore-listed Wilmar International from 2006 to 2011
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  • Previously Chief Financial Officer at Keppel TatLee Bank and Director of Securities Industry at Monetary Authority of Singapore


Richard C. DEE
Director

  • Board Director and Senior Vice President, UNILAB, Inc. and Affiliates
  • Trustee, Assisi Development Foundation (Philippines)
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  • Trustee, ASA Philippines Foundation
  • Director, Greenfield Development Corporation
  • Member, Committee of the Board, Ateneo Professional Schools


GEH Min
Director

  • Director of World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore) and Birdlife International (Asia)
  • Management Board Member of the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions (CNCS)
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  • Governing Board Member of Duke-NUS Medical School
  • Advisory Committee Member of The Master of Science (Environmental Management) programme (NUS)
  • Immediate Past President of Nature Society (Singapore)
  • Former Nominated Member of Parliament from 2005 to 2006
  • Inaugural President’s Award for the Environment (2006)


LONG Ai Ming (Mrs LEE Ai Ming)
Director

  • Senior Consultant with Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP since 2015. Prior to that, she was the Deputy Managing Partner having joined the firm in 1982.
  • Currently an independent director of Lendlease Global Reit.
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  • Previously served on the boards of HTL International Holdings Ltd., Keppel Land Limited, Keppel REIT Management Limited (the manager of Keppel REIT) and the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority and Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd as an independent director.
  • Appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 2015
  • Member of the Copyright Tribunal and Board of Visiting Judges constituted by the Ministry of Home Affairs


QUEK See Tiat
Director

  • President, Council for Estate Agencies
  • Chairman, Accounting Standards Council
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  • Director, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd
  • Director, Temasek Foundation Limited and TF IPC Ltd
  • Director, Pavilion Energy Pte Ltd
  • Member, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Panel
  • Public Service Medal, 2009
  • Public Service Star, 2014


SOO Khee Chee
Director

  • Founding Director of National Cancer Centre Singapore, Ex Senior Vice Dean (Clinical, Academic and Faculty Affairs) at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore and Ex Deputy Group Chief Executive Office (Research and Education) at Singapore Health Services
  • Conferred the 2003 National Day Award Public Administration Medal (Gold), 2008 National Outstanding Clinician Mentor Award by Singapore’s Ministry of Health and 2011 President’s Science & Technology Medal


James P. TAM
Director

  • Director of Synzymes and Natural Products Center (SYNC), Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
  • Founding Dean, School of Biological Sciences, NTU
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  • Founding Director of Biological Research Center, NTU
  • Founding Director of Double-degree program in Biomedical Science and Chinese Medicine, and TCM clinic, NTU
  • Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science
  • Recipient of eight major international awards including the
    • Science China Chemistry Award
    • Josef Rudinger Memorial Award‎
    • Akabori Memorial Award
    • Merrifield Award
    • Ralph F. Hirschmann Award
    • Rao Makineni Award
    • Cathay Award
    • Vincent du Vigneaud Award
  • Founder and Chairman of AptoGenix


TAN Suan Swee

Director

  • Advisory Director, Temasek International
  • Retired Managing Director, Investment, Temasek International Pte Ltd
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  • Previously Assistant Managing Director, Singapore Economic Development Board
  • Awarded the 2000 Public Administration Medal (Silver)


YU Hao
Director

  • Provost’s Chair Professor and Head of Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
  • Elected Fellow of the Singapore National Academy of Science
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  • Previously Vice Dean in Faculty of Science, Deputy Head in Department of Biological Sciences and Chairman of several committees at NUS
  • Previously Executive Director in Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory
  • Recipient of many awards and accolades such as Provost’s Chair in NUS in 2017 and 2020, Singapore National Research Foundation Investigatorship in 2016, the Singapore President’s Science Award in 2013, the Singapore Youth Award for Science and Technology in 2007 and the Singapore National Academy of Science Young Scientist Award in 2006