New Independent Director Appointed to Sembcorp Industries Board
October 15, 2012
Sembcorp Industries is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Teh Kok Peng as a new independent director with effect from October 15, 2012.
Dr Teh is Advisor to the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) Group Executive Committee and also Chairman of GIC's China Business Group. Previously, he was President of GIC Special Investments, Director and Deputy Managing Director of GIC, Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and an Economist at the World Bank.
Dr Teh is a director of Overseas Chinese Banking Cooperation, Ascendas and GIC Special Investments. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission and the International Monetary Fund's Asia & Pacific Regional Advisory Group and serves on the boards of the National University of Singapore and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Dr Teh holds a First Class Honours in Economics from La Trobe University, Australia and a PhD in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
For further details on Dr Teh's particulars, please refer to the company's separate release set out in accordance with the SGXNet Template on "Appointment of Independent Director".