Mr Lee spent 36 years in the Singapore Administrative Service (Foreign Service Branch), during which time he served as Singapore’s High Commissioner in Brunei Darussalem (1984 to 1990), Ambassador to the Philippines (1990 to 1993) and Ambassador to Indonesia (1994 to 2006).

Mr Lee was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1996, the Long Service Medal in 1997, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1998 and the Meritorious Service Medal in 2006 by the Singapore Government. In 1993, the Philippines Government bestowed on him the Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Datu (Grand Cross).

In 2007, the Indonesian Government awarded him the highest civilian honour, the Bintang Jasa Utama (First Class). Currently, Mr Lee is the Chief Executive of PT Ekalumintas, an investment consultancy firm in Jakarta. He is also a member of the National University of Singapore’s President’s Philantrhropic Advisory Council.

Mr Lee holds a Masters of Arts from Cornell University.

Mr Lim is presently the President and CEO of United Industrial Corporation Limited and Singapore Land Limited. He is also the Non-executive Chairman and Independent Director of Gallant Venture Ltd. Mr Lim started his career in 1966 with the then Inland Revenue Department of Singapore. He became an Accountant at Mobil Oil Malaya Sdn Bhd in 1967 before joining the Port of Singapore Authority in 1968, where he served in various management positions. From 1975 to 1992, he was with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and finally promoted to the position of the Director-General.

He has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the then University of Singapore, a Master of Science (Management) degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and a Fellow and past President of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He is also a recipient of the Singapore Government Meritorious Service Medal, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) and the Public Service Medal.

Mr Wakeford is currently the President Director of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama, and President Director of PT Lajuperdana Indah, and a director of PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk (Lonsum). He started his career with Kingston Smith & Co, a firm of Chartered Accountants in London, England.

Mr Wakeford has been in the plantation industry since 1993, working with plantation companies in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Soloman Islands and Thailand. He started his plantation career as the Finance Director of Lonsum in 1993, based in Indonesia, before moving to Pacific Rim Plantations Limited (PROPL) as the CFO from 1995 to 1999, based in Papua New Guinea. In 1999, Mr Wakeford became CEO and Executive Director of PROPL. PROPL was sold to Cargill in 2005, and Mr Wakeford spent one year with Cargill, prior to joining the Company in January 2007. Mr Wakeford became CEO of the Company in August 2007.

Mr Wakeford trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London, England. He also attended the Senior Executive Program at the London Business School.

Mr Tjang is currently a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk, and PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk, Vice President Director of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama and Commissioner of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk. He started his career in 1984 with Drs. Hans Kartikahadi & Associates, a public accounting firm in Jakarta. Before joining the Plantation Division of the ISM Group as CFO in 2001, he had held various management positions in the Salim Plantations Group since 1990.

He was awarded a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the University of Tarumanagara in 1987, a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Indonesia in 1990 and a Master of Science degree in Administration & Business Policy from the University of Indonesia in 2002. He is also a registered accountant in Indonesia.

Mr Gunadi is currently a Director PT Salim Ivomas Pratama and Vice President Director of PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk. Mr Gunadi started his career in 1977 with Drs Hans Kartikahadi & Co., a public accounting firm in Jakarta. He was with PT Besuki Indah Electric Industry (Luxor), Jakarta in 1979 as Finance Manager before joining PT Lippo Mulia Jakarta in 1980 as Finance and Administration Manager.

From 1981 to 1991, Mr Gunadi was with PT Broco, Jakarta, as Group Finance Director. In 1991, Mr Gunadi joined the Salim Plantations Group (which was subsequently acquired by PT ISM) as Senior Vice President (Finance). In 2004, he was appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer of PT SIMP.

Mr Gunadi has a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from University of Indonesia.

Mr Suriady is currently a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk since 2009 and PT Salim Ivomas Pratama since 2007. He has also served as President Director of PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur since 2002. He began his career working for an automotive battery distributor, PT Menara Alam Teknik of Astra Group and moved on to join consumer goods manufacturer, Konica Film and Paper, in 1991. In 1994, he joined PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur as National Sales and Promotion Manager. In 2000-2002, he worked as Branch Manager for the Noodle Division of ISM.

He was awarded a Master of Business Administration from De Montfort University in Jakarta (affiliate United Kingdom) in 2000.

Mr Tjhie was appointed as President Commissioner of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama in 2009 and Director of PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Tbk. He has been a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk since 2009, a Director of PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (ISM) from 2004, President Commissioner of PT Indofood Fritolay Makmur from 2009, a Vice President Commissioner of PT Indolakto from 2009 and concurrently heads ISM’s Treasury Division. He previously served as a Director of PT Indomiwon Citra Inti and as Senior Executive of PT Kitadin Coal Mining.

Mr Tjhie was awarded a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Perbanas Banking Institute in Jakarta in 1991.

Mr Axton Salim has been a Director of PT Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur Tbk, PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk and PT Indolakto since 2009. He is also the director of Pacsari Pte Ltd since 2007. In addition, he is a Commissioner of PT Salim Ivomas Pratama since 2007, PT Nestlé Indofood Citarasa Indonesia from April 2010 and PT Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk since 2009. He began his career with Credit Suisse Singapore in the Investment Banking Division.

He was awarded a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 2002.

Mr Goh is presently the CFO of National University of Singapore, Centre For The Arts (NUS). He is also an Independent Director of AsiaMedic Limited. Mr Goh started his career in 1979 as an audit trainee with Goldblatt & Co (UK). He joined American International Assurance Pte Ltd in 1981 as an Accounting Supervisor. In 1982, he became a Regional Internal Auditor in Mobil Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and rose to the position of Regional Credit and Insurance Manager in 1987. In 1990, he was transferred to Mobil Petrochemicals International Ltd where he served as Regional Accounting Manager and later, as the Controller of the Asia Pacific region. Before his present position in NUS, Mr Goh was the Regional Vice President & Controller as well as an Executive Director of John Hancock International Pte Ltd.

Mr Goh has a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accounting and Economics from Middlesex University (London, United Kingdom).

Mr Susanto was appointed as Commissioner in PT Salim Ivomas Pratama since 2009 and began his career with the Standard Chartered Bank as an Account Relationship Manager of the Corporate Banking division in 1990. He joined PT BNP Lippo Leasing in 1993 as the Head of the Corporate Marketing division. In 1996, he joined PT ING Indonesia Bank as Vice President in the Project and Structured Finance division and was subsequently promoted to Director in the Wholesale Banking division of the bank. Mr Susanto also acted as the Chief Representative of ING Bank N.V. in Indonesia until 2005.

Mr Susanto has a Bachelor of Computer Science degree and a Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia.