Our Council Members 2025 – 2026

CBD is made up of eminent members appointed by the Minister for Social and Family Development, with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam as its patron. As leaders with strong networks across boards of the private, public and people sectors, the Council is well positioned to lead the board diversity agenda and influence their respective sectors.

MR THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM​

Patron

“Building diverse leadership and teams are not about ticking boxes, but about unlocking our full collective potential. They also engender a culture where every individual is respected for what they can contribute, and where diverse views are sought.”

Patron, Council for Board Diversity, President Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Patron

“Building diverse leadership and teams are not about ticking boxes, but about unlocking our full collective potential. They also engender a culture where every individual is respected for what they can contribute, and where diverse views are sought.”

Members

Dr Gerard Ee

Chairman, Charity Council, and Agency for Integrated Care; and other organisations

Dr Gerard Ee is the Chairman of the Charity Council which promotes and encourage the adoption of good governance standards and best practices to enhance public confidence in the charity sector.

Dr Ee was an Audit Partner and retired from E&Y in 2005. He had been Chairman of several entities including the National Kidney Foundation, Public Transport Council, Changi General Hospital cluster and was President of the National Council of Social Service.

He is currently also the Chairman of the Agency for Integrated Care, the Group Chairman of the Canossian entities in Singapore and is a Board member of MOH Holdings Pte Ltd.

Ms Euleen Goh

Chairman, Singapore Institute of Management, and Board Director, Jebsen & Jessen Pte Ltd

Ms Euleen Goh is a Non-Executive Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Management, and Non-Executive Independent Director of Jebsen & Jessen Pte Ltd. She is a member of the Public Service Commission, a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Ms Goh held various senior management positions in Standard Chartered Bank, travelling widely throughout the Group’s operations. Since retirement, she has held non-executive appointments on various boards including DBS Group Holdings Ltd, DBS Bank Ltd, Singapore Airlines, Aviva plc, Singapore Exchange, CapitaLand, Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, MediaCorp, Standard Chartered Bank Thai and Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia. She is the former Chairman of SATs Ltd, former Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director of Shell plc, former Chairman of Singapore International Foundation, International Enterprise Singapore and Accounting Standards Council, Singapore, DBS Foundation Ltd as well as a former board member of Temasek Trustees Pte Ltd and the Future Economy Council.

Ms Goh was awarded a Public Service Medal in 2005 and a Public Service Star in 2012.

Ms Goh Swee Chen

Chairman, Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees and National Arts Council, and Board Director, JTC Corporation and Singapore Airlines

Ms Goh Swee Chen joined Shell in 2003 and retired as Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore in January 2019. She was previously with Procter & Gamble and IBM. A global leader, she has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Japan and China. Ms Goh has a diverse professional background, having led significant businesses in Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and IT sectors.

Ms Goh is currently Chairman, National Arts Council, and Chairman, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Board of Trustees. She also serves on the Boards of Singapore Airlines, SP Group, JTC Corporation, Woodside Energy (Australia) and GenZero. She is a member of the Legal Services Commission.

Ms Goh had previously chaired/served in the Boards of Shell Joint Ventures in China, Korea and Saudi Arabia.

She graduated with B.Sc. – Victoria University and MBA – Chicago Booth, University of Chicago. She was named Distinguished Alumni, Chicago Booth, in 2018. She is married with three children.

MR THARMAN SHANMUGARATNAM

President of the Republic of Singapore

Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. 

He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. Tharman was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for several years, and Education Minister earlier. He last served in government as Senior Minister. He also served as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator, from 2011 to 2023.

He has been committed through his years to building economic resilience and a more inclusive social compact. On the latter, he has been especially engaged in sustaining social mobility, improving jobs for lower-income workers, and making life-long learning a reality for all. He has also sought to deepen and advance Singapore’s model of multiculturalism.

Tharman has led several international councils focused especially on global financial reforms, preparedness for future pandemics, education, and global water sustainability.

He currently chairs the board of the Group of Thirty, an independent global council of economic and financial leaders from the public and private sectors. He also co-chairs the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, whose initial recommendations helped shape the outcomes of the UN Water Conference in March 2023, as well as the Advisory Board for the UN’s Human Development Report.