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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.”

Gan Seow Kee

Mr Gan Seow Kee (Co-Chair)

Chairman of Singapore LNG Corporation, and Former Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific

Goh Swee Chen

Ms Goh Swee Chen (Co-Chair)

Chairman, Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees and National Arts Council
Members
Ang Shih Huei

Ms Ang Shih-Huei

Deputy Honorary Secretary, Singapore Business Federation Council, and CEO and Board Director, H/Advisors Klareco

Azriman Mansor

Mr Azriman Mansor

Board Director, Yayasan Mendaki, and Council Member, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)

Jonathan Eu

Mr Jonathan Eu

Chief Executive Officer and Board Director, Singapore Land Group Limited

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Ms Euleen Goh

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

Han Neng Hsiu

Mr Han Neng Hsiu

Dean and CEO, Civil Service College; Deputy Secretary (Leadership), Public Service Division

Maimoonah Hussain

Datuk Maimoonah Hussain

Board Director, Hong Leong Asia Ltd and Singapore Exchange Ltd

Ong Ai Hua

Ms Ong Ai Hua

Deputy Secretary (Family and Society), Ministry of Social and Family Development

Seow Yian San

Dr Seow Yian San

President, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO)

Tan Boon Gin

Mr Tan Boon Gin

CEO, Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), and Chairman, SATA CommHealth

Juliet Teo

Ms Juliet Teo

Joint Head, Portfolio Development Group; Head, Singapore Market, Temasek, and Board Director, CapitaLand Group

Gregory Vijayendran

Mr Gregory Vijayendran

Member, Charity Council, and Honorary General Secretary, National Council of Social Services

Past Councils

2019 – 2024

Diversity Action Committee

2014 – 2018

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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.

MR Gan Seow Kee

Chairman of Singapore LNG Corporation; Former Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific; and other directorships

Mr Gan Seow Kee is the Chairman of Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd. Prior to this he was Vice-Chairman and Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Business Federation. He currently serves on the Council of Presidential Advisors. He is a board director and Finance and Development Committee chairman of SG Enable, the focal agency for disability and inclusion in Singapore. He is also a member of the Advisory Council of Deloitte South East Asia.

Mr Gan has served on numerous boards and councils in the private and public sectors, including Singapore Economic Development Board. He was formerly Chairman and Managing Director of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. He was also President and Director of ExxonMobil China Petroleum and Petrochemical Company Ltd., and served as Board Director in ExxonMobil’s joint ventures in China.

He was conferred the Singapore Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2023, the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award by the National University of Singapore in 2018 and the Medal of Commendation (Gold) by the National Trades Union Congress in 2017.

Ms Ang Shih-Huei

Deputy Honorary Secretary, Singapore Business Federation Council; CEO and Board Director, H/Advisors Klareco; and other directorships

Ms Ang Shih-Huei is the CEO and Co-Founder of H/Advisors Klareco, a leading strategic communications company. H/Advisors Klareco is headquartered in Singapore and also operates in Indonesia and Malaysia. Together with a global network of affiliates, H/Advisors Klareco serves businesses facing complex communications challenges in the region and globally.

Ms Ang has more than 20 years of communications experience in government relations, corporate reputation, investor relations and crisis communications management. Her clients span a wide range of organisations, including government ministries, multinationals and start-ups.

Ms Ang sits on the Boards of Sentosa Development Corporation and Mount Faber Leisure Group. She is also responsible for spearheading the Singapore Women Entrepreneurs Network (part of the SBF), alongside her fellow ExCo Members.

Mr Azriman Mansor

Board Director, Yayasan Mendaki, and Council Member, Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (MUIS)

Mr Azriman Mansor is the Group Financial Controller at Times Publishing Limited, where he is responsible for improving the business and financial performance for the company’s publishing, printing, retail, and distribution operations.

Prior to returning to Singapore in 2016, Mr Azriman was with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan as the Chief Budget and Finance Officer, where he was responsible for the planning and implementation of the mission’s budgetary resources and overall financial management of the newly independent nation. Before joining the UN, he has also held a broad range of finance leadership positions in the aviation, manufacturing, and hospitality industries.

Mr Azriman serves on the boards of Yayasan Mendaki, Singapore Islamic Religious Council (MUIS) and Netball SG, and sits on the finance and audit committees of Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and A*Star. He is also an active grassroot leader at Marsiling and Tanjong Pagar constituencies, as well as Council member with the People’s Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council (MESRA) in engaging the community through a wide range of outreach programmes.

Mr Han Neng hsiu

Dean & CEO, Civil Service College; Deputy Secretary (Leadership), Public Service Division

Mr Han Neng Hsiu is the Deputy Secretary (Leadership) in the Public Service Division, Prime Minister’s Office, and the Dean and Chief Executive Officer of the Civil Service College, Singapore.

He was the Deputy Secretary (Development) in the Ministry of Finance from 2016 to 2023 and Deputy Secretary (Administration) in the Ministry of Defence from 2013 to 2016.

He has also served in the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Trade and Industry. He was a board member of the Media Development Authority and the Defence Science and Technology Agency.

Datuk Maimoonah Hussain

Board Director, Hong Leong Asia Ltd and Singapore Exchange Ltd

Datuk Maimoonah Hussain is an independent director on the boards of Hong Leong Asia Ltd, Singapore Exchange Limited and National Gallery Singapore. She is also an independent director on the boards of Ekuity Nasional Berhad and GX Bank Berhad in Malaysia.

She had spent her entire career in the banking industry, both in Singapore and Malaysia. She retired in 2019 from Affin Hwang Investment Bank where she was the Group Managing Director. She was awarded Outstanding Chief/Senior Executive (Overseas) 2015 by Singapore Business Awards. She also received HR awards for Asia CEO of the year and CEO with HR orientation awarded by HRD Congress in 2019.

Datuk Maimoonah is a Chartered Banker and she sat on the Council of the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers in Malaysia.

MS ONG AI HUA

Deputy Secretary (Family and Society), Ministry of Social and Family Development

Ms Ong Ai Hua is Deputy Secretary (Family and Society) in the Ministry of Social and Family Development.

She was previously with Johnson & Johnson where she served as the Asia Pacific (APAC) business leader in Pharmaceuticals and MedTech for more than two decades based in Singapore, China and U.S.A.

A champion for talent, Ms Ong mentored many employees in the region and globally. She worked closely with the Asia-Pac Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Council to develop a strategy that connected DEI to innovation and business growth.

As a strong advocate for women in leadership, Ms Ong mentors young adults from local universities and the Young Women’s Leadership Connection Mentorship Program. She is also the co-founder of a not-for-profit initiative, Asia Mentor Circle, to grow the next generation of healthcare leaders from the region.

She is a committed volunteer in the pet therapy programme and council member at Dover Park Hospice, and an advisory board member of Singapore Management University’s Lee Kong Chian School of Business.

Dr Seow Yian San

President, Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO)

Dr. Seow Yian San is the President of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations (SCWO). She has led key committees within SCWO, including the Membership and Audit Committees, as well as the Women’s Register, underscoring her dedication to governance and advocacy for women’s causes.

Dr. Seow served as the President of the Association of Women Doctors (Singapore) (AWDS) from 2020 to 2022, becoming the first and only dentist elected to this role.

Previously, she was President of the Association of Orthodontists (Singapore) and held several key positions within the Singapore Dental Association, showcasing her extensive leadership experience in the dental field.

Dr. Seow is Singapore’s representative to the World Federation of Orthodontists and has been nominated as the Orthodontics Chapter Chairperson at the College of Dental Surgeons for the 2024–2026 term.

Currently, she serves as an appointed member of the Singapore Dental Council Complaints Panel and is a part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore.

In addition, Dr. Seow works in private practice.

Mr Tan Boon Gin

CEO, Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), and Chairman, SATA CommHealth

Mr Tan Boon Gin joined Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) as Chief Regulatory Officer on 15 June 2015. He now heads Singapore Exchange Regulation, an independent regulatory subsidiary of SGX, which undertakes all front-line regulatory functions to promote a fair, orderly and transparent market.

Before joining SGX Group, Mr Tan was the Director of the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force. Prior to this, he held several appointments at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) including Director of the Enforcement Division, Director of the Corporate Finance Division and Executive Director of the Investment Intermediaries Department. He was seconded to MAS after serving as a District Judge at Singapore’s Subordinate Courts.

Mr Tan’s earlier roles include serving as a Justices’ Law Clerk at Singapore’s Supreme Court and a Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Attorney General’s Chamber, where he specialised in corruption and white collar crime, before leaving to practise at Messrs Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. He is Chairman of the Board of SATA CommHealth, and serves as Chairman of Energy Market Company Pte Ltd.

Mr Tan is an advocate and solicitor and holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and Harvard Law School. He was awarded the Public Administration (Silver) Medal in 2010.

Ms Juliet Teo

Joint Head, Portfolio Development Group; Head, Singapore Market, Temasek, and Board Director, CapitaLand Group

Ms Teo Juet Sim Juliet joined Temasek in April 1996 and is currently Joint Head, Portfolio Development Group and Head, Singapore Market. During her 28-year tenure at Temasek, she has been involved in originating, evaluating and managing investment opportunities across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, telecommunications, media & technology and transportation and logistics. She has also been involved in shaping various institutional initiatives within Temasek including organizational structures, talent development and governance framework. Prior to joining Temasek, Ms Teo was with Singapore Press Holdings.

Ms Teo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Second Upper Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore and is a CFA charter holder.

Ms Teo has been a Director of Belford Investments Pte. Ltd, since July 2016 and CapitaLand Group Pte Ltd and CLA Real Estate Holdings Pte. Ltd, since 1 Feb 2023. She was a Board member of LF Logistics Holdings Ltd between Nov 2019 to Aug 2022.

Mr Gregory Vijayendran

Mr Gregory Vijayendran – Member, Charity Council, and Honorary General Secretary, National Council of Social Services

Mr Gregory Vijayendran is a partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, specialising in litigation, arbitration and mediation of commercial and chancery disputes. He currently serves as Chairman of Pro Bono SG, the corporatised access-to-justice arm of the Law Society which is both a charity and an institution of a Public Character (IPC). Mr Gregory was the inaugural Pro Bono Ambassador of the Law Society in 2010 and has actively served in community-based legal clinics and represented indigent clients. He also specialises in contentious and non-contentious charities’ governance and currently serves on the Charity Council.

Mr Gregory has a longstanding involvement in community service, having served as Vice President of the Children’s Cancer Foundation from 1992 to 1995, chaired Camp Rainbow from 1994 to 1995, and served as President of Club Rainbow (Singapore) from 1996 to 2015. He is currently Deputy Chair of the Bioethics Advisory Committee and a Board Director of the Agency for Integrated Care. He is also a Trustee of the National Youth Fund and the Rare Disease Fund and serves as President of the Tribunal of Maintenance of Parents. Gregory was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2022.