Bursa Announcements

Date : 09 April 2020

Change in Boardroom

SUNWAY BERHAD

Date of change 09 Apr 2020
Name MR PHILIP YEO LIAT KOK
Age 73
Gender Male
Nationality Singapore
Designation Director
Directorate Independent and Non Executive
Type of change Appointment

Qualifications

No
Qualifications
Major/Field of Study
Institute/University
Additional Information
1
Masters
Master of Science (Systems Engineering)
University of Singapore
2
Masters
Master in Business Administration
Harvard University
3
Degree
Bachelor of Applied Science (Industrial
Engineering)
University of Toronto, Canada

Working experience and occupation
Mr Philip Yeo is the Chairman of the Board of Economic Development Innovations Singapore (EDIS) Private Limited. He is also Chairman of Accuron Technologies Pte Limited, a global precision engineering and technology group in Singapore; Advanced MedTech Holdings, a high growth medtech company in Southeast Asia and i-Globe Partners, a Singapore-based private venture capital fund.

He sits in the Board of City Developments Ltd and Kerry Logistics Network Ltd. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Baiterek National Managing Holding JSC of Kazakhstan.

His previous appointments included serving in the Singapore Administrative Service (June 1970 -31 March 1999), various appointments in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) (June 1970-Dec 1985) as well as Permanent Secretary for logistics, defence research & development and defence industries (Sept 1979-Dec 1985). He left MINDEF to assume the role of Executive Chairman of Economic Development Board in January 1986. He also served as the Founding Chairman of the National Computer Board (now known as Infocomm Media Development Authority) of Singapore from 1981 to 1987. He was the Executive Chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) from February 2001 to March 2007. He then assumed the position of Chairman of Standards, Productivity and Innovation for Growth, Singapore (Spring Singapore) from April 2007 to 31 March 2018. He was appointed the Senior Adviser for Science and Technology to the Ministry of Trade and Industry from April 2007 to September 2008 and as Special Adviser for Economic Development in the Prime Minister's Office from April 2007 to August 2011.

He was a member of World Health Organization Expert Working Group on Research & Development Financing from January 2009 to January 2010 and a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Public Administration (CEPA) from 2010 to 2013.
Directorships in public companies and listed issuers (if any)
Jeffrey Cheah Foundation
Family relationship with any director and/or major shareholder of the listed issuer
NIL
Any conflict of interests that he/she has with the listed issuer
NIL
Details of any interest in the securities of the listed issuer or its subsidiaries
NIL




Announcement Info

Company Name SUNWAY BERHAD
Stock Name SUNWAY
Date Announced 09 Apr 2020
Category Change in Boardroom
Reference Number C03-09042020-00001


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