Members of the Board

As of September 2023

Mr Benny Lim
Benny Lim

Chairman

Mr Cheng Hsing Yao
Cheng Hsing Yao

BOARD MEMBER

shantini-ramachandra
Ms Shantini
Ramachandra

BOARD MEMBER

Musa Fazal
Musa Fazal

Board Member

David Chan
Professor
David Chan

Board Member

Tham Loke Kheng
Ms Tham
Loke Kheng

BOARD MEMBER

Lee Chee Koon
Lee Chee Koon

BOARD MEMBER

Nur Hidayah
Ms Nur Hidayah
Abu Bakar

Board Member

Gerald Tan
Gerald Tan
Kwong Ming

BOARD MEMBER

Eu Chin Fen
Ms Eu Chin Fen

BOARD MEMBER

Hwang Yu Ning
Ms Hwang
Yu-Ning

BOARD MEMBER
AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
(FROM 1 JUNE 2023)

Mr Benny Lim

Benny Lim

Chairman

Cheng Hsing Yao

Cheng Hsing Yao

Board Member

Shantini Ramachandra

Ms Shantini
Ramachandra

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Musa Fazal

Board Member

David Chan

Professor
David Chan

Board Member

tham-loke-kheng

Ms Tham
Loke Kheng

Board Member

lee-chee-koon

Lee Chee Koon

Board Member

nur-hidayah

Ms Nur Hidayah
Abu Bakar

Board Member

gerald-tan

Gerald Tan
Kwong Ming

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Ms Eu Chin Fen

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Ms Hwang
Yu-Ning

BOARD MEMBER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FROM 1 JUNE 2023)

Mr Benny Lim

Benny Lim

Chairman

Cheng Hsing Yao

Cheng Hsing Yao

Board Member

Shantini Ramachandra

Ms Shantini
Ramachandra

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Musa Fazal

Board Member

David Chan

Professor
David Chan

Board Member

tham-loke-kheng

Ms Tham
Loke Kheng

Board Member

lee-chee-koon

Lee Chee Koon

Board Member

nur-hidayah

Ms Nur Hidayah
Abu Bakar

Board Member

gerald-tan

Gerald Tan
Kwong Ming

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Ms Eu Chin Fen

Board Member

musa-Fazal

Ms Hwang
Yu-Ning

BOARD MEMBER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FROM 1 JUNE 2023)

Mr Loh Khum Yean is appointed as Chairman of the National Parks Board with effect from 1 October 2023. He succeeds Mr Benny Lim who stepped down from the board on 30 September 2023.

Mr Lim was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of National Development from 2011 to 2016, and held concurrent appointments as Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office and for National Security & Intelligence Coordination. Prior to that, he was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs from 2005 to 2011. He retired from the Civil Service in 2016. He is presently Chairman of Temasek Foundation, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory and Housing and Development Board. He also serves as a special advisor to the Centre for Liveable Cities (MND) and to the National Security Studies Programme, RSIS (NTU). He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2010 and the Distinguished Service Order in 2021.

Mr Cheng is the Group Chief Executive Officer of GuocoLand. Prior to that, he held leadership positions at the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and Urban Redevelopment Authority. He is a member of URA’s International Panel of Experts, Design Advisory Committee as well as Heritage and Identity Partnership, and is a member of the CLC Advisory Panel. He also co-chairs the Building and Construction Authority’s Central Procurers Panel, and sits on the board of the Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies, National University of Singapore.

Ms Ramachandra was formerly a Business Tax Partner of Deloitte. She also held the role of Tax Leader of Deloitte Private and led the Deloitte Law Firm Services Singapore tax practice. She has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Laws degree from the University of London, King’s College. She has been admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore and is also an Accredited Tax Advisor (Income Tax) with the Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals. She practised law in the area of commercial and corporate law before joining a Big Four accounting firm and has about 25 years of international tax experience.

Mr Musa is a Senior Director of the Futures, Strategy and Plans Division in the Ministry of Trade & Industry where he oversees strategic planning activities, from sensing and sense-making, to strategy development, work planning, strategic resourcing, and inter-agency coordination to transform Singapore’s economy. Prior to this, he served in various agencies in the public service, including SkillsFutureSG, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Finance and Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Prof Chan is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Psychology and Director of the Behavioural Sciences Initiative at the Singapore Management University as well as Adjunct Principal Scientist and Scientific Advisor at A*STAR. To date, his works have been cited over 15,000 times in various disciplines. A 2020 study by Stanford University on researcher impact among all scientists across all disciplines named him in the top one percent worldwide. He is Elected Fellow of six international psychological associations. He has received numerous international achievement awards and he is the first Asian to receive the prestigious Raymond Katzell Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He has served on numerous national councils and boards, and is currently a member of the Social Science Research Council.

Ms Tham is CEO and Board Director of Mediacorp. A media industry veteran, she has held leadership roles in broadcast, media and telecommunications services in leading Asian companies. In September 2017, she returned to Mediacorp as CEO, coming full circle to the organisation where she started her career. Prior to that, she was Head of Content and Marketing at StarHub, President of Taiwan Broadband Communications and Head of NOW TV, the largest Pay TV operator in Hong Kong. She is also a Board Director of the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, a member of the SG Cares Steering Committee, and a member of the Yellow Ribbon Singapore Board.

Mr Lee is Group CEO of CapitaLand Investment, one of Asia’s largest listed real estate investment managers with a global presence across over 30 countries. Prior to this, Mr Lee was President and Group CEO of CapitaLand Group from 2018. His previous appointments since he joined CapitaLand Group in 2007 include Group Chief Investment Officer and CEO of The Ascott Limited.

Ms Nur Hidayah is Dean of the Faculty of Design at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. She is a member of the Museum Education Advisory Panel at National Gallery Singapore, the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Singapore Note and Coin Advisory Committee, the Design Education Review Committee Workgroup and DesignSingapore Council (Ministry of Communications and Information). She believes in the interconnectedness of design aesthetics, education and industry/ community, and has initiated several partnerships with Asian communities to develop design capability programmes and support social enterprises that promote a more inclusive design culture. She has also led the research and study of design cultures in contemporary Asian cities such as Singapore, Seoul and Shanghai.

Mr Tan is the Head of Reputational Risk, Asia-Pacific for Credit Suisse (Singapore) Ltd. He has over 20 years of international experience in legal private practice, banking and risk management. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the National Museum of Singapore. He has also previously served as a board member of Gardens by the Bay and Credit Counselling Singapore, and as CoChair of the Asia Pacific Commodities Committee of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

As the CEO of Frasers Hospitality, Ms Eu leads the global hospitality and lodging business, leveraging her extensive experience within the Frasers Property Group. With a background rooted in finance, she previously served as the CEO of the Managers of Frasers Hospitality Trust and later as the Chief Investment Officer of Frasers Hospitality International, where she collaborated closely with the CEO of the hospitality strategic business unit of Frasers Property Limited. Before her tenure with Frasers, she held a key role at DBS Bank, contributing significantly to the finance industry. Armed with a Bachelor of Business degree in Financial Analysis from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and the esteemed Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, she is dedicated to driving innovation and excellence within Frasers Hospitality, ensuring unparalleled experiences for guests across the global properties.

Ms Hwang is CEO of the National Parks Board. She has over 20 years of experience in public service including with the Urban Redevelopment Authority as Singapore’s Chief Planner and stints in the Strategy Group of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of National Development. She is a board member of the Land Transport Authority, the Science Centre Board, Gardens by the Bay and IJ Board of Management. She currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Singapore-ETH Centre’s Future Cities Lab Global Research Programme and the Asia-Pacific Executive Committee of the Urban Land Institute.