Board of Directors
Mr Chew Hua Seng
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Chew Hua Seng is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Raffles Education Corporation Limited (”RafflesEducationCorp” or “the Group”). Under his astute leadership, RafflesEducationCorp has grown to become Asia’s largest private tertiary education provider with 38 colleges in 35 cities across 14 countries in Asia-Pacific.
Mr Chew has led RafflesEducationCorp to achieve an excellent track record of growth since founding the Group in 1990. Apart from leading the Group through its highly successful initial public offering on the Singapore Exchange in 2002, the Group was also ranked amongst the Top 200 Asia-Pacific companies on Forbes Asia’s “Best Under a Billion” list for four consecutive years under his keen leadership. Mr Chew holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Singapore and was awarded the National University of Singapore Business School Eminent Business Alumni Awards for his outstanding achievements. He is a board member of Donghua University Foundation and is also Vice President of the China Textile and Fashion Education Society.
Mr Chew established the Chew Hua Seng Foundation (the “Foundation”) in 2007 to further charitable causes, predominantly in education with the motto “Compassion Through the Generations”. Conferred the Public Service Medal by the President of the Republic of Singapore for his contribution to community service in 2010, Mr Chew has aligned the Foundation’s mission with RafflesEducationCorp’s overarching principle to provide the invaluable gift of education to needy youths, with a special focus to support poor students in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Dr Tan Chin Nam
Independent Director
Dr Tan Chin Nam had 33 years of distinguished service in the Singapore Civil Service, having held key appointments such as Managing Director, Economic Development Board, Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board, General Manager and Chairman, National Computer Board, Chairman, National Library Board and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. He is currently Chairman of Media Development Authority International Advisory Panel and Temasek Management Services Pte Ltd, and Senior Adviser to Salim Group and LiTMUS Group. Dr Tan is also a director of Stamford Land Corporation Ltd, Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd and Gallant Venture Ltd, all listed on the SGX, and PSA international Pte Ltd.
Dr Tan graduated from the University of Newcastle, Australia with first degrees in Industrial Engineering and Economics and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Bradford, UK. He has an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree conferred by the University of Bradford and an Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree conferred by the University of Newcastle.
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Mr Henry Tan Song Kok
Lead Independent Director
Mr Henry Tan Song Kok is the Managing Director of Nexia TS Public Accounting Corporation and the Chairman of Nexia China. He is also the Asia-Pacific Regional Chairman and Board member of Nexia International, an international accounting network. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore.
He is a fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, Insolvency Practitioners Associations of Singapore Ltd and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, member of Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc (Singapore Chapter), Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professional Limited and Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr Tan is also director of YHI International Limited, Chosen Holdings Limited, Pertama Holdings Limited, China New Town Development Co Ltd and Ascendas Funds Management (S) Ltd (Manager of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust).
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Mr Teo Cheng Lok John
Independent Director
Mr John Teo was in public accounting practice from 1981 to 2010. He was a Founder and a Senior Partner of TeoFoongWongLCLoong and Baker Tilly TFWLCL. Mr Teo qualified as a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Singapore, Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Australia and a member of the Chartered Management Institute, UK.
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Mr Lim Tien Lock, Christopher
Independent Director
Mr Lim Tien Lock, Christopher is the Group Executive Director of Hotel Properties Limited. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He is principally responsible for finance, property, business development and investment functions of the HPL Group. Prior to joining HPL in 1989, Mr Lim held the position of Director and Head of Corporate Finance of N M Rothschild & sons (Singapore) Limited with 10 years of experience in the field of investment banking.
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Mr Scott Chew Kok Chor
Executive Director
Mr Chew Kok Chor joined RafflesEducationCorp in 1998 and assumed the role of Executive Vice-Dean, Raffles Design Institute (Shanghai), before his subsequent appointments as Vice-President of the Group’s China Operations in May 2001, as Chief Operating Officer in August 2004 and as Deputy CEO, in April 2005. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree (2nd Class Hon), Mechanical & Production Engineering from the National University of Singapore and was a scholar with Exxon Mobil Singapore. Mr Chew will continue to be overall in charge of the operations of the Group and directly responsible for Greater China.
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Mr Stephen Chong Ee Yong
Executive Director
Mr Chong Ee Yong joined RafflesEducationCorp in July 2004 as Director (Mergers & Acquisitions) and was subsequently appointed Vice President overseeing the Group’s operations in Asia-Pacific (ex-China). Mr Chong joined the Ministry of Defence, Singapore upon his graduation from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, UNSW, Canberra Australia with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil).
He also holds a Master of Science (Finance) from Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business. Mr Chong has extensive experience in setting up, managing and re-structuring business operations. His past appointments included establishing and managing operations abroad for multi-national companies including Singapore Technologies, JIT Electronics, Flextronics Plastics and Hyflux Ltd. Mr Chong will continue to be responsible for the operations and business development of RafflesEducationCorp in Asia-Pacific and also oversees the Group’s Finance functions.
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