Tan Puay Chiang
Non-Executive and Independent Director
Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) from University of Singapore and MBA (Distinction) from New York University
Appointed to the Board on 20 June 2012, Mr Tan Puay Chiang is an independent and non-executive Director. (Date of last re-election: 17 April 2015). He is the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Board Safety and the Board Risk Committees.
He was formerly Chairman, ExxonMobil (China) Investment Co from 2001 to 2007. During his 38-year career with Mobil and later ExxonMobil, he held executive management roles in Australia, Singapore and the United States. These included the executive positions of Vice-President, Mobil Research & Technology Corp, United States; and Chairman of Mobil Oil Australia. He was appointed General Manager, Corporate Planning, following the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999.
Mr Tan has been a member of many business and industry boards including the Australian Institute of Petroleum; the Washington, D.C.- based National Policy Association; and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He is a member of the Board of the Energy Studies Institute at the National University of Singapore.
His other directorships include Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) and Singapore Power Limited. Mr Tan is also a member of the Audit Committee and Executive Resource & Compensation Committee of NOL.