Board of Directors - Certis

Mr Lew began his career with the Singtel Group in November 1980 and held various senior leadership roles over the years. His first regional exposure was as COO of Advanced Info Service Public Company Ltd (AIS) based in Thailand, Singtel’s regional mobile associate. He was the Chief Operating Officer of AIS for three years before his posting to Optus in Australia in late 2001, initially as the Managing Director of Optus Mobile and later as Managing Director of Optus Consumer Business. He returned to Singapore as CEO Singapore in 2006 and held that position until March 2012.

Allen is also a Board Member and Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of Raffles Medical Group and Citibank Singapore Limited. Mr Lew was formerly on the Boards of Advanced Info Service Public Company in Thailand, Globe Telecom in the Philippines, Sentosa Development Corporation, Energy Market Authority and the Singapore Institute of Technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Australia under a Colombo Plan Scholarship and a Master of Science (Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.

Mr Khoo is Chairman of Digiassets Exchange (Singapore), Singapore Island Country Club, Singapore Golf Association Governing Council, Cybersecurity Advisory Group for the Minister-in-charge of Cybersecurity and the INTERPOL Working Group on Governance. He is also a board member of SingHeath, Ensign Infosecurity Pte Ltd, and the CyberPeace Institute. He advises entities in banking, technology, cybersecurity, philanthropy and is also a Justice of Peace.

Mr Khoo holds a Bachelor in Engineering Science and Economics from Oxford University, UK, and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School, USA.

Prior to that, Mr Retter was appointed as the Executive Director of the Office of Transport Security in April 2006, serving as the Australian Government’s transport security regulator for the aviation, maritime and offshore oil & gas sectors. During his seven years in this role, he worked closely with international bodies to harmonise international requirements related to aviation and maritime security measures.

Mr Retter’s career highlights include over 30 years in the Australian Defence Force, plus senior public sector appointments at the national level focused on counter terrorism, preventive security, regulatory affairs and national policy reform.

Mr Retter held a non-executive director appointment with Sydney Night Patrol Pty Ltd from June 2016 to March 2018 and was a member of the Certis International Advisory Panel from April to October 2018. He is also a Principal with PBAR Associates.

Mr Retter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Business Administration degree. He is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Prior to joining the commercial world in 1995, Mr Chong was the Head of Joint Communications & Electronics (HJCE) of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

As HJCE, he was the most senior SAF officer responsible for designing, building, operating and protecting the SAF’s critical computers and communication systems against adversaries.

Mr Chong joined SingTel in 1995 as Vice President for Consumer Sales. During his 5-year tenure at Singtel, he was credited for turning around the then loss-making Globe Telecom to become the leading mobile telecom operator in the Philippines. He was also the senior leader responsible for the deployment of the world’s first nationwide broadband network in Singapore – as CEO of SingTel Multimedia Division and SingNet.

Mr Chong attended the University of Cambridge on a Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship, graduating with Honours in Economics and Operations Research. He is also a graduate of the US Army Command & Staff College.

She is currently Vice Chair of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Independent Non-Executive Director with Jollibee Foods Corporation (PSE listed), Council Member for the Singapore Business Federation and the Chairperson of the Young Business Leaders Network – Singapore’s official representative to the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Council and Association.

Ms. Chong holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Adelaide and Masters in Arts from the University of South Australia. She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors and is an accredited member of the Institute of Public Relations Singapore.

Mrs Quek is currently a Director of the Boards of CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust Management Limited, Mapletree Oakwood Holdings Pte. Ltd. and SIA Engineering Company Limited. She is also a Board member of the National Heritage Board and Gardens by the Bay. She was a director of The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

Mrs Quek was previously President of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association, Deputy Chairman of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, and a board member of the Housing & Development Board, Duke-NUS Medical School, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore and Health Promotion Board.

In recognition of her community service, she was awarded the Public Service Medal in 2012 and the Public Service Star in 2017. She was also conferred Justice of the Peace in 2018. Mrs Quek holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree from the University of Singapore, and is a chartered accountant with the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Chin Hu has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry. He started his career with Hewlett Packard (HP) in 1981 and held various management positions in HP Singapore and South East Asia. He was with Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) from 1992 to 2000 and held various positions including: Managing Director of Sun Singapore, Country Director for Sun Microsystems in Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, and Director, Partner & e-Channels for Sun Microsystems in Asia Pacific.

Chin Hu previously served as a board member of Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA), a board member of SiTF (Singapore IT Federation) and a council member of IT Standards Committee, National Infocomm Manpower Council and Singapore Institute of Directors. He has also previously served on the boards of Telstra Corporation, a leading telecommunications company listed in the Australian Stock Exchange, Keppel DC REIT, Personal Data Protection Advisory Committee and SGX Listing Advisory Committee.

Since his retirement from full-time executive work in 2011, Chin Hu has been involved actively in serving various organisations as a board member of Singapore Exchange Limited, Kulicke & Soffa Inc (Nasdaq: KLIC), G-Able (Thailand) Ltd, Citibank Singapore Ltd, Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, SP Telecom Pte Ltd, Singhealth Pte Ltd, ALPs Pte Ltd and Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd.

Chin Hu holds a Bachelor of Science from La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He attended the International Director’s Program at INSEAD and UCLA Director’s Training program as part of his continuing lifelong education as a director. Mr Lim is a Fellow of Singapore Institute of Directors.

Professor Tay is presently a board member of the Maritime Port Authority, and Ambassador for Singapore, accredited to Greece on a non-residential basis. He has previously served on the Global Advisory Boards of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. and Toyota Corporation and was also former corporate advisor to Temasek Holdings.

Professor Tay held several key public appointments in the past, including Chairman of the National Environment Agency (2002-08); Expert and Eminent Person in the ASEAN Regional Forum (2002–2019) and independent Member of Parliament in Singapore (1997-2001). He has also co-chaired a number of national public commissions such as Singapore 21, the Singapore Green Plan and the Singapore Concept Plan 2010. In 2006, Prof Tay received a National Day Award.

Simon graduated with a LL. B (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore and obtained a LL.M. from Harvard Law School where he was a Fulbright Scholar and won the Laylin prize for the best thesis in international law.

Mr Yeo was most recently Senior Advisor (Special Duties) in the Ministry of Home Affairs.  In the last ten years, he held senior public sector leadership appointments as the Commissioner, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), and the Chief Executive of Home Team Academy (HTA). Besides domain experience relating to his tenures at ICA and HTA, he also has experience in leading and driving governance, organisational excellence, enterprise risk management, information technology and digitalisation, and organisational transformation.

Mr Yeo received several individual awards, including the National Day Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Bar) in 2021, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2013 and the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2006. He was also awarded the Medal of Commendation by the Singapore National Trade Union Congress in May 2017 in recognition of his significant contributions towards good labour-management relations.

Mr Yeo holds a Master in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore (now offered under Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy), and a BSc (Hons) 2nd Class Upper in Economics from the University of London. He is also an alumnus of INSEAD, having attended a Senior Executive Development Programme at Fontainebleau.