Board of Directors

Lt-Gen (Retd) Winston Choo Wee Leong was appointed a Director of Metro Holdings Limited (“Metro”) in June 2007 and assumed the position of Chairman in July 2007. He is also the Chairman of the Nominating, Remuneration and Investment Committees.

He had a distinguished military career from 1959 to 1992 and was Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force from 1974 to 1992. He served as Singapore’s High Commissioner to Australia and concurrently Ambassador to Fiji from 1994 to 1997. He also served as Singapore’s Non-Resident High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea from 2000 to 2006 and Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the State of Israel from 2006 to 2020.

Lt-Gen Choo is an experienced company director, having served on the Boards of several listed companies since 1993. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Foodfare Catering Pte Ltd, Newstar Investment Holdings Pte Ltd and Tridex Pte Ltd.

Lt-Gen Choo holds a Master of Arts in History from Duke University, USA and has completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard University, USA.

Mr Yip Hoong Mun was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director with effect from 1 June 2019. He is a member of the Investment Committee.

As Group Chief Executive Officer, he plays a key role in the Group’s investment strategies and holds executive responsibility over the business performance of the Metro Group of companies. He oversees the Group’s property investment and development projects and joint ventures in Singapore, China, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and Australia. Prior to this, he was Metro’s Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, a position he assumed since May 2018. Before this, Mr Yip served as Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Metro China.

Mr Yip has over 30 years of experience in executive and senior management roles in strategic planning, operations, hospitality, real estate investment and development. Mr Yip started his career with Indeco Engineers and later joined BP South East Asia. Prior to joining Metro, he spent over 20 years with the CapitaLand Group, and served different roles in various strategic business units. He was Managing Director of Ascott China in 2003 and then Chief Executive Officer, Asia Pacific and the Gulf Region of The Ascott Group in 2006. Subsequent to that, Mr Yip has been involved in property developments in the Gulf Region, Vietnam and Indonesia of the CapitaLand Group.

Mr Yip has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree with first class honours from the National University of Singapore and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Stanford University, USA. He also completed a management course at Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Mr Gerald Ong Chong Keng was appointed a Director of Metro in June 2007. He is a member of the Audit and Investment Committees.

He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the PrimePartners Corporate Finance Group and is the Honorary Consul for Liechtenstein. Mr Ong has more than 25 years of corporate finance related experience. He has held senior positions at various financial institutions including NM Rothschilds & Sons (Singapore) Ltd, the DBS Bank Group, Tokyo-Mitsubishi International (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Hong Leong (Malaysia) Group. During his time with these institutions, Mr Ong’s duties encompassed the provision of a wide variety of corporate finance services from advisory, mergers and acquisitions activities and fund raising exercises incorporating various structures such as equity, debt, equity-linked and derivative-enhanced issues.

Mr Ong has been recognised as an IBF Distinguished Fellow. He is an alumnus of the National University of Singapore, University of British Columbia and Harvard Business School.

Mr Tan Soo Khoon was appointed a Director of Metro in December 2011. He is a member of the Audit, Nominating and Investment Committees.

Mr Tan, a businessman, is also a director of several private companies. Since 1978, he has been the Chairman of watch distribution companies, Crystal Time (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Crystal Time (M) Sdn Bhd. His past directorship includes Parkson Retail Asia Limited.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with Honours from the National University of Singapore. Mr Tan was a Member of the Singapore Parliament from 1976 to 2006. He also served as Speaker of Parliament from 1989 to 2002. Since 2007, he has been Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Czech Republic. He also serves as the Honorary Patron of the Down Syndrome Association (Singapore).

Ms Deborah Lee Siew Yin was appointed a Director of Metro in June 2018. She is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Ms Lee is presently an Independent Director of CapitaLand Ascott Trust Management Limited and CapitaLand Ascott Business Trust Management Pte Ltd. She is also a board member of WTL Capital Pte Ltd and Board of Trustees of Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Ms Lee was a board member of Assurity Trusted Solutions Pte Ltd and Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd. She was previously Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development of Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (“SPH”) from 2007 to 2015. Prior to joining SPH, she was a consultant, specialising in corporate development work and mergers and acquisitions.

Before her consultancy work, Ms Lee was Senior Vice President, Business Development at the Wuthelam Group, overseeing the establishment of the industrial electronics business, real estate business development and private equity investment for the Wuthelam Group in the region. Ms Lee started her career as an auditor with Pricewaterhouse and subsequently joined Hewlett Packard, holding various management positions over a period of 11 years.

Ms Lee holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) and a Master in Applied Finance from the National University of Singapore. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.

Mr Ng Ee Peng was appointed a Director of Metro in April 2021. He is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mr Ng is presently an Independent Director of Sinarmas Land Limited. Mr Ng is also the Founder and Chairman of Lunas Analytics.ai Pte. Ltd. From 2019 to February 2020, he was Executive Vice President and later, Senior Advisor, Chairman’s Office, of PT Smartfren Tbk, Indonesia. Before that, from 2010 to 2019, he was President Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, PT Gunung Sewu Kencana, Indonesia. Since 1974 to the latter position, Mr Ng held various posts, including, President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Capital ASEAN (1993 to 2000, and 2007 to 2010); President, Asian Aerospace Pte. Ltd. and Reed Exhibitions Pte. Ltd. (2003 to 2006); Group Chief Executive Officer, DBS Land/Executive Vice President Corporate, CapitaLand Group/Chief Executive Officer, CapitaLand Commercial & Fund Management (2000 to 2002); and Brigade Commander being his last position at Singapore Armed Forces (1974 to 1989).

Mr Ng holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honors) from University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, USA. He also completed a Diploma (with Honors) from US Army Command & General Staff College.

Mr Soong Hee Sang was appointed a Director of Metro in September 2022. He is a member of the Nominating, Remuneration and Investment Committees.

Mr Soong is currently the Lead Independent Director of Keppel Pacific Oak US REIT Management Pte Ltd, Frasers Hospitality Asset Management Pte Ltd and Frasers Hospitality Trust Management Pte Ltd. His past directorships include Mercatus Co-operative Limited and Mercatus Strategic Investment Management LLP.

Mr Soong has extensive experience in the investment and asset management of real estate. He retired from GIC Real Estate in 2016 where he was Managing Director (Deputy Head Asia) from 2006 to 2013 and Managing Director (London) from 2013 to 2016. At GIC Real Estate, he had responsibilities for real estate investment and asset management of its real estate portfolio which cover global markets and a diverse range of risk-return profiles, including all sectors of direct property, private and public companies and real estate funds.

Prior to GIC, he was with Pidemco/CapitaLand from 1998 to 2006 where he held various senior appointments such as Country and Managing Director in London; Deputy CEO of CapitaLand Commercial & CEO of CapitaLand Commercial Trust and CEO (New Markets) of CapitaLand Residential. His employment in the early days of his career include stints as a valuer in DBS Land, asset management in Richard Ellis and real estate investment and asset management in the US and South-East Asia at GIC Real Estate.

Mr Soong holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Estate Management and a Master of Business Administration, both from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Ong Sek Hian was appointed a Director of Metro in November 2022. He is also a member of the Nominating Committee and a substantial shareholder of Metro.

Mr Ong is a Director of certain substantial shareholders of Metro, namely Dynamic Holdings Pte Ltd and Leroy Singapore Pte Ltd. He is also a Director of several private companies. Currently, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Komoco Holdings Pte Ltd, Krewfit Pte Ltd, Oriental Tanks Pte Ltd and Bishopsgate Pte Ltd.

Mr Ong has approximately 9 years of experience in owning and operating businesses. He has experience in venture capital and private equity investments, having invested into and exited from various start-ups over the course of his career. He has advanced knowledge across various sectors, including fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), food and beverage, fitness, automobile distribution and bulk liquid logistics.

Mr Ong is a Captain in the Singapore Armed Forces and began his career as a Brand Executive at Fraser & Neave, Limited.

Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from the Singapore Management University.

Mr Chan Boon Hui was appointed a Director of Metro in May 2024.

Mr Chan is presently the Managing Director of Chancery Capital, a boutique M&A and corporate advisory practice which he founded. He is also an independent non-executive director at Mauritius-listed Gamma Civic Ltd, where he also sits on the audit & risk and corporate governance committees. He was a former non-executive director at Hiap Hoe Limited, a regional premium real estate group listed on the SGX Mainboard, and a former independent director at JCY International Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia.

Mr Chan has over 20 years of regional and international investment banking experience, including senior roles with BNP Paribas and OCBC in Singapore, and with Rothschild in Singapore and New York.

Mr Chan holds a Master of Arts (Honours) in Law from Cambridge University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Mr Christopher Tang Kok Kai was appointed a Director of Metro in May 2024.

Mr Tang currently sits on the Board of ProsperCap Corporation Limited, an SGX Catalist-listed company that owns and manages 17 upscale hotels in the key regional cities in the UK. He is also on the Board of Fife Capital Singapore, a MAS-licensed Property fund management company that manages investments in logistic assets in the Asia-Pacific markets, and Director and Treasurer of Ren Ci Hospital, a charitable healthcare organisation.

Mr Tang retired from Frasers Property Ltd where his last appointment was the CEO for Frasers Property Singapore where he oversaw the Residential, Retail and Commercial businesses in Singapore as well as two SGX listed REITs – Frasers Centrepoint Trust and Frasers Commercial Trust. In his 22-year career at Frasers, he had held several other appointments including Chief Executive Officer (Commercial and Greater China), Chief Executive Officer (Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management) and General Manager (Strategic Planning and Asset Management).

Mr Tang holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Business Administration, both from the National University of Singapore.

Board of Directors

Chairman, Non-Executive and Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Non-Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Group Chief Executive Officer,
Executive Director

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Non-Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Director, Non-Executive and Independent

Audit Committee

Chairman

Nominating Committee

Chairman

Remuneration Committee

Chairman

Investment Committee

Chairman