Leadership

Board of Directors

John Lim Kok Min

Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed: 25 March 2015
Last re-elected: 26 July 2019

  • Chairman, Nominating Committee
  • Member, Audit & Risk Committee
  • Member, Remuneration Committee

Bachelor of Arts (Economics) (Hons), University of Malaya;
Honorary Fellow, Singapore Institute of Directors;
Public Service Medal, National Day Awards 2006

Mr Lim was appointed as our Chairman & Independent Non-Executive Director in 2015. With over 50 years of extensive senior management experience in the Asia Pacific, he is currently independent non-executive Chairman of IREIT Global Group Pte Ltd, independent non-executive director of Silverlake Axis Ltd and of several private corporations. He relinquished his role as independent non-executive director of Boustead Singapore Limited in 2015 following his appointment to our Board. His previous appointments include Chairman of the Building & Construction Authority, Gas Supply Pte Ltd, OECD-Asia Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises, Senoko Power Pte Ltd and Singapore Institute of Directors; Deputy Chairman of NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd; and Vice-Chairman of the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority, Singapore Institute of Management and Temasek Polytechnic. He also held positions as Deputy Group Executive Chairman & President of LMA International NV; Group Chief Executive Officer of Cold Storage Holdings Ltd; and Group Managing Director of JC-MPH Ltd and Pan-United Corporation Ltd.

Wong Yu Wei

Executive Deputy Chairman

Appointed: 1 December 2008
Last re-elected: 28 July 2018

  • Member, Nominating Committee

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Hons), University of New South Wales

Mr Wong joined Boustead Projects in 2009 and was appointed as our Deputy Chairman & Executive Director in 2015. He was appointed as our Executive Deputy Chairman in 2021. He began his role here as Deputy Managing Director and was subsequently promoted to Senior Deputy Managing Director before assuming his current position. With over a decade of property development experience, he is responsible for growing our real estate business including developments, investments and fund management endeavours, as well as overseeing legal matters, overseas business expansion and execution of strategic partnerships and joint ventures. He also held positions within the Boustead Group as General Manager of Strategic Operations at Boustead Singapore Limited, and Business Development Support Consultant and Business Development Coordinator at Esri Australia Pty Ltd and Esri South Asia Pte Ltd respectively.

Thomas Chu Kok Hong

Managing Director

Appointed: 5 January 2009
Last re-elected: 27 July 2017

  • Member, Nominating Committee

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (Hons), University of Melbourne;
Certificate of Real Estate Investment Finance, APREA Institute

Mr Chu joined Boustead Projects in 1997 and was appointed as our Managing Director in 2009. He began his role here as Project Engineer and was subsequently promoted several times, penultimately to Business Development Director before assuming his current position. He has overall responsibility for Boustead Projects including strategic execution, business development and project management.

In 2023, Mr Chu was appointed Co-Chairman of the JTC Community of Practice for Construction Safety (CoPCS), a focused engagement platform where contractor partners’ top management can interact, provide feedback and suggestions on addressing safety-related concerns at JTC projects to improve construction safety.

He was previously a member of the Singapore Government’s Committee on Future Economy’s Subcommittee on Future City. This subcommittee, comprising members from the private and public sectors, studied how Singapore can continue to develop its infrastructure to support future growth in an inclusive and sustainable manner and to enhance connectivity with the region.

Tam Chee Chong

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed: 1 May 2019
Last re-elected: 26 July 2019

  • Chairman, Audit & Risk Committee
  • Member, Nominating Committee

Fellow Chartered Accountant of England & Wales;
Chartered Accountant of Singapore

Mr Tam was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director in 2019. With 34 years of extensive corporate and financial advisory experience, he has worked with various Big 4 accounting firms (Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and Andersen) in Singapore, London and Hong Kong. He is also experienced in mergers & acquisitions, dispute resolutions, litigation support, corporate restructuring, business turnarounds and major forensic investigations. He is currently independent non-executive director of GSH Corporation Ltd and IFS Capital Ltd, Chairman of Kembangan-Chai Chee Citizens’ Consultative Committee and serves on the boards of NTUC Education & Training Fund and Halogen Foundation Singapore. He was previously Group Chief Financial Officer of Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Ltd and prior to that, held numerous executive positions within Deloitte including Deputy Managing Partner – Markets in Singapore and Regional Managing Partner – Financial Advisory Services for Deloitte Southeast Asia Ltd, where he also served on its Board and on its Southeast Asia and Singapore Executive Committees. His public accounting experience includes being the partner in charge of audits on SGX-listed corporations such as Labroy Marine Ltd, Sembcorp Marine Ltd, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, WBL Corporation Ltd and Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd.

Chong Lit Cheong

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed: 15 May 2015
Last re-elected: 26 July 2019

  • Chairman, Remuneration Committee
  • Member, Nominating Committee
  • Member, Audit & Risk Committee

Mombusho (Colombo Plan) Scholar;
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics), University of Tokyo;
Advanced Management Programme, INSEAD;
Public Administration Medal (Gold), National Day Awards 2003

Mr Chong was appointed as our Independent Non–Executive Director in 2015. He is currently Group Chief Corporate Officer of Surbana Jurong Pte Ltd. Prior to this, he held positions in the CapitaLand Group as Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Commercial Ltd, Chief Executive Officer of Regional Investments, Deputy Group Chief Corporate Officer and Senior Advisor, Strategic Projects. He also held positions as Chief Executive Officer of International Enterprise Singapore and JTC Corporation; and Managing Director of the National Science & Technology Board. Earlier, he served in the Economic Development Board of Singapore where he was posted to Suzhou, China, to lead the development of the China–Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park. He is currently non-executive director of AETOS Holdings Pte Ltd.

Professor Yong Kwet Yew

Independent Non-Executive Director

Appointed: 1 May 2019
Last re-elected: 26 July 2019

  • Member, Nominating Committee
  • Member, Remuneration Committee

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (1st Class Hons), University of Sheffield;
PhD, University of Sheffield (Grouped Engineering Scholarship);
Honorary Life Member & Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Singapore;
Public Administration Medal (Silver), National Day Awards (NDA) 2000;
Public Service Medal, NDA 2004;
Public Service Star, NDA 2008

Professor Yong was appointed as our Independent Non-Executive Director in 2019. He is currently Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Senior Vice President (Campus Infrastructure) at the National University of Singapore (“NUS”), where he has served for over 40 years and overseen the development of a smart, safe and sustainable campus including the completed S$1 billion University Town and Yale-NUS College. His research is a microcosm of infrastructure development in Singapore, with the publishing of more than 200 technical publications and delivery of over 30 keynote and guest lectures at international conferences. He is currently independent non-executive Chairman of BBR Holdings (S) Ltd and Tritech Group Ltd. He has previously chaired and served on the boards and national committees at several of the Singapore Government’s ministries and statutory boards including the Building & Construction Authority, Land Transport Authority, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Environment & Water Resources, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of National Development. He has also served as a consultant to corporations and government agencies on over 100 major infrastructure projects in the Asia Pacific.

Senior Management

Lee Keen Meng

Chief Financial Officer

Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting), University of Queensland, Australia;
Chartered Accountant of Singapore;
Certified Practising Accountant, Australia

Mr Lee joined Boustead Projects in 2009. He began his role here as Finance Director and was subsequently promoted to Senior Finance Director before assuming his current position upon the listing of Boustead Projects on the SGX Mainboard in 2015. With over 20 years of extensive accounting and finance experience, he is responsible for finance teams and oversees financial and management reporting, treasury and taxation matters. Prior to this, he held positions at Honeywell Pte Ltd, Sembcorp Engineers & Constructors Pte Ltd, PSA Corporation Ltd, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd and the Auditor-General’s Office of Singapore.

Steven Koh

Senior Director (Engineering)

Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management & Economics), Curtin University of Technology

Mr Koh joined Boustead Projects in 1999. He began his role here as Project Manager and was subsequently promoted several times, penultimately to Operations Director before assuming his current position in 2011. With over 20 years of extensive industry experience, he is responsible for operations and project management teams and ensures that projects complete on schedule and meet key performance and specification factors such as profitability, quality, reliability and safety, and also spearheads ongoing innovation and integrated digital delivery technology transformations. Prior to this, he held a position at Takenaka Singapore Pte Ltd.

Liew Kau Keen

Director (Business Development)

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) (Hons), University of Leeds;
Master of Science (International Construction Management & Engineering), University of Leeds

Mr Liew joined Boustead Projects in 2001. He began his role here as Site Engineer and was subsequently promoted several times, penultimately to Deputy Director (Business Development) before assuming his current position in 2015. With over 15 years of extensive industry experience, he is responsible for design-and-build business development, architecture, quantity surveying and mechanical & electrical engineering teams and design-and-build business development activities in Singapore and South East Asia.

Howard How

Director (Quality, Environmental, Health & Safety)

Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering), National University of Singapore;
Committee Member, The Singapore Contractors Association Ltd (SCAL) Workplace Safety & Health (WSH) Subcommittee;
Member, National Work at Heights Safety Taskforce;
Environmental Control Officer, National Environment Agency;
Safety Officer Training, Ministry of Manpower (MOM);
Graduate Certificate in WSH (Auditor), Ngee Ann Polytechnic

Mr How joined Boustead Projects in 2007. He began his role here as Senior Corporate Safety Manager and was subsequently promoted to Deputy Director (Environmental, Health & Safety) before assuming his current position in 2015. With over 15 years of extensive safety experience, he is responsible for environmental, health and safety teams and ensures compliance with internal, legal and statutory requirements and adherence to best codes of practice. For his excellent contributions to uplifting industry safety standards and improving Boustead Projects’ strong safety record, he received the WSH Officer Award at the WSH Awards 2010. He also sits as a member on SCAL’s WSH Subcommittee and the National Work at Heights Safety Taskforce.

Nicholas Heng

Director (Projects)

Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology;
Certified Green Mark Manager, BCA Academy

Mr Heng joined Boustead Projects in 2007. He began his role here as Project Manager and was subsequently promoted several times, penultimately to Deputy Director (Projects) before assuming his current position in 2015. With over 15 years of extensive industry experience, he is responsible for project management teams and ensures that projects are delivered on schedule, according to clients’ specifications and meet all budget, legal and statutory requirements, and also spearheads ongoing integrated digital delivery technology transformations. Prior to this, he held positions at Jurong Primewide Pte Ltd, Toa Corporation and Shimizu Corporation.

Samuel Lim

Head, Real Estate

Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) (Hons), National University of Singapore

Mr Lim joined Boustead Projects in 2019. With over 15 years of extensive experience in Singapore and Asia real estate across acquisitions, investments, leasing, origination, portfolio management and REIT management, he is responsible for the real estate business. Prior to this, he held positions at AEP Investment Management Pte Ltd, Jones Lang LaSalle Property Consultants Pte Ltd and Logos SE Asia Pte Ltd, and also held a position within Boustead Singapore Limited as Senior Business Development Manager for Real Estate for nearly five years.