Board of Directors

Age 82. Dr Wee has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of UOB since 1974. He relinquished his position as CEO on 27 April 2007. He was appointed to the Board on 14 May 1958 and last re-appointed as Director on
30 April 2010. He is the Chairman of the UOB Executive, Remuneration and Risk Management Committees, and a member of the Nominating Committee.

Dr Wee is the Chairman of UOB subsidiaries, Far Eastern Bank, United Overseas Insurance, United Overseas Bank (Malaysia) and United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company, President Commissioner of PT Bank UOB Buana, and Supervisor of United Overseas Bank (China). He is the Chairman of United International Securities, Haw Par Corporation, UOL Group, Pan Pacific Hotels Group, United Industrial Corporation, and Singapore Land and its subsidiary, Marina Centre Holdings. He is also the Chairman of Wee Foundation.

Dr Wee was conferred the Businessman Of The Year award twice at the Singapore Business Awards in 2001 and 1990. In 2006, he received the inaugural Credit Suisse-Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding achievements in the Singapore business community. In 2009, he was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award by The Asian Banker. Dr Wee is the Pro-Chancellor of Nanyang Technological University and the Honorary President of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations and Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan. He received Chinese high school education and was conferred Honorary Doctor of Letters by the National University of Singapore in 2008.

Age 58. Mr Wee joined UOB in 1979. He was appointed to the Board on
3 January 1990 and last re-elected as Director on 29 April 2009. He has been an executive director since 1990 and is a member of the UOB Executive and Risk Management Committees.

Mr Wee served as Deputy Chairman and President of the Bank from 2000 to
April 2007 and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) on 27 April 2007. He currently holds the position of Deputy Chairman and CEO.

He is a director of several UOB subsidiaries and affiliates, including Far Eastern Bank, United Overseas Insurance, United Overseas Bank (Malaysia), United Overseas Bank (Thai) Public Company and United International Securities. He is the Chairman of United Overseas Bank (China) and Vice President Commissioner of PT Bank UOB Indonesia.

Mr Wee serves as a director of The Institute of Banking & Finance and chairs the Financial Industry Competency Standards (“FICS”) Steering Committee. He is a council member of The Association of Banks in Singapore, a member of the Board of Governors of the Singapore-China Foundation, Visa APCEMEA Senior Client Council, India-Singapore CEO Forum and Advisory Board of the INSEAD East Asia Council and International Council. He is also a director of Wee Foundation. Mr Wee is an honorary council member of Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He had previously served as the Deputy Chairman of Housing & Development Board, and a director of Port of Singapore Authority, UOL Group and Pan Pacific Hotels Group.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Business Administration) and a Master of Arts (Applied Economics) from The American University, Washington, DC.

Age 71. Prof Cham was appointed to the Board on 4 January 2001 and last
re-appointed as Director on 30 April 2010. An independent and non-executive director, he is the Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee and a member of the Bank’s Executive, Nominating, Remuneration and Risk Management Committees. Prof Cham is a director of the Bank’s subsidiaries, namely, Far Eastern Bank and United Overseas Bank (China). He is the Chairman of NSL Ltd, MFS Technology and Singapore-China Foundation, and Deputy Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings. He is a director of WBL Corporation, Soup Restaurant Group and Singapore International Foundation. He is a former director of Adroit Innovations, Keppel Corporation, Land Transport Authority, TPA Strategic Holdings and Robinson & Company, and the former Chairman of Singapore Symphonia Company.

Prof Cham is the Chancellor of SIM University and Chairman of its Board of Trustees, and founding President of Nanyang Technological University from 1981 to 2002.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil, Hons) from the University of Malaya, a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Hons) from the University of London and a Doctor of Philosophy (Fluid Mechanics) from the University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore and Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK.

Age 62. Mr Wong was appointed to the Board on 14 March 2000 and last re-elected as Director on 30 April 2010. An independent and non-executive director, Mr Wong is the Chairman of the Bank’s Nominating Committee. He is also a director of Far Eastern Bank, a UOB subsidiary.

Mr Wong is a lawyer by profession, and a Senior Counsel. He is the
founder-consultant of WongPartnership LLP. He is the President of The Law Society of Singapore, a Vice President of Singapore Academy of Law, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. Mr Wong is the Chairman of Mapletree Industrial Trust Management and FSL Trust Management. He also serves on the board of Mapletree Logistics Trust Management. He had previously served as a member of the Military Court of Appeal and Advisory Committee of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.

Mr Wong has consistently been acknowledged as one of the world’s leading lawyers in leading directories such as The International Who’s Who of Commercial Litigators, The Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, Asialaw Leading Lawyers, PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Handbook, The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers and Best Lawyers International: Singapore, amongst others.

Age 70. Mr Thein was appointed to the Board and Audit Committee on 28 January 2008 and last re-elected as Director on 30 April 2008. In 1999, he retired as Senior Partner, Coopers & Lybrand Singapore, the legacy firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers, after 37 years with the firm. Mr Thein is currently a director and the Chairman of the audit committees of several listed companies, namely, GuocoLand, GuocoLeisure, Haw Par Corporation, FJ Benjamin Holdings, MobileOne, Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation, and Otto Marine.

Mr Thein is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of Certifi ed Public Accountants of Singapore. He is the Vice Chairman and a member of the governing council of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr Thein was awarded the Public Service Medal by the President of Singapore in 1999.

Age 53. Mr Lavin was appointed to the Board on 15 July 2010. An independent and non-executive director, he will stand for re-election at UOB’s annual general meeting on 29 April 2011.

Mr Lavin is the Chairman of the Public Affairs Practice for Edelman Asia Pacific. He is a non-executive director of Globe Specialty Metals, Inc and Consistel (Singapore). He served as Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo USA Pavilion.

He has wide experience in government having served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the Department of Commerce (2005-2007) and US Ambassador to Singapore (2001-2005) where he helped to negotiate the landmark US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. Mr Lavin was the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Cushman & Wakefield Investors Asia. He previously held senior fi nance and management positions in Citibank and Bank of America.

Mr Lavin has a Bachelor of Science from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, a Master of Science in Chinese Language and History from Georgetown University, a Master of Arts in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Business Administration in Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Age 57. Mr Cheng was appointed to the Board on 15 July 2010. An independent and non-executive director, he will stand for re-election at UOB’s annual general meeting on 29 April 2011.

He is a director of Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore Health Services, Integrated Health Information Systems and NTUC Fairprice Co-operative. He has a strong background in accounting, fi nance and infocomm technology. He retired as managing partner of Accenture after 26 years with the global management and technology consulting firm. He also brings his experience to non-profit organisations, serving as a director of SymAsia Foundation, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise, Council for Third Age, Asia Philanthropic Ventures, Lien Centre for Social Innovation and Caritas Humanitarian Aid & Relief Initiatives, Singapore.

Mr Cheng has a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Hons) from the University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of Directors, and an Honorary Fellow of the Singapore Computer Society.

Age 51. Mr Tan was appointed to the Board on 15 November 2010. He is a member of the Bank’s Risk Management Committee. An independent and non-executive director, he will stand for re-election at UOB’s annual general meeting on
29 April 2011.

He is the Founder and Chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He concurrently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems, Inc and has been a member of its board since 2004. He also serves on the boards of Flextronics International, SINA Corporation and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation.

He is a member of the Committee of 100, the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at the Carnegie Mellon University, the Board of Directors of the Global Semiconductor Alliance, and the School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also serves on the College of Engineering Advisory Board at the University of California, Berkeley and as a trustee and board member of the Nanyang Technological University.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Science from the Nanyang University, Singapore, a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of
San Francisco.

Mr Hsieh Fu Hua was appointed as a non-executive independent director with effect from 16 January 2012.

Mr Hsieh, 61, is currently an advisor to PrimePartners Group, which he co-founded, and a director of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, ICAP plc, Fullerton Fund Management Company Ltd and Tiger Airways Holdings Limited.

He also serves in a number of non-profit organisations including National University of Singapore (“NUS”), NUS Business School, National Arts Council, Singapore Indian Development Association, and Stewardship and Corporate Governance Centre Pte Ltd.

He served as chief executive officer and director of Singapore Exchange Limited from 2003 to 2009, and as director of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Private Limited from 2003 to 2010.

Mr Hsieh holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) from University of Singapore.