Cheng Wai Keung Chairman

Mr Cheng Wai Keung is Chairman of the NOL Board and a Director of other Group subsidiary companies, including APL. He is also Chairman of the NOL Board Executive Committee, the Nominating Committee and a member of the Executive Resource and Compensation Committee. Mr Cheng is the Chairman and Managing Director of Singapore-listed company, Wing Tai Holdings Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Raffles Holdings Ltd, and Vice Chairman of Singapore-Suzhou Township Development Pte Ltd. Mr Cheng also holds directorships in several public and private companies both locally and overseas, including GP Batteries International Ltd (Singapore), Media Asia Entertainment Group Ltd (Bermuda) and China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Co Ltd (People's Republic of China). He also serves on several Singapore business advisory councils.

Friedbert Malt Vice Chairman

Friedbert Malt is a Vice Chairman of the NOL Board and a member of the NOL Board Executive Committee and the Executive Resource and Compensation Committee. Dr Malt also serves on the Board of TUV Rheinland of North America, a global leader in independent testing and assessment services. He was a lecturer in finance at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and has held various international responsibilities, including as a member of the Executive Board of DG Bank (now DZ Bank AG) until the end of 2001. Dr Malt brings valuable insights and experience in international finance. He served on a number of governing Boards of major European Financial Institutions and is on the Board of the German American Chamber of Commerce, New York.

Ang Kong Hua Vice Chairman

Ang Kong Hua joined the NOL Board in 2003 as a Vice Chairman and is a member of both the Board's Executive Committee and Nominating Committee. He is Executive Director of NatSteel, a listed Singapore-based manufacturing group. Before joining NatSteel in 1975, he was with Singapore's Economic Development Board and The Development Bank of Singapore. Mr Ang also serves on the Boards of several other listed companies and institutions, including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation.

David Lim Executive Director

David Lim is Group President and CEO. He is also a member of the NOL Board Executive Committee and a Director of APL Logistics. He is a Member of Singapore's Parliament and serves on the Eisenhower Fellowship International Advisory Council and PSA's International Advisory Council. Mr Lim has extensive business, managerial and leadership experience in both the public and private sector in Singapore and overseas. His former roles include CEO of the Port of Singapore Authority; CEO of the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park and CEO of Jurong Town Corporation. He also served in the National Computer Board and the Singapore Economic Development Board. Mr Lim has served as Singapore's Senior Minister of State in the Ministry for Defence and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Chairman of the National Youth Council, and, most latterly, Acting Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts.

Lim How Teck Executive Director

Lim How Teck is Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the NOL Board Executive Committee. He also holds directorships in various subsidiaries, associated companies and investment interests of the NOL Group. Mr Lim has extensive international qualifications and experience in business finance and accounting. He has in-depth knowledge of the shipping industry and the NOL Group, having been with the Company since 1979. Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Accountancy Degree from the University of Singapore. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the UK, a Fellow of the Certified Public Accountants of Australia, a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and an Associate of the Business Administration of Australia. He is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Corporate Financial Management Course and Advanced Management Programme.

Lock Sai Hung Director

Lock Sai Hung joined the Board in 2002 and is Chairman of the NOL Audit Committee and a member of the Executive Resource and Compensation Committee. He brings with him extensive experience in banking and finance having spent most of his career with DBS Bank where he was part of the senior management team. His career spans the Singapore Economic Development Board, Esso Singapore and the Insurance Corporation of Singapore. He is currently a Director of Raffles Hospital, and Chairman of Transpac Industrial Holdings.

Yasumasa Mizushima Director

Yasumasa Mizushima joined the NOL Board in 2002 after his retirement as President and Chief Executive of Sony Logistics Corporation. Mr Mizushima has more than 40 years' experience in building supply chain networks including establishing and heading Sony Logistics' subsidiary in Germany. He remains as Corporate Advisor of Sony Corporation and also holds the positions of Professor of the Tama Graduate School of Management and Information Sciences in Tokyo, Japan; Visiting Professor of the Faculty of Maritime Sciences at Kobe University, Japan; and Honorary Professor of the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia.

Tim Rhein Director

Tim Rhein served as a Director of NOL from 1998 to 2001, and was reappointed to the Board in 2002. Mr Rhein has more than 40 years of shipping and transportation experience. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of APL between 1995 and 1999. Prior to this, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of American President Lines (now APL), and worked in other roles covering operations, marketing and logistics. Before joining APL in 1967, Mr Rhein was an officer in the United States Army Transportation Corps serving in Germany, Vietnam and the US. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University.

Connal Rankin Director

Banking and human resources specialist Connal Rankin joined the NOL Board in 2002. He is also Chairman of the Executive Resource and Compensation Committee. Mr Rankin, who is the Group General Manager, Human Resources of HSBC Holdings, began his banking career with HSBC as a trainee more than 42 years ago and has undertaken numerous international postings for them, including Brunei, Australia, Canada, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia as well as Hong Kong. He was the General Manager and CEO of HSBC Singapore for five years from 1995 to 2000 and is currently based in London.

Willie Cheng Director

Willie Cheng was appointed to the NOL Board in 2003, and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was the country Managing Director of Accenture Singapore and retired from the firm in August 2003. Mr Cheng is currently Chairman of the Singapore Science Centre, the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, the Committee On Family, and the Jurong Country Club. He also serves on the Boards of Singapore Press Holdings, NTUC Fairprice, Accounting Corporate Regulatory Authority, SPRING Singapore and PSB Holdings.

Gan Chee Yen Director

Gan Chee Yen was appointed to the NOL Board in 2003. Mr Gan has extensive experience in the finance area and is currently Managing Director (Finance) of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. Prior to joining Temasek Holdings, he was Director of Finance at Singapore Technologies. Mr Gan has served on the boards of several prominent Singapore-based companies and is currently a member of the Board of Commissioner of PT Bank Danamon Indonesia. Mr Gan is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore. He has a Bachelor of Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and has attended Harvard's Programme for Management Development.

Robert Holland Director

US business consultant Robert Holland was appointed to the NOL Board in January 2004. Mr Holland is currently a General Partner and Industry Specialist with private equity firm Williams Capital Partners. His previous roles included Chairman and CEO of WorkPlace Integrators, one of the largest Steelcase office furniture dealerships in the US, President and CEO of ice cream-maker Ben & Jerry's and a partner with McKinsey & Company. His current directorships include Carver Federal Savings Bank, a community-based savings and loan bank headquartered in Harlem; Lexmark International; and the world's largest quick-serve restaurant company, Yum! Brands Inc.

Christopher Lau Director

Senior Counsel and Chartered Arbitrator Christopher Lau was appointed to the NOL Board in May 2004. Mr Lau is a former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore and is currently a consultant with law firm Alban Tay Mahtani & de Silva. He has more than 30 years' experience in maritime and commercial law and is a member of the Governing Board of the International Maritime Law Institute of the International Maritime Organisation. Mr Lau also serves as an arbitrator both in Singapore and internationally, belonging to a number of international arbitration organisations, including the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration and Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration.