General Announcement::SGX RegCo announces board members; operational start on 15 September

Issuer & Securities

Issuer/ Manager
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED
Securities
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE LIMITED - SG1J26887955 - S68
Stapled Security
No

Announcement Details

Announcement Title
General Announcement
Date &Time of Broadcast
11-Sep-2017 17:20:52
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
SGX RegCo announces board members; operational start on 15 September
Announcement Reference
SG170911OTHRMM8T
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Jo-Ann
Designation
Senior Associate
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) has appointed Mr Alan Shaw, Ms Jane Diplock AO and Mr Ronny Tan to its board. The company will begin operations on 15 September 2017.

The three board members will join Professor Tan Cheng Han, who is chairman of the board, and Tan Boon Gin, executive director and CEO of SGX RegCo.

Mr Shaw was Counsel at the Takeovers Panel of the Australian Government from 2007 to 2016 and the head of risk management and regulation at Singapore Exchange (SGX) in 2001 to 2004. He is currently Principal of Alan J Shaw Consulting, a firm dealing in legal, regulatory and merger and acquisition matters. Mr Shaw holds Bachelor of Law and Masters of Arts degrees and a Graduate Diploma of Public Policy from the University of Melbourne.

Ms Diplock AO has been an independent non-executive director of Singapore Exchange (SGX) since 2011. She will be a non-independent and non-executive director of SGX RegCo. She is a member of the Public Interest Oversight Board and a director of Australian Financial Services Group Pty Limited. She is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and deputy chairman of the International Integrated Reporting Council Board. She is also chairman of the Regulatory Committee of the Abu Dhabi Global Market. Until 2011, Ms Diplock AO was chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the New Zealand Securities Commission. She holds degrees in arts and law, a Diploma of Education from Sydney University and a Diploma of International Law, International Economics and International Relations from the Australian National University.

Mr Ronny Tan is a board member of Sentosa Development Corporation and President of Sentosa Golf Club. He is a non-executive director of Lombard Odier (Singapore) Ltd and Covalent Capital Pte Ltd. A trustee at Singapore University of Technology and Design, he is also an adviser to the Board at the Singapore Art Museum. Until recently, Mr Tan was Chairman of Assisi Hospice. Prior to stepping down as Vice-Chairman of Deutsche Bank in June 2014, Mr Tan was the Chief Country Officer for 12 years. In all, he has 35 year' market experience in the banking and financial industry. Mr Tan has a degree in Economics & Statistics from the University of Singapore and a diploma in Banking from the Institute of Banking & Finance, Singapore.

"Alan, Jane and Ronny bring to the SGX RegCo board wide-ranging and deep experience in banking and finance, markets, and regulation. Their ideas and insights will be invaluable as the board shapes the strategic direction of SGX RegCo in the face of rapid, and even disruptive, changes in the markets and investor behaviour," said Tan Cheng Han, Chairman of SGX RegCo.

The biographies of Mr Shaw and Mr Ronny Tan are in the appendix. Ms Diplock AO's biography is available on the SGX website here.

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