Change - Announcement of Appointment::APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Issuer & Securities

Issuer/ Manager
SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED
Securities
SIA S$500M 3.22%N200709 - SG7W61959351 - 4GPB
SIA S$300M3.75%N240408 - SG6PE4000001 - 3F4B
SIA S$200M3.145%N210408 - SG6PE5000000 - 3F5B
SINGAPORE AIRLINES LTD - SG1V61937297 - C6L
Stapled Security
No

Announcement Details

Announcement Title
Change - Announcement of Appointment
Date &Time of Broadcast
31-Aug-2016 17:07:45
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Announcement Reference
SG160831OTHRNZ4D
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Brenton Wu
Designation
Company Secretary
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Appointment of Mr Lee Kim Shin as an Independent and Non-Executive Director.

Additional Details

Date Of Appointment
01/09/2016
Name Of Person
Lee Kim Shin
Age
55
Country Of Principal Residence
Singapore
The Board's comments on this appointment (including rationale, selection criteria, and the search and nomination process)
The Board approved the appointment of Mr Lee Kim Shin as Director on the Board of Singapore Airlines Limited (the "Company").
Mr Lee Kim Shin has 30 years of experience as a lawyer, is a Senior Counsel and has been a Judicial Commissioner of the Singapore High Court.
The Board is confident that Mr Lee's legal expertise and extensive experience in international transactions and in corporate governance will augment the core competencies of the Board and help in setting directions for the Company.

Whether appointment is executive, and if so, the area of responsibility
Non-Executive
Job Title (e.g. Lead ID, AC Chairman, AC Member etc.)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Member of Board Nominating Committee and Board Safety and Risk Committee
Familial relationship with any director and/ or substantial shareholder of the listed issuer or of any of its principal subsidiaries
No
Conflict of interests (including any competing business)
No
Working experience and occupation(s) during the past 10 years
Mr Lee Kim Shin is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He re-joined Allen & Gledhill in March 2015 after having served as a Judicial Commissioner of the Singapore High Court for a year. Before his appointment to the bench in 2014, Mr Lee was with Allen & Gledhill for more than 20 years and was Managing Partner between August 2012 and December 2013. His areas of practice encompass mergers and acquisitions, local and regional joint ventures, schemes of reconstruction, amalgamations, capital reductions and restructurings. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions involving private equity, venture capital, trade sales and competitive bids. He also provides general corporate advice to companies across a broad spectrum of industries.

Shareholding interest in the listed issuer and its subsidiaries?
No
# These fields are not applicable for announcements of appointments pursuant to Listing Rule 704 (9) or Catalist Rule 704 (8).
Past (for the last 5 years)
Director: SIA Engineering Company Limited
Director: Singex Holdings Pte Ltd
Director: Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority
Director: Wildlife Reserves Singapore Pte. Ltd
Member of Board of Trustees: Community Cancer Fund
Chairman: Appeals Board constituted under the Private Education Act
Member of Board of Trustees: Wildlife
Reserves Singapore Conservation Fund
Member of Board of Trustees : National Cancer Centre Research Fund
Director: HL Global Enterprises Limited
Present
Member of Governing Board: Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore
Member of Governing Council: Singapore Institute of Directors
Director: Epimetheus Ltd
(a) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any bankruptcy law of any jurisdiction was filed against him or against a partnership of which he was a partner at the time when he was a partner or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a partner?
No
(b) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any law of any jurisdiction was filed against an entity (not being a partnership) of which he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive, at the time when he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity, for the winding up or dissolution of that entity or, where that entity is the trustee of a business trust, that business trust, on the ground of insolvency?
No
(c) Whether there is any unsatisfied judgment against him?
No
(d) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving fraud or dishonesty which is punishable with imprisonment, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such purpose?
No
(e) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such breach?
No
(f) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, judgment has been entered against him in any civil proceedings in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part, or he has been the subject of any civil proceedings (including any pending civil proceedings of which he is aware) involving an allegation of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part?
No
(g) Whether he has ever been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence in connection with the formation or management of any entity or business trust?
No
(h) Whether he has ever been disqualified from acting as a director or an equivalent person of any entity (including the trustee of a business trust), or from taking part directly or indirectly in the management of any entity or business trust?
No
(i) Whether he has ever been the subject of any order, judgment or ruling of any court, tribunal or governmental body, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from engaging in any type of business practice or activity?
No
(j) Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, been concerned with the management or conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the affairs of :-
(i) any corporation which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(ii) any entity (not being a corporation) which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(iii) any business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing business trusts in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(iv) any entity or business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, in connection with any matter occurring or arising during that period when he was so concerned with the entity or business trust?
No
(k) Whether he has been the subject of any current or past investigation or disciplinary proceedings, or has been reprimanded or issued any warning, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or any other regulatory authority, exchange, professional body or government agency, whether in Singapore or elsewhere?
No
Any prior experience as a director of a listed company?
Yes
If Yes, Please provide details of prior experience
Yes. Mr Lee Kim Shin was a board director of SIA Engineering Company Limited from 1 August 2012 to 1 January 2014 and a board director of HL Global Enterprises Limited from 25 January 2006 to 27 April 2012

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