Mr Sam Chong Keen

Mr Sam Chong Keen was appointed as a director of the Company on 22 February 1997. He also serves as a member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee. 

Mr Sam was the Managing Director of the Company from 1997 to 2002 and was concurrently the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman of LTC Corporation Limited. He assumed the position of Chairman of the Board of the Company on 8 May 2017 and stepped down on 30 October 2024.

Mr Sam has a wealth of management experience, having held senior/CEO positions in the Singapore Government Administrative Service, National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), Intraco Limited, Comfort Group Ltd, VICOM Ltd, A-Smart Holdings Ltd, and Emerging Towns & Cities Singapore Ltd.

Mr Sam’s current positions on the boards of other publicly listed companies are Non-independent Director of A-Smart Holdings Ltd and Stamford Tyres Corporation Limited as well as Independent Director of Parkson Retail Asia Limited.

Mr Sam was the Political Secretary to the Minister for Education from 1988 to 1991.  He has served on various government boards and committees, including the Central Provident Fund Board and the National Co-operative Federation.

Mr Sam holds a Bachelor of Arts (Engineering Science and Economics) (Honours) and a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford.