Board of Directors
Charles R. Wofford
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Charles Richard Wofford has been a member of our Board of Directors since February 1998 and the Chairman of our Board of Directors since August 2002. Mr. Wofford was with Texas Instruments, Inc. for 33 years before leaving as Senior Vice-President to join Farr Company in 1991. He was the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Farr Company from 1992 to 1995 and Executive Vice Chairman of FSI International from 1996 to 1998. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Texas Western College.
Tan Lay Koon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Tan Lay Koon is the President and Chief Executive Officer of STATS ChipPAC Ltd and has been a member of the company’s Board of Directors since June 2002. He joined the company in May 2000 as Chief Financial Officer and became President and CEO of STATS (our predecessor company) in June 2002. In August 2004, he led the formation of STATS ChipPAC with the acquisition of ChipPAC and became the founding President and CEO. Prior to joining STATS ChipPAC, he was an Investment Banker with Salomon Smith Barney, a global investment banking unit of Citigroup Inc. Before that, he held various senior positions in government and financial institutions in Singapore. Mr. Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honors) from the University of Adelaide, Australia as a Colombo Plan Scholar. He also has a Master of Business Administration (Distinction) from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where he was elected a Palmer Scholar.
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Peter Seah Lim Huat
Mr. Peter Seah Lim Huat has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 2002. He has also been a member of the Temasek Advisory Panel since January 1, 2005. He was, until December 31, 2004, the President and Chief Executive Officer of STPL and a member of its Board of Directors. He was a banker for the past 33 years, retiring as the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Overseas Union Bank Limited in 2001. Mr. Seah is the Chairman of SembCorp Industries Ltd and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, and sits on the boards of many other companies, including CapitaLand Limited, Chartered, StarHub Ltd, DBS Bank Ltd and DBS Group Holdings Ltd. His other appointments include serving as Chairman of the Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd, board member of S Rajaratnam School of International Studies and Defence Science and Technology Agency. Mr. Seah also serves on the board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He was awarded the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) in 1999. Mr. Seah graduated from the University of Singapore in 1968 with an honors degree in Business Administration.
R. Douglas Norby
Mr. R. Douglas Norby has been a member of our Board of Directors since August 2004. Mr. Norby was a member of the Board of Directors of ChipPAC prior to the merger. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tessera Technologies, Inc. from July 2003 to January 2006. Mr. Norby worked as a consultant for Tessera Technologies, Inc. from May to July 2003. Mr. Norby was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Zambeel, Inc. from March 2002 to February 2003. From December 2000 to March 2002, Mr. Norby was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Novalux, Inc., and from 1996 to 2000, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of LSI Logic Corporation. Mr. Norby is a director of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Neterion, Inc., Nexx Systems, Inc., Intellon Corporation and Invensense, Inc., and serves as the Chairman of Alexion's, Neterion's, Nexx's and Intellon’s audit committee. He received his B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Teng Cheong Kwee
Mr. Teng Cheong Kwee has been a member of our Board of Directors since October 2006. He was previously a member of our Board from January 2001 to August 2004 and was appointed a member and Chairman of our Audit Committee in January 2001 and January 2003, respectively. Mr. Teng was the Head of Risk Management & Regulatory Division of the Singapore Exchange Limited, and has held various positions in regulatory and financial institutions including the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Mr. Teng has more than 20 years of experience in the finance industry. He is also a non-executive Director of several other companies listed on the SGX-ST. Mr. Teng received his Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial) (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Tokumasa Yasui
Mr. Tokumasa Yasui has been a member of our Board of Directors since January 2007. Mr. Yasui is currently Adviser to Renesas Solutions Corp., a subsidiary of Renesas Technology Corp., a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and Mitsubishi Ltd. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director of Renesas Semiconductor (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. He has also held various senior management positions with Hitachi Ltd. where he last served as Group Executive of the Semiconductor Division. He has also served as Executive Vice President of Elpida Memory, Inc, which started as a joint venture between Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. Mr. Yasui holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Kyoto University.
Rohit Sipahimalani
Rohit Sipahimalani has been a member of our Board of Directors since April 2009. He is currently a Managing Director, Investment at Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd. Prior to joining Temasek in 2008, Mr. Sipahimalani was with Morgan Stanley for over 11 years, most recently serving as Managing Director, Head of South East Asia, Investment Banking. Mr. Sipahimalani joined Morgan Stanley in 1997 after spending 3 years with McKinsey & Co. Inc., where he was an Engagement Manager in their Mumbai office. Prior to that, he was at Citibank N.A. from 1989 to 1994. He received his Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Economics from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and Masters of Business Administration from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in India.