Mr Ip was appointed as a non-executive independent Director of the Company on 1 May 2021.
He is a Chartered Accountant by training, with over 40 years of commercial experience in finance and investment, real estate, mining, hospitality and general management. From 2000 to 2009, he was President and Group Chief Executive Officer of The Straits Trading Company Limited (“STC”), a listed company in Singapore. Prior to joining STC in 1983, he was with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young LLP).
Mr Ip is a director and/or chairman of some of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Great Eastern Holdings Limited (“GE”). He served as Chairman of GE from 2013 to 2014 and as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer from 2014 to 2015.
Mr Ip is a member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore, which administers the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers.
Mr Ip graduated from London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science (Econs), Special Subject: Accounting and Finance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Ip was awarded The Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) from the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2020. He is an Accredited Director with Singapore Institute of Directors.
He is a Chartered Accountant by training, with over 40 years of commercial experience in finance and investment, real estate, mining, hospitality and general management. From 2000 to 2009, he was President and Group Chief Executive Officer of The Straits Trading Company Limited (“STC”), a listed company in Singapore. Prior to joining STC in 1983, he was with Ernst & Whinney (now known as Ernst & Young LLP).
Mr Ip is a director and/or chairman of some of the principal insurance subsidiaries of Great Eastern Holdings Limited (“GE”). He served as Chairman of GE from 2013 to 2014 and as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer from 2014 to 2015.
Mr Ip is a member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore, which administers the Singapore Code on Take-overs and Mergers.
Mr Ip graduated from London School of Economics and Political Science with a Bachelor of Science (Econs), Special Subject: Accounting and Finance. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr Ip was awarded The Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) from the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2020. He is an Accredited Director with Singapore Institute of Directors.
