	Mr Tham Kui Seng has considerable business experience, especially in the real estate industry with a strong management background. Mr Tham served as Chief Corporate Officer of CapitaLand Limited from 1 September, 2002 to January 2009, where he was responsible for the corporate services functions of the group. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Residential Limited, wholly-owned subsidiary of CapitaLand Limited from November 2000 to 1 July 2005. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd, Global Logistic Properties Ltd, SembCorp Industries Ltd, Straits Trading Company Ltd, SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd and Maxwell Chambers Pte Ltd. He is also a Member of the Housing & Development Board. Mr Tham is a graduate of the Oxford University, United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) Degree in Engineering Science and Natural science, 1979.

	Er Lai Huen Poh is Managing Director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd. Er Lai is involved in a wide range of projects both in Singapore and internationally. Besides his professional qualifications, he is also a Singapore Chartered Engineer, member in Association of Consulting Engineers, UK Corporate Member for Institute of Civil Engineers, Corporate Member of Singapore Concrete Institute and Corporate Member for Singapore Structural Steel Society. Er Lai has served on several BCA committees such as Construction Best Practice, Structural Robustness, International Panel of Experts on Construction and Prefabrication Technology, Assessment Panels for the Construction Productivity Awards, Construction Excellence Awards, Design & Engineering Safety Excellence Awards and BCA-SGBC Green Building Individual Awards, culminating in his appointment to the BCA Board and BCA Academy Advisory Panel in 2011. He is also an advisor and external reviewer to the Nanyang Technological University, and recently appointed to the International Panel of Experts for BIM Technology and the Tender Evaluation Committee for the proposed Ng Teng Fong General Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital. For his contribution to the nation through his service on the Strata Titles Board, the Ministry of National Development conferred upon him the Meritorious Service Award (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) in 2011.

	Mr Walter Fernandez is the Managing Director of MediaCorp Press and the Editor of TODAY. A Singapore Press Holdings scholar, he started his career in journalism at The Straits Times as a reporter on the political desk covering major policy developments in Singapore. An honours graduate of the London School of Economics, he eventually became a senior correspondent on the newspaper’s business desk, writing news analyses and features on policy and macro-economic developments. During his time at The Straits Times, he was also seconded to the Istana to serve as a research officer to then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew to help him with his memoirs. Mr Fernandez joined MediaCorp in October 2001 as the Night Editor at Channel NewsAsia (Singapore). He was responsible for its flagship local news bulletin Singapore Tonight. After three years, he moved to Channel NewsAsia (International) as its Executive Editor where he directed the news gathering of a team of correspondents around the world from Washington to Beijing. In November 2006, Mr Fernandez joined TODAY, as its Editor. Since then, he has refocused its editorial direction, restructured the newsroom operations and spearheaded several revamps. In April 2012, he was promoted to Managing Director of MediaCorp Press, concurrently retaining his post as Editor of TODAY.

	Ms Valerie Thean is the Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Law. Ms Thean is a member of the Singapore Legal Service. After a first posting as a Justice’s Law Clerk to the Court of Appeal, she served in various legal positions, including as Assistant Registrar at the Supreme Court, District Judge at the Singapore Subordinate Courts and Senior State Counsel at the Attorney-General’s Chambers. She joined the Law Ministry in 2007, initially as Director of the Legal Policy and Industry Development Divisions, and then later as Director-General, Legal Group, overseeing the Legal Policy, Legal Industry and International Legal Divisions. She became Deputy Secretary in October 2012. She also teaches arbitration at the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law as an Adjunct Associate Professor. A recipient of the President’s Scholarship in 1988, Ms Thean graduated with First Class Honours from Downing College, Cambridge University (BA (Hons) in Law, 1991). She also has a Masters of Law from Harvard. She is qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore; Barrister-at-law in England & Wales; and an Attorney-of-Law, New York State, USA. Ms Thean is married with three children.