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Board of Directors
Dr. B.K Modi
Chairman
Dr Modi is a global visionary and billionaire entrepreneur, futurist, philanthropist and peacemaker, author and film producer. He is the Global Chairman of Spice Group.
Dr. BKM has set up joint ventures in partnership with global giants such as Xerox, Alcatel, Telstra and Olivetti, in the areas of information technology, document processing, telecommunications and cellular telephony. Under the Spice brand, the company is involved in the businesses of innovation, communications and entertainment. The area of innovation includes software development, telecom value-added services, call centers and computer and accessories manufacturing and sales; the area of communications includes cellular services and mobile handset sales; and entertainment includes shopping malls, film production, hotels , holistic enterprises, and travel-related services.
Dr. BKM has also written several books on management i.e. Performance - A Manager’s Challenge. He heads the Asia Crime Prevention Foundation. Dr. Modi was conferred with a Proclamation by the 108th Congress of Sixth Congressional District in New York for his humanitarian efforts worldwide. He is a Global Counselor to the Conference Board & is on the Advisory Board of the Global Corporate Governance.
He is a graduate in Chemical Engineering, MBA – University of South California and a Ph.D. in Financial Management. He has also been conferred D. Litt. in Industrial Management.
Divya Modi
Executive Director
Ms Divya Modi is a CFA charter holder, a Graduate in Economics and Business Finance (Honors) from Brunel University, UK and a Masters in Accounting from the University of Southern California, USA.
She had worked closely with Jones Lang and Lasalle and Haldford Associates to develop Spice Global’s first Entertainment Centre “Spice World” where she has been credited for tying up with the Key Anchor Stores for the venture.
She was instrumental in setting-up the Management Assurance Services (Internal Audit function) for Spice Global and was also involved with various Financial Restructuring initiatives and Investor Relations for the group especially for its erstwhile listed entities.
Currently she manages the Mergers & Acquisitions and Investor Relations team and as the Executive Director of “Spice Finance” is also spearheading the group’s entry into Financial Services.
Ashok Goyal
Executive Director & CEO
Mr Ashok Kumar Goyal is a professional with diversified experience of over 25 years in the field of finance, taxation, corporate laws and general management. Prior to taking up this assignment, he was serving as Global President- Finance, Spice group and is a member of the Board of directors in various companies inside and outside the group.
Also, he had been Chief Executive Officer of Spice Communications Limited, a renowned telecom company in India. He had also served as Executive Director of Modi Xerox Limited, a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation in India. He had been the Senior Partner and Director of Grant Thornton-India overseeing the corporate finance and consulting business of the firm.
Mr. Goyal had been the Chairman of Institute of Company Secretary India (Northern Region), Chairman of Noida Branch of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He also served on the various expert committees of Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Federation of Indian Chamber and Commerce and Industries, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries in India and had interacted with the various expert committees formulated by the government of India on important corporate laws and taxation matters.
Mr. Goyal holds a degree in Masters of Business Administration ,Brunel University London, Bachelors of Law as well as he is the fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of cost and works Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretary of India.
Thomas Henrik Zilliacus
Independent Director
Mr Zilliacus was appointed as Non-Executive Director in February 2002 and was last re-elected to his position on 24 April 2008. Mr Zilliacus is the founder and Executive Chairman of Mobile FutureWorks Inc, a company which develops and invests in mobile space. He is also the Executive Chairman of OpenMobile Corporation, a leading global enabler of premium-priced mobile originated mobile value-added services and the former head of Nokia’s Asian operations. He holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki.
Eileen Tay-Tan Bee Kiew
Independent Director
Ms Tay was appointed to the Board in October 2002 and was last re-elected as Director on 21 April 2009. With more than 25 years of experience in the public accounting field, Ms Tay was a partner with KPMG and her experience includes auditing, taxation, public listing, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions and business advisory. She holds an Honours degree in Accountancy from the Singapore University. Ms Tay is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Fellow of CPA Australia, Fellow of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and Licentiate of Trinity College (London).
Sin Hang Boon
Independent Director
Mr Sin joined the Board in June 2003 and was last re-elected as Director on 21 April 2009. He is currently also serving as a Director in Ideas Services Pte Ltd and Sirius Venture Consulting Pte Ltd. Mr Sin spent over 40 years in the telecommunications industry before his retirement in 2002. He was a senior executive in Belgacom S.A. in Belgium from 1996 to 1998. From 1999 till 2001, he headed SingTel International, the strategic investment arm of the SingTel Group. From 2002 to March 2004, Mr Sin was advisor to SingTel and represented SingTel on the boards of several of its associated companies overseas, including Belgacom S.A., ADSB Telecommunications B.V. in The Netherlands and New Century Infocomm Tech Co Ltd in Taiwan. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Physics) degree from Nanyang University, Singapore.
Lucas Chow
Independent Director
Mr Chow was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2007 and was last re-elected as Director on 17 April 2007. He brings with him more than 28 years of experience in senior management roles. Currently the CEO and Director of The MediaCorp Group, Mr Chow began his career with Hewlett-Packard and in 1998, joined the senior management team in SingTel. Mr Chow serves as a member on the British Telecom’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board. He sits on various boards and international advisory committees including Health Promotion Board. He was also appointed member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Aston, Birmingham (United Kingdom).
Vijay Brijendra Chopra
Independent Director
Mr. Vijay B. Chopra was appointed to the board on 14 October 2009. Mr. Chopra is a Senior International Financier with a robust TMT Executive track record, experienced in origination, structuring, and managing Equity and Debt investments across a wide range of sectors. Mr. Chopra is a veteran in M&A, private and traded equity, as well as in project/leveraged debt financing and loan/bond markets. Mr. Chopra is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Capital Pte. Ltd. Prior to this current assignment, Mr. Chopra was Managing Director with UBS Bank in Singapore and held senior executive positions in BNP/BNP Paribas/BNP Paribas Peregrine and ABN Amro. Mr. Chopra holds a degree in Masters of Commerce from University of Bombay and is an MBA (Finance) with distinction from University of Hull (UK). He is an Associate of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India and a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.
Jai Swarup Pathak
Non-Executive Non-Independent Director
Mr. Jai S. Pathak was appointed to the Board on 14 October 2009. He is currently the Partner-In-Charge of Pacific Asia for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. Mr. Pathak has more than 20 years experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, dispositions, privatisations, joint ventures, licensing, infrastructure development, as well as private equity and structured finance transactions. He has significant experience in the telecommunications, IT, banking, hospitality, oil/gas, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Mr. Pathak graduated from law school (B.A. (Hons in Jurisprudence)) from Oxford University in 1984 (M.A., 1989) and received his LL.M from the University of Virginia in 1985. Having previously earned his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. degrees from the University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, he is fluent in Hindi. Mr. Pathak currently splits his time between Gibson Dunn's Los Angeles and Singapore offices.
Shareholder Value Enhancement Committee
The Shareholder Value Enhancement Committee is chaired by Dr. B.K. Modi and members includes
Ms. Divya Modi, Mr. Ashok Kumar Goyal and Mr. Thomas Henrik Zilliacus.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is chaired by Dr. B.K. Modi and members includes
Ms. Divya Modi and Mr. Ashok Kumar Goyal.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee is chaired by Ms Eileen Tay-Tan Bee Kiew and members includes
Mr Jai Swarup Pathak and
Mr Vijay Chopra.
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee is chaired by Mr Jai Swarup Pathak and members includes
Mr Vijay Chopra and Mr Lucas Chow Wing Keung.
Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee is chaired by Mr Vijay Chopra and members includes
Mr Jai Swarup Pathak and
Mr Sin Hang Boon.
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