| Mrs FANG Ai Lian
Chairman
Great Eastern Holdings Ltd
Mrs Fang Ai Lian has been appointed Chairman of Great Eastern Holdings Ltd, a listed company on the Singapore Exchange, with effect from 15 April 2008 . She is also Chairman of Great Eastern Life Assurance Co Ltd, Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd and Great Eastern General Insurance Co Sdn Bhd.
She qualified as a Chartered Accountant in London in 1973 and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales .
Outside the firm, Mrs Fang shares her expertise with government and professional institutions in Singapore as well as international organisations. She is a Council Member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore (ICPAS) and chairs the Accounting Standards Committee and the Banking & Finance Committee of ICPAS. She is also a Governing Council Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, member of the Board of Governors at the Institute of Policy Studies , and sits on the Board of International Enterprise Singapore and the Competition Appeal Board.
Mrs Fang is very active in the educational fields. At the Singapore Management University , she serves as the Chairman of the School of Accountancy Advisory Board .
A Justice of the Peace, Mrs Fang's community service includes serving as President of the Home Nursing Foundation and the Breast Cancer Foundation, and as Board Director of NTUC Eldercare and the Singapore Professional Executives Co-operative (SPEC). Mrs Fang was a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP).
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