Ms. Ching Ho has been the Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited since January 2004 and has been its Executive Director since joining in 2002. Ms. Ho served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Singapore Technologies Pte. Ltd. from April 1987 to December 2001. She joined Singapore Technologies (ST) in 1987 as Director of Engineering. She started her career as an Engineer with the Ministry of Defence of Singapore in 1976. She is Chairman of Temasek International.

She has been the Chairman of the Board at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. since August 1995. She served as the Chairman of GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd. since August 1995 and Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. She served as a Deputy Chairman of Singapore Technologies Pte. Ltd. Ms. Ho has been on the Board of Directors of Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. since November 1987. She served as a Director of SembCorp Industries Ltd. until June 1, 2002 and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Singapore Pte. Ltd. since November 1987. She served as a Director at Singapore Technologies Pte. Ltd.

She served as the Director of Defense Material Organization and Deputy Director of Defense Science Organization. Ms. Ho is involved in community service and charitable organizations in her personal capacity. She was the Chairman of the Institute of Molecular Agrobiology. In her public service over the years, she served on various statutory boards and agencies, such as the Economic Development Board, the National Science and Technology Board, the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research and the Productivity and Standards Board. For her public service, she was awarded the Singapore Public Administration medal (silver, 1985) and the Public Service Star (1996) award by the Singapore Government.

Ms. Ho is a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus of the National University of Singapore and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Engineering, Singapore. Ms. Ho received a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical, 1(st) class Honours) in 1976 from the University of Singapore and the Master of Science (Electrical Engineering) in 1982 from Stanford University.

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