Our Board

“Every child is capable of developing into a contributing member of society and should be given the chance to a meaningful life.”

-Dr Sheryn Mah,
Co-Founder, MILK Fund

THE MILK FUND EXCO

  • President

    Joy Balakrishnan co-founded MILK in 2004. As an educator, she is a passionate advocate for MILK’s two-pronged approach: education as the greatest leveller in society and support for families to create a stable home environment for their children. Joy devotes herself to full-time community service and served as the President of the Girl Guides Singapore from 2007-2015, on the boards of the Compassion Fund and Beyond Social Services.

  • Vice-President

    Mah Bow Tan was formerly Singapore’s Minister for National Development (1999-2011), until he retired from politics in 2015. An elected Member of Parliament, his cabinet positions included Minister for Communications (1991-1999), Minister for the Environment (1993-1995). In Parliament, he held the role of Leader of the House. He is the Chairman of GlobalCities Consult Pte Ltd and an independent director and non-executive chairman of Global Yellow Pages. He serves as the adviser & director of HydraX.

  • Honorary Treasurer

    Formerly the Deputy Managing Partner of KPMG Singapore, Tan Wah Yeow is Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Norway. He is a non-executive independent director of Genting Singapore Limited, Mapletree Logistics Trust Management Ltd, M1 Ltd & Sembcorp Marine. He also serves as a board director of the Public Utilities board, Gardens by the Bay and VIVA Foundation for Children with Cancer.

  • Honorary Secretary

    
Wendell Wong is a Director at Drew & Napier and the Co-Head of the Criminal Law Practice & Investigations. An experienced litigator and arbitration counsel, Wendell was the past Chairman of the Criminal Practice Committee of the Law Society of Singapore, and a member of the Criminal Legal Aid Steering Committee, Singapore Academy of Law. He is a strong advocate for pro bono work.

  • Executive Committee Member

    Deborah Ong is a retired partner with the Assurance Practice of PwC Singapore and the International Team Leader of the Global Assurance Quality Inspections Group. She is a board member of MAS, SATS Ltd, and also serves as the chair of the Audit and Risk Committees of SkillsFuture Singapore, Workforce Singapore, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine and the Council for Estate Agencies.

  • Executive Committee Member

    Shea Leen is a partner and the Insurance Industry Leader at PwC Singapore. She also serves as the Treasurer of the South Central Community Family Service Centre.

  • Executive Committee Member

    David Lim is the Head of Wealth Management, Singapore & Southeast Asia at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. David is also on BNP Paribas’ Wealth Management Asia Pacific’s executive committee. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business and the South Central Community Family Service Centre.

THE MILK FUND MEMBERS

  • MILK FUND MEMBER

    Stanley Tan founded MILK in 2004 and is the CEO of GYP Properties Limited, as well as Director of family office Rumah Group and its philanthropic arm, Rumah Foundation. A businessman who has placed equal emphasis on volunteering, he has devoted half his time to community causes since the age of 35. Stanley is passionate about addressing the needs of disadvantaged children, youth and families, and chairs the South Central Community Family Service Centre, =DREAMS Asia and =DREAMS Singapore. Stanley is also a co-founder of the Asia Philanthropy Circle.

  • Member

    Mr Low Seow Juan is the chairman of Pinetree Capital Partners Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fund management company. He is also an Independent Director and the chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Vertex Holdings. Mr Low was previously a partner at Drew & Napier and Lee & Lee. He is an independent director of Credit Bureau Asia Limited.

  • Member

    Lee Lung Nien is the Chairman at Citi Private Bank, South Asia, with over 30 years of experience in the financial sector. He serves on the Board of Management of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and the Board of Governors at his alma matter, Chaminade University of Honolulu. He is also a Fellow at the Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers.

  • Member

    
Chua Kee Lock is the CEO of Vertex Holdings and Managing Partner of Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India. He co-founded MediaRing, the provider of voice-over internet, which later listed on the SGX. He is on the board of Logitech and Credit Bureau Asia.

  • Member

    Douglas Foo is the Chairman of Sakae Holdings Ltd and appointed representative to the ASEAN Business Advisory Council. He is also the President of Singapore Manufacturing Federation and Vice-President of the Singapore National Employer’s Federation and Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation. His business, Sakae Sushi, was listed on the SGX. Douglas was a nominated member of parliament from 2018-2020.

  • Member 

    Laura Poh is a committed volunteer with years of experience serving disadvantaged children at MILK, the Compassion Fund, South Central Community Family Service Centre and =DREAMS (Singapore) Ltd. tion

  • Member

    Natalie Balakrishnan, a lawyer, previously practised in the litigation department of Rajah & Tann LLP and Norton Rose Fulbright Ascendant. She is committed to causes for children and serves on the Management Committee of Barker Road Methodist Church Kindergarten. Natalie is the Co-Founder of content investment company Phoenix Films.

  • Member

    Kishin RK is a property developer and the CEO of RB Capital Group. He is also the Chairman and Co-Founder of TiffinLabs, and the ‘Food is Love Foundation’ providing free meals to those affected by the economic downturn during the pandemic. He serves as a Director of Singapore River One, Raffles Place Alliance, and as a non-executive director of Weybourne Holdings.

  • Member

    Warren Mah is part of the leadership team at Pathology Asia Holdings, where he holds a number of responsibilities: CEO - Thailand, Head of Public Sector Partnerships and Group Business Development.

    He previously held senior management positions at a number of healthcare companies, including Fresenius Medical Care and IHH Berhad. He began his career in the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

  • Member

    Dr Kenneth Chew is an Associate Consultant from the Department of Cardiology of the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS).

    His clinical subspecialty interest is in advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology and echocardiography – including elective and peri-operative transoesophageal echocardiography.

  • Member

    Janet Lyn is a Director at Temasek Polytechnic where she heads the Internal Audit Team. She has been involved in the social service sector since 1997, having been appointed to the boards of MILK, the Hope Endowment Fund and Beyond Social Services.

Executive Team

  • Suraj Upadhiah

    Executive Director

  • Lillie Ngiow

    Programme Manager

  • Airin Sutanto

    Accounts & Admin Manager