Mr Abdul Jabbar Bin Karam Din was appointed to the Board on 7 January 2019 and was appointed as the Lead Independent Director on 1 January 2022.

Mr Jabbar is currently the Deputy Managing Partner of Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP. He has more than 30 years of extensive experience in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, employment, banking and finance, general commercial and private client work, both local and international. He regularly advises public listed and unlisted companies on corporate governance, compliance and regulatory matters.

In addition to other board appointments, Mr Jabbar is the Lead Independent Director of GRC Limited and also an Independent Director of ESR Trust Management (Suntec) Limited (the manager of Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust), both of which are listed on the SGX-ST. Mr Jabbar also serves on the board as company secretary to numerous private and public listed and unlisted companies as well as several registered foreign companies with Singapore branches. He has also assisted multinational companies in setting up their headquarters in Singapore. Mr Jabbar is a Senior Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Mr Jabbar graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.