United Overseas Bank Limited announced the appointments of Messrs Alexander Charles Hungate, Wong Kan Seng and Alvin Yeo Khirn Hai as independent non-executive directors and Mr. Michael Lien Jown Leam as a non-independent non-executive director of the company with immediate effect. Mr. Hungate is the President and Chief Executive Officer of SATS, with primary responsibility for steering the SATS Group. Mr. Wong served 26 years in the Singapore Government where he held various positions, including Ministerial appointments in the Communications and Information, Community Development, Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Ministries. Mr. Yeo is the Chairman and Senior Partner of WongPartnership. The youngest lawyer to be appointed Senior Counsel at the age of 37, Mr. Yeo had been acknowledged as a leading litigation and arbitration counsel in international legal directories. Mr. Lien is the Executive Chairman of Wah Hin & Company. He is currently a Board Director of Temasek Holdings, and also serves as a trustee and member of the investment committee of the National University of Singapore.