Education Qualifications

PhD, Business Policy, National University of Singapore, 2006 Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore, 1990 LLM, Commercial Law, University of Cambridge, 1994 LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1989

Academic and Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Business Policy, National University of Singapore, 2008 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Business Policy, School of Business, National University of Singapore, 1998 - 2007 Lecturer, Department of Business Policy, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1994 - 1998 Senior Tutor, Department of Business Policy, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1991 - 1994 Legal Assistant, Financial Services Department, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore, 1990 - 1991

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

Shareholder votes for sale, with L Heracleous, Harvard Business Review, 20-24, 2005 Marketers' Boon in Cyberspace: The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, with Walsh, Michael G., M O Lwin and J Williams, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 2003 (United States) Who wants to be a competent Director? An Evaluation tool of directors’ knowledge of governance principles and legal duties, with Heracleous, L T, Corporate Governance International, 2003 (United Kingdom) Social Marketing Initiatives - NKF's Organ Donation Programs in Singapore, with M O Lwin and J Williams, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Vol. 21(1) Spring issue: 66-77., 2002 (United States) Mandatory bid rule: Impact of control threshold on take-over premiums, with Y K Ho and S L Ng, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 433-452, December, 2001 (Singapore) An Overview of the advertising laws and regulations in Singapore, with May Oo Lwin, The Journal of Business Law, 399-413, July, 2001 (United Kingdom) The Par Value of Shares: An Irrelevant Concept in Modern Company Law, with Y K Ho, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, December: 552-572, 1999 (Singapore) The Takeover Saga of Yeo Hiap Seng, Asian Case Research Journal, 1999 Advertiser Adherence to Regulatory Codes in The United States And Singapore: A Comparative Evaluation Of Television Commercials, with May O Lwin and A Khoo, Journal of Asian Business, 1999 Nervous Shock, Rescuers and Employees - Primary or Secondary Victims?, with S H S Leong, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 121-139, July, 1998 Force-field Analysis on Policies affecting Working Women in Singapore, with J S K Lee, Journal of Management Development, 16(1), 43-52, 1997 Labour Market Flexibilities as HRM strategies: The Example of Singapore, with Sharma, B, Journal of Asian Business, 10(1), 61-77, 1994

Conference Papers

International Commercial Dispute Resolution -- Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation in Singapore, with S H S Leong, East Asian Legal Forum 1999, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-19 March, 1999 Electronic Commerce Initiatives in Southeast Asia: A Policy Perspective, with M O Lwin, 1999 Society for Marketing Advances Conference, Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, United States, 26-30 October, 1999 Legal Aspects of the Proposed East Asian Economic Grouping, with S H S Leong, Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference, Hilton International Hotel, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 21-24 June, 1992 Privatisation in ASEAN Countries -- Issues and Lessons, with Pang, E F, Symposium on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Asia organised by the United Nations, New Delhi, 22-25 October, 1991

Books/Monographs Authored

The 36 Strategies of the Chinese: Adapting Ancient Chinese Wisdom to the Business World, with Wee, C H, Singapore: Addison-Wesley and Longman, 298 pages, 1998 (reprinted in 1998 and in 1999)

Chapters In Books

Shareholder Actions, In Woon's Corporations Law, Singapore: LexisNexis, 155pp, 2005 Management and Administration, In Woon's Corporations Law, Singapore: LexisNexis, 61pp, 2005 Current Legal Issues on Directors' Duties, In From Conformance to Performance: Best Corporate Governance Practices for Asian Companies, ed. Mak Yuen Teen, 125-140, Singapore: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 2005 Company Administration, In Walter Woon on Company Law, 3rd Edition ed., Tan Cheng Han, 377-402, Singapore: Sweet & Maxwell, 2005 Enforcement of Corporate Rights, In Walter Woon on Company Law, 3rd edition ed. Tan Cheng Han, 335-376, Singapore: Sweet & Maxwell, 2005 Case 23-Natsteel: The Battle for Control, with L Heracleous and Abhinav Singh, In Business Strategy in Asia - A Casebook, 2nd edition ed. Kulwant Singh, Pangarkar Nitin, Heracleous Loizos, 259-280, Singapore: Thomson Learning, 2004

Consultation and Executive Experience

P T Suparma, Indonesia Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore

Research Interests

Corporate Governance Corporate Law and Finance

Courses

FNA3122  Corporate & Securities Law BSP1004  Legal Environment of Business MBC7113  Legal Environment of Business

Awards & Honors

Book Prize, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, 1994 First Class in Commercial Law (LLM), University of Cambridge, 1993-1994 NUS Overseas Graduate Scholarship, 1993-1994 Overseas United Bank Scholarship, 1985-1989