Wilson Christopher Geoffrey is an Independent Director of the Company and serves on several corporate boards in Singapore. He attended The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1976 and 1979, before joining The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, an infantry regiment, in Germany. He was posted to Belfast, Northern Ireland, and the Sultanate of Oman.
In 1987, Christopher left the Army and joined a fund management Group in the City of London. He was posted to Singapore in 1990 to set up an office for GT Management. From 1993 to 1997, Christopher was based in Hong Kong as a private banker. From 1993 to 1995, Christopher headed the Asia region for Union Bancaire Privee. He joined Coutts bank at the end of 1995 and returned to Singapore in 1997. Christopher left the banking industry towards the end of 2002, to set up his own consultancy business, focussing on helping western technology groups to find strategic partners in Asia. He also acted as consultant for numerous banks, including Morgan Stanley and Coutts.
In 2008, Christopher set up a philanthropic venture in Cambodia to deliver clean safe water to rural communities and help improve living conditions of rural communities, focussing on the well-being of women and children. The venture received full Cambodia NGO status in 2013 and since then has also been providing medical training to midwives and paediatric nurses, running cataract missions and giving scholarships to school children to attend college. In addition, the foundation works with schools and hospitals to run programs in Cambodia, from teaching english to pharmaceutical training and medical care.
Christopher has also been involved in property development over the years, from investment to assisting property groups to find assets in the property sector.