Our Board of Directors, Steering Committee and team of Advisors
BEN BIRKS
Mr Birks was appointed Chairman of MINDSET Care Limited on 1st October 2019. He is also the Group Managing Director of Jardine Cycle & Carriage. As Group Managing Director, Mr Birks leads the long-term portfolio strategy of the Group, including having direct oversight over the sustainability strategy.
He joined Jardine Matheson in 2000 and has held senior positions within the retail, automotive, business outsourcing and IT businesses of the Jardine Matheson Group. Prior to his current appointment, he was the Chief Executive of Jardine International Motors, Zung Fu Group and Jardine Pacific between 2012 to 2019.
Mr Birks is a commissioner of Astra and United Tractors, and a director of THACO.
He graduated from the University of St Andrews in Scotland with a Master of Arts (Honours) and has completed the General Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
JEFFERY TAN
Mr Tan was appointed Chief Executive Officer of MINDSET Care Limited on 14th March 2019. He has also been the Charity’s Company Secretary since 2016.
Mr Tan is also Jardine Cycle & Carriage's Group General Counsel; Chief Sustainability Officer; Director of Legal & Corporate Affairs; and Company Secretary since April 2016. He is responsible for legal, compliance, company secretarial, sustainability matters, communications and public affairs.
Mr Tan was previously Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Board Secretary for UTAC Holdings Ltd. He has over 20 years of legal experience with Allen & Gledhill, DLA Piper, Siemens and Motorola. He was also President of Motorola Singapore for five years.
He is a Board Member of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, MindForward Alliance Singapore, Cyber Youth Singapore and One Mind's Global Guiding Council.
Mr Tan has an LLB (Honours) from the National University of Singapore. He is a senior Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, and a senior Solicitor of England & Wales. He also completed executive education at Kellogg School of Management and MIT’s Sloan School of Management.
Governance
It is important for MINDSET to uphold high standards of governance and transparency; this allows the charity to gain donors’ confidence and trust in donating to our cause. MINDSET has been awarded the Charity Transparency Award for exemplary standards of transparency and governance for six consecutive years and the Charity Governance Award in 2018 and 2022.
Board of Directors
- Ben Birks (Chairman), Appointed 1st October 2019
- Wilfrid Foo, Appointed 24th March 2025
- Patrick Kwok, Appointed 11th November 2022
- Jeffery Tan, Appointed 24th March 2025
Steering Committee
- Ben Birks (Chairman), Appointed 1st October 2019
- Derek Chan, Appointed 2nd March 2023
- Wilfrid Foo, Appointed 15th June 2023
- Jill Goh, Appointed 14th March 2024
- Steve Ho, Appointed 5th December 2024
- Anushree Khosla, Appointed 11th July 2024
- Patrick Kwok, Appointed 14th March 2019
- Conrad Lai, Appointed 14th March 2024
- Lily Lee, Appointed 11th July 2024
- Michael Li, Appointed 1st September 2022
- Ben Robinson, Appointed 14th March 2019
- Colin Tan, Appointed 15th June 2023
- Yoep Man, Appointed 11th July 2024
Audit Committee
- Ben Birks (Chairman)
- Ng Yang Yen
Fund Allocation Sub-Committee
- Ben Birks (Chairman)
- Patrick Kwok
- Jeffery Tan
- Dr Ken Ung
- Anushree Khosla
Jardine Ambassadors Sub-Committee
- Ben Birks (Chairman)
MINDSET
- Jeffery Tan - Chief Executive Officer
- Samuel Tan - Programme Head
- Loh Zi Yan - Assistant Manager
Internal Advisors
- Ben Robinson - Fundraising Team
- Joey Ho - Communications Advisor
External Advisors
- Dr Daniel Fung, Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Mental Health
- Dr Ken Ung, Psychiatrist & Psychotherapist Pacific Healthcare Holdings & Adam Road Medical Centre
Company Secretary
- Jeffery Tan
Honorary Treasurer
- Alfredo Chandra
Honorary Auditors
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Honorary Legal Advisors
- Allen & Gledhill LLP
Partners
- Caregivers' Association of the Mentally Ill
- Clarity
- Club HEAL
- Fei Yue Community Services
- Institute of Mental Health
- Limitless
- Mental Health Film Festival Singapore
- Mindfull Community
- National Council of Social Service
- National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre
- REACH Community Services
- Silver Ribbon Singapore
- Singapore Anglican Community Services
- Singapore Association for Mental Health
- Singapore Management University
- Total Wellness Initiative Singapore
- TOUCH Community Services