The Board of Directors of Sapphire Corporation Limited announced that Professor Chew Yong Tian has been appointed as Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company and Member of the Nominating Committee with effect from 30 April 2018. Prof Chew is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a part-time professor at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He has taught at universities in Singapore, China and the United States, and has a track record of successful consultancy projects for government bodies and firms in South-east Asia, specialising in wind effects and hydraulic modelling. Prior to joining the Board, Prof Chew was Deputy Director of the Institute for Engineering Leadership, Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering and Deputy Director at the Office of Research at NUS.