Mr De Meyer was appointed an Independent Director on 28 January 2021 and become Lead Independent Director on 1 May 2025. He is a member of the Nominating Committee and Remuneration Committee. He was last re-elected on 26 April 2024.

Mr De Meyer is a global academic leader with more than 35 years of experience in top international academic institutions in Europe and Asia. Until December 2018, he served as President of Singapore Management University (SMU). Before joining SMU, Mr De Meyer was from 2006 to 2010 Director (Dean) of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. From 1983 to 2006, he was a faculty member at INSEAD and assumed several management positions, including serving as founding dean of the INSEAD Asia campus in Singapore.

Mr De Meyer has been an Independent Director of nearly 20 companies and institutions in Australia, Belgium, France, Singapore and the UK. He is currently an Independent Director of Viva Energy Pty Ltd (Australia), Director of upGrad Technology (Mumbai), and Chair of both the Human Capital Leadership Institute and the Temasek-sponsored Stewardship Asia Centre (Singapore). He is a member of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee and is the Chair of Arts House Ltd. (Singapore).

An internationally recognised researcher in the areas of R&D and Innovation Management, Manufacturing Strategy and International Management, Mr De Meyer has published more than 100 academic articles and 12 books.