Deputy Managing Director
Drew & Napier LLC

Mr Sin Boon Ann

Deputy Managing Director, Drew & Napier LLC

Sin Boon Ann is the Deputy Managing Director of Drew & Napier’s Corporate and Finance Department. He was called to the Bar in 1987. He spent some time in academia as a lecturer at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, before leaving in 1992 to join Drew & Napier. Mr Sin was made a partner in 1994 and became a director upon the corporatisation of Drew & Napier in 2001.

Mr Sin is an independent director in a number of listed companies in Singapore. He was a Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC for 15 years from 1996 to 2011. In recognition of his constant support and contributions to the Labour Movement, Mr Sin was conferred the NTUC May Day Award – “Friends of Labour Award” in 2003, and the “Meritorious Service Award” in 2013. In the same year, Mr Sin was also conferred the 2013 National Day Award – “The Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (PBM)” by the President of Singapore for his services to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Mr Sin was a member of the Company Legislation and Regulatory Framework Committee (CLRFC) appointed by the Ministry of Finance in 1999. The CLRFC was tasked to “undertake a comprehensive and coherent review of our company law and regulatory framework and recommend a modern company law and regulatory framework for Singapore which accords with global standards and which will promote a competitive economy”. The CLRFC presented its final report to the Singapore government in October 2002.

Mr Sin is appointed Chairman of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Review) on 1 March 2014. He was formerly a member of the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Hearing) from 1 June 1990 to 28 February 2014.