Independent Board Advisory & Strategic Oversight

Ooi Keong LEE 李伟强

Managing Director

Boards today are judged on the quality of their decisions, not the weight of their board packs. Clover Point Consultants supports Boards and Committees that want to improve investment and capital allocation oversight, strengthen governance and resilience, and prepare for macroeconomic and geopolitical shocks before they hit.​​

Our Board Advisory work is led by Independent Director and former Temasek senior leader Lee Ooi Keong (OK), who brings a distinctive buy‑side investor perspective and 45+ years of cumulative Board experience.

Why Boards engage OK

• Institutional investor lens at scale
  16+ years leading Enterprise, Strategic Portfolio & Investment Risk at Temasek across a portfolio of approximately $500B, independently reviewing 300+ global deals and contributing to 180–220 bps systematic outperformance through better decisions.​

• Active board practitioner, not a theorist
  Independent Director of an SGX‑listed company (Info‑Tech Systems Ltd), previously board director of Temasek subsidiaries holding stakes in major listed entities, with 45+ years cumulative board experience.​​

• Decision‑centric governance and resilience
  Architected Temasek’s enterprise‑wide risk and resilience infrastructure—risk appetite, KRIs and board dashboards—that Temasek's Main Board and Board Risk Committee members actually used to oversee risk, resilience and capital decisions.

What we help Boards achieve

Boards and Committees typically bring us in when they want to:​​

• Sharpen oversight of major investments, M&A and capital allocation decisions to improve risk‑adjusted returns and narrow valuation discounts.

• Turn risk and resilience from compliance overhead into a performance and valuation enabler.

• Improve board effectiveness, challenge and decision quality.

• Build pragmatic playbooks for macroeconomic and geopolitical shocks.
  

Core Advisory Domains

1. Investment & Capital Allocation Oversight

• Independent challenge and second‑pair‑of‑eyes review for major investments, M&A, divestments and capital projects.

• Portfolio and downside lens on risk‑return, margin‑of‑safety and strategic fit.

• Practical insight into how institutional investors will view the transaction and its impact on valuation.​​

2. Governance, Risk & Resilience as Economic Capital

• Board‑level risk appetite, KRIs and dashboards that support real oversight instead of paper compliance.

• Escalation, crisis‑readiness and resilience frameworks grounded in Temasek‑scale practice.

• Integration of risk, strategy and capital allocation into one coherent board conversation.​​

3. Board Effectiveness & Committee Dynamics

• Clarifying roles, decision‑rights and information flows between Board, committees and management.

• Strengthening board culture to encourage constructive challenge and avoid groupthink.

• Supporting Nominating Committees to ensure skills, experience and composition reflect investor expectations and the company’s strategic path.​​

4. Macroeconomic & Geopolitical Preparedness

• Scenario analysis and stress‑testing focused on earnings, balance sheet, supply chains and valuation impact.

• Translating complex macro and geopolitical developments into board‑level implications and options.

• Defining the questions Boards should be asking management before, during and after shocks.

How we work with Boards

Engagement formats include:

• ​​Board and Committee Advisory

  Ongoing or episodic advisory for Boards, Audit & Risk Committees, Strategy Committees and Nominating Committees on specific oversight priorities, for example major investments, capital allocation, risk appetite or resilience.
  
  Engagements are scoped selectively to preserve independence and focus on decisions that matter most for performance, resilience and valuation.

• Board Strategy & Risk Sessions/Workshops
  Facilitated sessions that align Board and C‑suite on strategy, capital allocation, risk appetite and resilience priorities.

• Targeted Consulting & Special Projects
  Design or refinement of risk appetite frameworks, board dashboards, escalation protocols and decision processes, taken on selectively to preserve independence and impact.
  
  

Board Advisory is complementary to OK’s independent director roles and professional speaking; many engagements begin with a boardroom keynote or workshop before evolving into deeper advisory work.