Mr Lim is the Chairman of Gas Supply Pte Ltd, Singapore's largest piped natural gas importer, and Vice-Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Management. He was Deputy Chairman of NTUC FairPrice Co-operative until the end of September this year and Executive Deputy Chairman of LMA International NV, a global medical device company until the end of 2010. He is also the immediate past Chairman of Building & Construction Authority and of Senoko Power Limited and was a former Deputy Chairman of the Agri-foods and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. He was previously Group Managing Director of Pan-United Corporation Limited, MPH Ltd and Chief Executive Officer of Cold Storage Holdings Ltd. He now sits on the Boards, Audit, Remuneration and Nominating Committees of several listed and non-listed companies. He is a member of the Corporate Governance Council, Securities Industry Council, Company's Act Review Steering Committee, Management Committee of Singapore Compact for Corporate Social Responsibility, Senate Member of the Marketing Institute of Singapore, a former director/Council Member of both the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce and the Singapore Confederation of Industries, a member of the Audit Committee Guidance Committee and the Disclosure and Accounting Standards Committee. He is a past President of Sentosa Golf Club.
He is the Chairman for the "OECD Asian network on Corporate Governance for State Owned Enterprises" and a core member of the OECD Asian Roundtable.
He has extensive private and public sector experience in South East Asia, UK and Australia/New Zealand.