Who is eligible to be a company director?

Qualifications of a Company Director
 

1. A director must be a natural person. This means that a corporate entity/enterprise cannot act as a director of another company.
2. A director must have legal capacity and have attained the age of majority[1]  (at least 18 years old).
3. A director must be of sound mind, or mentally and physically fit to render statutory duties.
4. A director must not be subject to disqualification. Among those considered unfit to become a company director under Section 148 of the Companies Act are as follows:

• I could be wrong, but isn't the age of majority in Singapore 21?

• Those who are undischarged bankrupts or those who have been declared bankrupt by a local or foreign tribunal
• Felons convicted of criminal offences like fraud or dishonesty
• Those who are disqualified pursuant to court order
• Those convicted for at least 3 years or more for an offence punishable under the Companies Act (like failure in filing returns, accounts or submitting other documents) within a period of 5 years