Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (Keppel T&T)
has appointed Professor Neo Boon Siong (???) and Mr Michael
Chia Hock Chye (???) to its Board of Directors with effect
from 2 May 2012.
An independent non-executive director, Professor Neo was
also appointed as chairman of the Audit Committee and a
member of the Board Risk Committee. Mr Chia was appointed
as a non-independent non-executive director and a member of
the Board Risk Committee.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr Teo Soon Hoe (???),
Chairman of Keppel T&T, said, "Boon Siong and Michael
together will bring to Keppel T&T a wealth of experience,
which will help to strengthen the company's foundation
and capabilities in capturing opportunities in the
logistics and data centre markets."
Professor Neo is Chairman of the Nanyang Executive
Education and former Dean of the Nanyang Business School,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He taught at
the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National
University of Singapore from 2006 to 2010, and is a Fellow
of the Civil Service College and the Centre for Liveable
Cities. He was the founder Director of the Information
Management Research Centre (IMARC) in NTU and the Asia
Competitiveness Institute in NUS. He currently serves as
independent director on the board of directors of OCBC Bank
and k1 Ventures Ltd.
Professor Neo is a Certified Public Accountant (Singapore)
and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the
National University of Singapore, and MBA and PhD degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh, USA. He completed
executive programs at the Harvard Business School, MIT
Sloan School, and Cornell Hotel School.
Mr Chia is the Director (Group Strategy & Development) of
Keppel Corporation Limited and the Managing Director
(Offshore) of Keppel Offshore and Marine Ltd. Prior to
this, he was the Executive Director of Keppel FELS Ltd from
2002 to 2009 with overall responsibility of the business
management of the company. Mr Chia was also the Deputy
Chairman of Keppel Integrated Engineering Limited (KIE). He
has more than 25 years of management experience in
corporate development, engineering, operations and
commercial. He was elected as the President of the
Association of Singapore Marine Industries from 2005 -
2009, a non-profit association formed in 1968 to promote
the interests of the marine industry in Singapore.
Mr Chia is the Chairman of the Singapore Maritime
Foundation, member of the Ngee Ann Polytechnic Council,
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Singapore,
and American Bureau of Shipping - USA and Society of
Petroleum Engineers. He is a Fellow with the Singapore
Institute of Arbitrators.
Mr Chia holds directorships in several companies within the
Keppel Group, including KIE, Keppel FELS Ltd, Keppel
Shipyard Limited and Keppel Energy Pte Ltd. Mr Chia is a
Colombo Plan scholar and holds a Bachelor in Science in
Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding (First Class Honours)
from University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and a Masters in
Business Administration from National University of
Singapore.
About Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd
Headquartered in Singapore, Keppel Telecommunications &
Transportation Ltd (Keppel T&T) offers integrated services
and solutions in two core businesses: logistics and data
centre. Keppel T&T is listed on the Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Ltd.
Keppel Logistics Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Keppel T&T, is a leading Third Party Logistics provider
with over 40 years of experience in offering customised
integrated logistics solutions. It currently operates
world-class logistics facilities with state-of-the-art IT
infrastructure in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and
Vietnam.
Through its subsidiaries Keppel Data Centre Holdings Pte
Ltd and Citadel 100 Datacenters Limited, as well as Securus
Data Property Fund Pte Ltd, a jointly-managed
Shariah-compliant data centre fund, Keppel T&T owns,
acquires, develops and manages high-availability data
centre facilities. Keppel T&T's data centre division
has presence in Singapore, Europe and Australia.
For more information, please contact:
Media
Frances Teh (Ms)
Senior Executive
Group Corporate Communications
Keppel Corporation Limited
Tel: (65) 6413 6437
Email: frances.teh@kepcorp.com
|
Investor Relations
Chua Ying Ying
Assistant General Manager
Group Corporate Communications
Keppel Corporation Limited
Tel: (65) 6413 6295
Email: yingying.chua@kepcorp.com
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