SingTel names new chief
OPTUS owner Singapore Telecommunication has named Chua Sock Koong as its new group chief executive officer.
Ms Chua, who is currently group chief financial officer, was chosen to replace Lee Hsien Yang after a global search and will take up her new appointment on April 1, 2007.
Ms Chua, who is also chief executive officer of the company’s international business, joined SingTel in 1989 and has spent 17 years with the company.
Her international portfolio comprises the key drivers of SingTel’s international business with responsibility for its strategic investments and the IT arm NCS.
She is also responsible for overseeing group information systems, group finance and corporate affairs, which spans group strategy, treasury, tax, legal, investor relations and corporate communications.
“Sock Koong has been an outstanding CFO, and the numerous awards and accolades she has received for her role as CFO in SingTel bears testimony to this,” SingTel chairman Chumpol NaLamlieng said.
“She has been closely involved in the transformation and growth of SingTel and has played a key role in making SingTel the operationally and financially very strong company that it is today.
“We are deeply appreciative of Hsien Yang’s outstanding leadership and his many achievements as group CEO and are pleased that he intends to stay until the end of the fourth quarter to ensure a smooth and orderly transition.”
Mr Lee said the company would be in excellent hands.
“As a key member of the senior management team, Sock Koong has been intimately involved in all the key operational decisions, and has had broad exposure across all areas of the business,” he said.
“She has also been instrumental to developing SingTel’s strategy over the past ten years and has played a significant role in SingTel’s major acquisitions, divestments and partnerships.
Ms Chua said she was honoured to be given the challenge to continue to build on the company’s success.
Ms Chua holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with first class honours from the University of Singapore and is a certified public accountant and chartered financial analyst.
Outgoing Singapore Telecommunications Ltd boss Lee Hsien Yang said he has not decided on his future plans after leaving the telco.
“At this point in time … I haven’t made up my mind,” Mr Lee told journalists.
The owner of local telco Optus today named Chua Sock Koong as its new group chief executive officer to replace Mr Lee.
Ms Chua, who is currently group chief financial officer, was chosen after a global search and will take up her new appointment on April 1, 2007.
Source- http://australianit.news.com.au
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