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Board & Management - Senior Management
Chua Sock Koong, SingTel Group CEO
Ms Chua, 50, was appointed Group CEO of SingTel on 1 April 2007.  Prior to this, she was Deputy Group CEO from October 2006 to March 2007.  Ms Chua joined SingTel on June 1989 as Treasurer.  In April 1999, she was promoted to CFO and was responsible for the Group's financial functions, including treasury, tax, insurance, risk management and capital management.  In addition, she managed a diverse portfolios - from corporate development, company secretariat and legal to corporate communications and investor relations.  In February 2006, Ms Chua was appointed Group CFO and CEO (International) with responsibilities for the key drivers of SingTel's international business - Strategic Investments, and NCS, SingTel's IT business arm, besides overseeing Group Information Systems and SingTel's regional associates.  Ms Chua is an executive Director of SingTel and sits on the boards of Bharti Airtel Limited, Bharti Telecom Limited, JTC Corporation and key subsidiaries of the SingTel Group.  She is also a member of the Singapore Management University Board of Trustees and the Casino Regulatory Authority.  Ms Chua holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) from the University of Singapore and is a Certified Public Accountant and a CFA charterholder.

Bill Chang, Executive Vice President (Business), SingTel
Mr Chang, 41, joined SingTel in November 2005 as Executive Vice President of Business.  He has more than 15 years management experience in leading ICT companies and is actively involved in industry task forces and advisory work.  He currently serves in the advisory committees of various institutions.  He is a Board member of the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Deputy Chairman of WDA Lifelong Learning Endowment Fund.  Prior to joining SingTel, Mr Chang was the Managing Director of CISCO Systems' Advanced Services Group in Asia Pacific.  He was responsible for the company's operations in 13 regional countries.  He graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) degree in Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University.


Lim Eng, CEO, NCS Pte Ltd
Mr Lim, 52, joined SingTel in September 1980.  He was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of NCS Pte Ltd on 10 December 2007.  Prior to his current appointment, Mr Lim held the position of Group Director (Human Resource) and was responsible for the development of human resource across the SingTel Group, including NCS and Optus.  Mr Lim also had key responsibilities for Corporate Products and the General Business Group.  He was also President of New Century Infocomm Tech Co., Ltd - SingTel's associate in Taiwan.  Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from the University of Singapore.  He has a Master of Science (Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.


Francis Heng, Group Chief Financial Officer, SingTel
Mr Heng, 48, joined SingTel in March 2007 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He is responsible for SingTel’s financial and corporate affairs functions, including corporate finance, tax, treasury and investor relations. Mr Heng has strong hands-on corporate and financial experience in various conglomerates. Before joining SingTel, he was the Chief Financial Officer of Singapore Technologies Engineering. He has previously worked for various leading international business conglomerates, banking and financial institutions, including Jardine Matheson Limited, Tetra Laval, JPMorgan and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, where he was based locally and in New York, London, Switzerland and Hong Kong. Mr Heng graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore.


Allen Lew, CEO Singapore, SingTel
Mr Lew, 53, was appointed CEO Singapore in February 2006 with responsibility for the performance and operations of SingTel's business in Singapore.  Mr Lew began his career with the SingTel Group in November 1980.  He has served in various senior management positions, including Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited - SingTel's associate in Thailand, Chief Operating Officer of Singapore Telecom International Pte Ltd and Managing Director of Optus Consumer.    Mr Lew is a Board member of the Sentosa Development Corporation.  Mr Lew holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Science (Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.


Lim Chuan Poh, CEO International, SingTel
Mr Lim, 53, joined SingTel in October 1998.  He was appointed EVP (Strategic Investments) in February 2006.  In October 2006, Mr Lim assumed the position of CEO (International).  He is responsible for SingTel's regional associates and supports the growth objectives of SingTel's business groups through strategic investments in the region.  Mr Lim has held various senior appointments, including EVP (Consumer Business) and EVP (Corporate Business) and was CEO of SingTel Mobile between April 2004 and February 2006.  He is also Chairman of Bridge Alliance, a group of leading communications companies in Asia.  Mr Lim has extensive managerial experience in the public sector and was Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Communications prior to joining SingTel.  He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Science (Honours) from Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK and a Master in Public Health Engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London.


Jeann Low, Chief Financial Officer, SingTel Optus
Ms Low, 47, is Optus' CFO and is responsible for the company's financial affairs including corporate finance, procurement, taxation, treasury, risk management and investor relations.  Ms Low joined Optus in 2006 after moving from SingTel.  She was previously the EVP (Strategic Investments) managing the SingTel Group's existing international investments.  She was also responsible for delivering growth across SingTel by pursuing opportunities for strategic investments globally.  Prior to this role, she was the Group Financial Controller for five years from 1998 with SingTel.  Before joining SingTel, Ms Low worked for several years in both London and Singapore practices of an international accounting firm and thereafter in a public listed electronics company in Singapore.  Ms Low holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore.  She is a Certified Public Accountant with the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore.


Ng Yoke Weng, Chief Information Officer, SingTel
Mr Ng, 52, joined SingTel in 1997 as the Chief Information Officer.  He was re-designated Group Chief Information Officer in 2003 following the integration of IT operations for SingTel's Singapore and Australian (Optus) businesses.  Mr Ng leads and oversees the planning, development and operations of the IT infrastructure and information systems to ensure quality service delivery and operational efficiency.  Since 1 April 2007, he has been covering the Group Chief Technology Officer role, responsible for driving long-term technology strategy, synergies and benchmarking.  Mr Ng holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.


Paul O'Sullivan, CEO, SingTel Optus
Mr O'Sullivan, 47, was appointed Chief Executive in September 2004.  He is responsible for all aspects of the performance and operations of Optus in Australia.  Prior to his current appointment, he served as Chief Operating Officer for three years, following the acquisition of Optus by SingTel in 2001.  Mr O'Sullivan joined Optus as Retail Marketplace Manager in its Business Division in 1996 and became Managing Director of its Mobile Division in 1998.  Before Optus, he spent 11 years in various management roles with the Royal Dutch Shell Group.  Mr O'Sullivan holds a Bachelor of Arts (Moderatorship) in Economics (First Class) from Trinity College, The University of Dublin and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Programme.


Quek Peck Leng, Executive Vice President (Consumer), SingTel
Mr Quek, 52, joined SingTel in December 2006 as Executive Vice President of Consumer.  He leads SingTel's Consumer Group and is responsible for setting the business strategy for the consumer market, focusing on fixed-line, mobile and broadband services.  Mr Quek has a wealth of knowledge about the Singapore consumer market. Before joining SingTel, he was the Regional Director, S.E.A/Oceania of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), overseeing Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.  Before 1998, he was its Director, Group Human Resource, and was responsible for talent management, people and team development.  He also held appointments in Transnational Co. Pte Ltd and Metal Box Singapore Ltd prior to joining APB.  Mr Quek graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the National University of Singapore.


Mark Chong, Executive Vice President (Networks), SingTel
Mr Chong, 46, was appointed Executive Vice President of Networks  in January 2008. His main responsibility is to optimize and enhance the fixed, wireless and international networks of SingTel Singapore, as well as implementing new network technologies.  Mr Chong joined SingTel in 1997 as General Manager (Telephony) in the fixed-line business and was posted to Shinawatra Paging, a SingTel joint venture in Thailand, as Managing Director in 1999.  Upon his return in 2001, he was appointed CEO (SingTel Global Offices) and was responsible for growing SingTel’s corporate business outside of Singapore.  His role was subsequently enlarged in 2004 where he also took on the position of VP (Global Accounts). In 2006, he relinquished his CEO (SingTel Global Offices) role and focused on leading the Global Accounts team where he was managing the telecommunication needs of SingTel’s major corporate customers until December 2007.  Mr Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Electronics Engineering and Master in Research in Electronic Systems from ENSERG, Grenoble, France and obtained his Master of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS).