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Appointment of Board Members for Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (30-01-2015)

Published 30 Jan 2015
30 January 2015

Appointment of Board Members for Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

The Minister for Transport, Mr Lui Tuck Yew, has appointed the following persons to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Board for a period of three years, with effect from 2 February 2015:

Chairman
Mr Lucien Wong
Chairman and Senior Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Members

Mr Carl Krogh Arnet*
Chief Executive Officer, BW Offshore Ltd

Dato' Jude Benny[1]
Senior Partner, Joseph Tan Jude Benny

Mr Luke Goh*
Senior Director, PS21 Office, Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office / Institute Director (Institute of Governance and Policy), Civil Service College

BG(Ret) Ishak Ismail
Chief Executive Officer, Defence Services, CWT Limited

Mr Kam Soon Huat*
General Secretary & Chief Operating Officer, Singapore Organisation of Seamen

RADM Lai Chung Han
Chief of Navy, Republic of Singapore Navy

Mr Vincent Lien
Director, Wah Hin & Company Pte Ltd

Mr Patrick Phoon
President, Singapore Shipping Association

Mrs Quek Bin Hwee*[2]
Vice Chairman, Markets and Industries / Asia Pacific Clients and Markets Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Mr Andrew Tan
Chief Executive, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

Mr Wong Weng Sun
President & Chief Executive Officer, Sembcorp Marine Ltd

Mr Norifumi Yamamoto
Chairman, Celeste Holding Pte Ltd

Outgoing Board Members

Three MPA Board Members will be stepping down on 2 February 2015:

Mr Thomas Tay
Emeritus General Secretary, Singapore Maritime Officers' Union

Mr James Wong
Deputy Secretary (Policy), Public Service Division, Prime Minister's Office

Dr Robert Yap
Executive Chairman, YCH Group

The MPA Board is responsible for providing strategic direction to help develop and promote Singapore as a premier global hub port and an international maritime centre. The Board's leadership is important in ensuring the continued success of MPA and Maritime Singapore.

The Ministry of Transport would like to thank all members for their invaluable contributions to the MPA.

Issued by the Ministry of Transport.

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[1] Appointment extended to 31 March 2015 to facilitate closure of the MPA 2014 Annual Accounts and smooth handover of the chairmanship of the Audit Review Committee.
[2] From 1 April 2015 to 1 February 2018.
* Newly appointed members.