Management Team

Mr Goh Choon Phong

Chief Executive Officer

Mr Lee Lik Hsin

Chief Commercial Officer

Mr Mak Swee Wah

Chief Operations Officer

Mr Tan Kai Ping

Chief Financial Officer

Captain Eugene C. Antoni

Acting Senior Vice President Flight Operations

Mr Lau Hwa Peng

Senior Vice President

Engineering

Ms Lee Wen Fen

Chief Sustainability Officer and

Senior Vice President Corporate Planning

Mr Lu Chung Yuan

Acting Senior Vice President

Customer Services and Operations

Ms Vanessa Ng Wee Leng

Senior Vice President

Human Resources

Ms Jo-Ann Tan

Senior Vice President

Marketing Planning

Mr Marvin Tan

Senior Vice President

Cargo

Mr Tan Pee Teck

Senior Vice President

Cabin Crew

Mr George Wang

Senior Vice President

Information Technology

Mr Yeoh Phee Teik

Senior Vice President

Customer Experience

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Mr Goh Choon Phong
Chief Executive Officer

Goh Choon Phong joined Singapore Airlines (SIA) in 1990, and has held senior management positions in Singapore and overseas with the Airline. He joined SIA’s Board on 1 October 2010 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2011.

Mr Goh was previously Executive Vice President Marketing and the Regions and President of SIA Cargo. Prior roles with SIA included Senior Vice President Finance, Senior Vice President Information Technology, and Senior Vice President Commercial Technology. His overseas assignments were in China and Scandinavia.

Mr Goh is a Board Director of SIA Engineering Company, as well as Chairman of Budget Aviation Holdings, which owns and manages SIA’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot. He is a member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees, where he was Chairman of its Innovation and Enterprise Committee and has been appointed to its Nominating Committee and Executive Committee since 1 April 2023. Mr Goh is an Independent Director on the Board of Mastercard Incorporated.

He is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association, and was its Chairman between June 2017 and June 2018. He is an Executive Committee member of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), and was appointed as its Chairman on 1 January 2023.

In addition, Mr Goh is a member of the MIT Presidential CEO Advisory Board, made up of CEOs from leading companies in a variety of industries around the world.

Mr Goh previously served on the Board of Directors for Mount Alvernia Hospital and Virgin Australia Holdings Limited.

Mr Goh was the 2015 recipient of the Centre for Aviation’s Asia-Pacific Airline CEO of the Year award. In 2016 he received the CEO Lifetime Achievement Award from the Airline Passenger Experience Association, as well as the Eisenhower Global Innovation Award from the Business Council for International Understanding. He was named Outstanding Chief Executive Officer of the Year in the Singapore Business Awards 2017, Person of the Year by Orient Aviation magazine in 2018, and Best Chief Executive Officer for companies with $1 billion or more in market capitalisation at the 2019 Singapore Corporate Awards.

Mr Goh holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, as well as three Bachelor of Science degrees (Computer Science and Engineering, Management Science, and Cognitive Science), all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mr Lee Lik Hsin
Chief Commercial Officer

Mr Lee is SIA’s Chief Commercial Officer and Executive Vice President Commercial. He was promoted to Executive Vice President Commercial on 1 April 2020.

In this role, he is responsible for the Cargo, Customer Experience, Marketing Planning, and Sales and Marketing divisions, as well as the sales regions. Prior to this, he was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Scoot. He was appointed as CEO of Tigerair in 2014, and in 2016 led the merger of the airline with Scoot.

Before joining Tigerair, Mr Lee was the President of SIA Cargo, and prior to that, he was SIA’s Senior Vice President Corporate Planning. Mr Lee also headed SIA’s Company Planning and Fuel department, and held Regional Vice President roles in West Asia and Africa, as well as the North Asia sales regions.

Mr Lee is also Chairman of KrisShop, and a director of Budget Aviation Holdings, Everest Investment Holdings and Tata SIA Airlines.

Mr Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Pennsylvania in the USA.

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Mr Mak Swee Wah
Chief Operations Officer

Mr Mak is SIA’s Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice President Operations. He joined SIA in 1983 and has worked in a number of management positions in Singapore as well as overseas. He was appointed as SilkAir’s General Manager in 1997. After 2000, he held senior management positions in the marketing, planning and operational areas in SIA. Mr Mak was promoted to Executive Vice President for Operations and Services on 1 January 2008, and was appointed Executive Vice President Commercial on 1 February 2011. On 1 April 2020, Mr Mak assumed the post of Executive Vice President Operations.

He is responsible for SIA’s Cabin Crew, Customer Services and Operations, Engineering and Flight Operations divisions.

Mr Mak is currently Chairman of SilkAir. Mr Mak was appointed on the Board of SIA Engineering Company on 1 April 2020. He was also appointed as Director on the Board of Mount Faber Leisure Group Pte Ltd on 26 April 2022.

Mr Mak graduated from the London School of Economics with a Masters Degree in Science, majoring in Operational Research, and a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Accounting and Finance.

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Mr Tan Kai Ping
Chief Financial Officer

Mr Tan is SIA’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Finance and Strategy. He was promoted to Executive Vice President Finance and Strategy on 1 April 2020 and appointed as Chief Financial Officer on 31 May 2021.

In his role, he is responsible for the Company’s Corporate Planning Division, and oversees the Finance Division directly, including accounting, taxation, financial reporting, risk management, insurance, and investor relations functions.

He joined Singapore Airlines in 1995 as a Cadet Administrative Officer. He held various positions in SIA Cargo before being promoted to Cargo Manager Corporate Strategy in 2001, and Senior Manager Freighter Planning and Corporate Strategy the following year. Mr Tan was appointed SIA Cargo’s General Manager Singapore in 2003.

In October 2005, Mr Tan was seconded as President of Shanghai-based Great Wall Airlines. He returned to SIA Cargo as Senior Vice President Operations in October 2008, and assumed the post of President SIA Cargo in March 2010.

Mr Tan returned to Singapore Airlines as Senior Vice President Corporate Planning on 1 August 2013. He was appointed Senior Vice President Marketing Planning on 15 August 2016.

Mr Tan holds a Master of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering with Management from Imperial College London.

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Captain Eugene C. Antoni
Acting Senior Vice President Flight Operations

Captain Eugene C. Antoni began his career with Singapore Airlines (SIA) in 1987 as a cadet pilot, and has clocked more than 17,000 flight hours across the Airline’s fleet. Following his promotion to Captain in 1996, he moved up the ranks as Line Instructor Pilot, Instructor Pilot, and Flight Operations Safety Manager, and was also a Flight Examiner and an accredited Accident Investigator.

In 2012, Captain Antoni was seconded to Tigerair as Director of Flight Operations. He led the integration of the Scoot and Tigerair flight operations in 2016, and was appointed Scoot’s Senior Vice President Flight Operations in 2017. After his return to SIA in 2018, he served in Flight Operations management as Chief Pilot of the Boeing 787 fleet, Chief Pilot of Training, and Chief Pilot of the Airbus A350 fleet. Captain Antoni was promoted to Divisional Vice President Line Operations in 2021, and later assumed the role of Divisional Vice President Technical, Regulatory, and Projects.

He was appointed Acting Senior Vice President Flight Operations, Singapore Airlines, in March 2023.

Captain Antoni holds a PhD in Conflict Management and a Master of Theology (both from Trinity College and Seminary), and a Master of Science in Air Transport Management (City, University of London).

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Mr Lau Hwa Peng
Senior Vice President Engineering

Mr Lau joined Singapore Airlines in February 1992 as a Technical Services Engineer. He held positions in Production Planning, Engineering Planning, Engineering Supplies and Technical Projects before being appointed Manager Projects in 2000 and subsequently Senior Manager Technical Services in 2001. He was promoted to Vice President Technical Services in 2004.

Mr Lau became Vice President Company Planning & Fuel in July 2009. He was seconded to SIA Engineering Company as Vice President Line Maintenance (Services & Projects) and Vice President Heavy Maintenance & Planning in 2011. He returned to Head Office as Vice President Technical Services in December 2012.

In July 2013, Mr Lau was promoted to Divisional Vice President Engineering (Fleet & Technical Services). He took up the position of Divisional Vice President Engineering (Technical Projects & Divisional Services) in 2014. Mr Lau was confirmed in his appointment as Senior Vice President Engineering in June 2016.

Mr Lau holds a Master of Business Administration from Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the National University of Singapore.

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Mr Lu Chung Yuan
Acting Senior Vice President Customer Services and Operations

Mr Lu began his career with Singapore Airlines in 1996 as a Technical Services Engineer. He later took on roles in the Product Innovation, Internal Audit, and Passenger Marketing departments, before being posted to Japan as Manager Kyushu in 2004.

In 2005, Mr Lu returned to Head Office to take on the role of Senior Manager Sales and Marketing, and moved to the Ground Services team as Senior Manager Ground Services in 2009. He was promoted to Vice President Cabin Crew Planning and Operations in 2011 before taking on the role of Vice President Ground Services in 2013. He was promoted to Divisional Vice President Customer Services in 2016 and subsequently took on the role of Divisional Vice President Operations Control in 2018.

Mr Lu was appointed Acting Senior Vice President Customer Services and Operations in June 2023.

He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, both from the Texas A&M University.

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Ms Vanessa Ng Wee Leng
Senior Vice President Human Resources

Ms Ng joined Singapore Airlines as Senior Vice President Human Resources on 17 October 2017.

Prior to joining Singapore Airlines, Ms Ng was the HR Operating Partner at Temasek International Advisors. She provided Strategic HR support to new business platforms spearheaded by the Enterprise Development Group (EDG) at Temasek. Prior to Temasek, she was the Chief People Officer at Fortis Healthcare. In that role, she successfully completed the global start-up of Fortis Healthcare headquarter operations in 18 months.

Prior to Fortis Healthcare, Ms Ng held global HR leadership roles at Neptune Orient Lines and General Electric.

Ms Ng holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Leicester, U.K.

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Ms Jo-Ann Tan
Senior Vice President Marketing Planning

Ms Jo-Ann Tan was promoted to Senior Vice President Marketing Planning on 1 April 2021. Ms Tan joined Singapore Airlines in 1999 and has worked in the Passenger Marketing and E-Commerce Development departments. She was appointed Ticketing Manager (Development) and then Passenger Services Manager (Service Centre) in 2003. She was subsequently posted overseas as Manager Northern China and Manager Victoria and Tasmania.

She returned to head office in 2006 as Senior Manager Network Planning and held senior management positions in the Cabin Crew Planning and Training, Loyalty Marketing and Network Revenue Management departments. Ms Tan was promoted to Divisional Vice President Business Transformation in 2017. In that role, she successfully drove the Company’s Transformation programme that initiated projects such as the integration of SilkAir into SIA and the SIA-SATS joint review, as well as other new business opportunities.

Ms Tan graduated from Imperial College in the UK with a Master of Engineering.

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Mr Marvin Tan
Senior Vice President Cargo

Mr Tan began his career with Singapore Airlines in 1996 as a Cadet Administrative Officer. He was appointed Passenger Marketing Executive that same year.

He was posted overseas as Marketing Services Manager (Taipei) in 1998, Manager Chubu in 1999, General Manager Vietnam in 2004, and General Manager UK and Ireland in 2006.

In 2008, Mr Tan returned to Head Office as Vice President Ground Services, and was promoted to Divisional Vice President Customer Services in 2009.

Mr Tan was seconded to wholly-owned subsidiary SilkAir as Chief Executive from October 2010 to September 2012. He was subsequently posted to Singapore Airlines Cabin Crew Division and appointed Senior Vice President Cabin Crew in 2013. In March 2016, Mr Tan took up the portfolio of Senior Vice President Product and Services.

Mr Tan became Senior Vice President Customer Services and Operations following the re-organisation of Product and Services Division in November 2017. He assumed the position of Senior Vice President Cargo on 1 June 2023.

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations (with Distinction) from Stanford University, USA.

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Mr Tan Pee Teck
Senior Vice President Cabin Crew

Mr Tan graduated with an Honours degree in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore (NUS). He subsequently completed an MSc in International Marketing from the University of Strathclyde (Scotland).

In 1994, Mr Tan joined Singapore Airlines in Head Office Marketing. He later spent six years as an overseas manager with stints in Japan (based in Hiroshima and Nagoya), South Korea and Germany.

He returned to Singapore in 2002 to head the Ground Services Department. In 2003, he was appointed Divisional Vice President Customer Services.

In August 2004, Mr Tan became Senior Vice President Cabin Crew. In December 2010 he was appointed Senior Vice President Product and Services.

Mr Tan returned to Cabin Crew Division as Senior Vice President Cabin Crew on 21 March 2016.

Mr Tan has held directorships in Virgin Atlantic Airways, Service Quality Centre, Tradewinds Tours & Travel and the Singapore Turf Club. He is currently holding directorship at RCMS Properties.

Prior to joining Singapore Airlines, Mr Tan was a regular commissioned officer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force for 11 years.

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Mr George Wang
Senior Vice President Information Technology

Mr Wang was appointed as Senior Vice-President Information Technology on 10 September 2015, responsible for IT and Digital.

Mr Wang joined Singapore Airlines as Divisional Vice-President IT Infrastructure in November 2012. He was appointed Acting Senior Vice-President Information Technology in September 2014.

He currently serves on the boards of Encounters Pte Ltd and KrisShop Pte Ltd.

Prior to joining Singapore Airlines, Mr Wang held senior IT management positions in Neptune Orient Line Limited and Thomson Reuters.

Mr Wang holds a Master of Business Administration degree with High Honours, Beta Gamma Sigma from the University of Chicago-Booth School of Business and a Master of Computer Engineering from the University of Limerick, Ireland.

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Mr Yeoh Phee Teik
Senior Vice President Customer Experience

Mr Yeoh joined Singapore Airlines in 1991 and worked in various management roles in Singapore and overseas. Mr Yeoh was appointed Vice President Sales & Distribution in 2004 and was posted to Los Angeles as Vice President Southwest USA in 2008 and to London as General Manager UK & Ireland in 2011.

Mr Yeoh returned to Singapore as Vice President IT Applications Services in 2013. He became Divisional Vice President IT Application Services later that year.

In September 2013, Mr Yeoh was appointed Director India Project Office to oversee the establishment of a new full service airline in India and was seconded as Chief Executive Officer of Vistara in 2014.

Following his de-secondment from Vistara in October 2017, Mr Yeoh returned to Singapore Airlines and was tasked to head the newly set up Customer Experience Division.

Mr Yeoh was promoted to Senior Vice President Customer Experience on 1 October 2018. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore.

Senior Management of Major Subsidiaries

Mr Ng Chin Hwee

Chief Executive Officer

SIA Engineering

Mr Chin Yau Seng

Chief Executive Officer

SIA Engineering (Designate)

Mr Leslie Thng

Chief Executive Officer

Scoot

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Mr Ng Chin Hwee
Chief Executive Officer SIA Engineering

Mr Ng is a Director and the Chief Executive Officer of SIA Engineering Company. Prior to his appointment as the Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2020, he was the Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Operations in Singapore Airlines Ltd until 31 March 2020.

Mr Ng joined Singapore Airlines in 1985 where he was appointed to various senior positions in Singapore and overseas. In 2004, he returned to Singapore to take up the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (SATS). He left SATS to rejoin Singapore Airlines as Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Planning on 1 January 2008. He assumed the position of Executive Vice President Human Resources and Operations on 1 February 2011 and was in charge of the divisions of Cabin Crew, Engineering, Flight Operations, Customer Services and Operations, and Human Resources.

Mr Ng is currently the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Aero Engine Services Pte Ltd and a member of the Advisory Board of the Engineering Systems and Design Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Mr Ng holds a Master of Science degree in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and a Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore.

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Mr Chin Yau Seng
Chief Executive Officer SIA Engineering (Designate)

Mr Chin joined SIA Engineering Company as Chief Executive Officer (Designate) on 1 June 2023.

Prior to that, Mr Chin was Senior Vice President Cargo, Singapore Airlines (SIA), following the re-integration of SIA Cargo (then a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIA) as a Division within the Airline on 1 April 2018. Before that, he had been President SIA Cargo since May 2014.

Mr Chin began his career with SIA in 1995 as a Cadet Administrative Officer and has held various executive positions across the SIA Group.

He was Chief Executive SilkAir from 2007 to 2010 and Chief Executive Officer of Tiger Airways Holdings from 2011 to 2012. Prior to his move to SIA Cargo, he held the position of Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing in SIA.

He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of SIA Engineering Company and KrisShop Pte Ltd. He is also a member of the IATA Cargo Advisory Council.

Mr Chin has a Bachelor of Science (Economics) in Accounting & Finance and a Master of Science (Distinction) in Operational Research, both from the London School of Economics & Political Science, University of London.

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Mr Leslie Thng
Chief Executive Officer Scoot

Mr Thng was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Scoot on 16 June 2022.

Mr Thng joined Singapore Airlines in 1999 as a Cadet Administrative Officer and had stints in Head Office in Loyalty Marketing, Network Revenue Management and Network Planning.

His overseas postings began as Regional Marketing Manager North Asia, followed by Manager Northern China, GM Italy and GM Germany. He was appointed Chief Executive of SilkAir in August 2012 and promoted to Divisional Vice President grade on 1 July 2013.

He was seconded as Chief Commercial Officer of Scoot (Budget Aviation Holdings) in May 2016 and to Vistara, SIA’s joint venture with Tata, as CEO Vistara on 1 October 2017. Mr Thng was promoted to the Senior Vice President grade on 1 October 2018.

Mr Thng was appointed Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing on 1 January 2022, and looked after the E-commerce, Global and Corporate Sales, Brand and Marketing, Pricing and Merchandising departments, as well as the Sales Regions.

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