Singapore - The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) recently went through several board changes, including the appointment of a new Chairman.
Chaly Mah, former Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Asia Pacific and Southeast Asia and former Chairman of Deloitte Singapore, has taken over from Chew Choon Seng as the Chairman of STB. Chew stepped down after completing a six-year tenure.
The other board changes are as follows:
Appointment of new board members
Allen Law, Chief Executive Officer, Park Hotel Group
Joanna Flint, Country Director, Google Singapore
Mohamad Saiful Saroni, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Singapore
Prasad Menon, Former Chairman, Vistara Airlines
Re-appointment of board member
Christina Ong, Co-Chairman and Senior Partner, Allen & Gledhill LPP
Stepping down of board members
Deborah Ong, Assurance Partner and Risk & Quality Partner, Pricewaterhousecoopers Singapore
Jessica Tan, Member of Parliament, East Coast GRC and Former Managing Director, Microsoft Singapore
A new lead at STB
Mah served in Deloitte for over 38 years. Prior to his retirement on May 31, 2016, he was the Vice Chairman of Deloitte Global Board of Directors.
He has extensive experience serving both multinational and local companies across a wide spectrum of industries, specialising in financial services, telecommunications and technology, real estate, private equity and manufacturing, which will be invaluable to STB.
Mah is currently the Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Accountancy Commission, National University of Singapore Business School Accounting Advisory Board and is a board member of the National University of Singapore Board of Trustees, Singapore Economic Development Board and Sentosa Development Corporation.
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