Executive Appointments at Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines has made the following senior management appointments. They come into effect from 1 March 2010. Mr Goh Choon Phong, who has been President of subsidiary SIA Cargo since 2006, will return to SIA as Executive Vice President (Designate) for Marketing & the Sales Regions. He will take over from Mr Huang Cheng Eng, who will be retiring in June.

Mr Goh will report to Mr Bey Soo Khiang, who will assume the new post of Senior Executive Vice President (Marketing & Corporate Services). Mr Bey is currently Senior Executive Vice President (Operations & Planning). He will be in charge of Marketing and the Sales Regions, in addition to the Corporate Services Division, currently headed by Senior Vice President Mr Teoh Tee Hooi, who will be retiring in March.

The roles of Mr Ng Chin Hwee, Executive Vice President (Human Resources & Planning) and Mr Mak Swee Wah, Executive Vice President (Operations & Services), remain unchanged. However both will now report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Mr Tan Kai Ping will be appointed President of SIA Cargo. Mr Tan joined SIA in 1995. He held various senior positions in SIA’s cargo division before being seconded in 2005 to be President of Shanghai-based associate Great Wall Airlines. Mr Tan returned to SIA Cargo in October 2008 as Senior Vice President -- Operations.

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