ST Engineering has announced that it has appointed Tan Lee Chew as President Commercial and also as a member of the group executive committee, effective September 1.
In a release, ST Engineering said Tan will oversee and drive growth for its commercial cluster, which comprises three business areas: commercial aerospace, urban solutions and satellite communications. She will also report to Group President & CEO Vincent Chong.
These account for close to 50% of the group’s revenue as of 30 June.
Prior to this, Tan was\ from Amazon Web Services where she was the managing director, worldwide public sector (ASEAN), and before that, was with HP Enterprise and last served as the senior vice president of global hybrid IT sales and category management
With Tan’s appointment, current chief commercial officer Lim Serh Ghee will relinquish his role, but remain as group chief operating officer (operations excellence), and also a member of the group executive committee, until his planned retirement on 30 October.
Lim joined the ST Engineering’s Aerospace business in 1984, and has held various senior management appointments over the years, and was President of the Aerospace sector from 2014 to 2020.
ST Engineering said Lim was “instrumental” in the continued global growth of the Aerospace sector, and added that his contributions included “strategically moving the sector into original equipment manufacturing of aircraft engine nacelle systems and composite floor panels, as well as further expansion of our Passenger-to-Freighter conversion capabilities.”
In the release, ST Engineering also revealed further appointments to senior management.
Effective September 1, former Linde Head of APAC Cheryl Chan has joined the company as its group chief strategy & sustainability officer, taking over Low Ka Hoe, who will be president, satellite communications.
ST Engineering, on July 1, also saw the promotion of Lim Kok Ann as President, Land Systems from his former role as Deputy Head of Land Systems.
Shares of ST Engineering closed on Aug 31 at $3.78, down one cent or 0.26% lower than its previous close.
