The Trade and Industry Minister re-appointed Mr. Simon C Israel as the chairman of Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Mr. Cedric Foo as the chairman of JTC Corporation (JTC).
DTZ Executive Director Ong Choon Fah was also appointed and a partner at Deloitte & Touche Ernest Kan Yaw Kiong and Chief of Defence Force at the Ministry of Defence Desmond Kuek Bak Chye were also reappointed to JTC’s board.
Regarding STB appointments, the new board members include Aw Kah Peng, chief executive-designate of STB, and Mike Barclay, CEO of Sentosa Development Corp. Aw, who is currently the assistant MD for industry development at the Economic Development Board, will become the CEO of STB effective on 1 January 2009.
Meanwhile, Barclay manages all business aspects for Sentosa Leisure Group that comprises Sentosa Development Corp and Sentosa Leisure Development, Sentosa Cove and Sentosa Golf Club.
Also, Steven Lim Kok Hoong has been reappointed to STB’s board as non-executive chairman and chartered accountant and Parkway Trust Management’s member of the audit committee.
Three members of STB, however, have resigned. They are President and CEO of Tiger Airways Anthony Alfred Peter Davis; Tang Tuck Weng, director for housing at the Ministry of National Development; and Kay Kuok Oon Kwong, 1984 director of Singapore-based Kuok and executive chairman of Shangri-La Hotel Singapore.
Each STB and JTC boards are composed of 11 members. The recent board appointments will take effect on 1 January 2009.