Mobile operator Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced that its chairman Chumpol NaLamlieng will step down at the end of July after the annual general meeting.
He will be replaced by Simon Israel, who currently works as executive director,…
Mobile operator Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has announced that its chairman Chumpol NaLamlieng will step down at the end of July after the annual general meeting.
He will be replaced by Simon Israel, who currently works as executive director, president and board member of Temasek. The Singaporean conglomerate owns a majority stake in SingTel. Israel has also been a non-executive and non-independent director of SingTel since 2003.
Before joining Temasek, Israel was chairman of Danone Asia Pacific and member of the executive committee of Group Danone, the French food-products company.
NaLamlieng was appointed chairman of SingTel in 2003. He previously worked as the president of Siam Cement for 13 years. The reasons behind his departure were not disclosed.
In the same statement, SingTel announced that Graham Bradley and Nicky Tan will step down as non-executive directors after the annual meeting.
The cellco also appointed Low Check Kian, chairman of private equity firm NewSmith Capital Partners, as a non-executive director.
