ST Engineering Annual Report 2020

CORPORATE OVERVI EW PERFORMANCE REVI EW SUSTAINABI L ITY CORPORATE GOVERNANCE F INANCIAL REPORT LIM SERH GHEE Group Chief Operating Officer (Operations Excellence) Chief Commercial Officer Lim Serh Ghee , 61, holds concurrent appointments as the Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) (Operations Excellence), as well as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of ST Engineering. Serh Ghee leads the development of continuous improvement projects to drive operational and cost efficiencies as the Group COO, and oversees integration of the Group’s businesses to enhance its global competitiveness. As the CCO, he is responsible for advancing businesses in aerospace, urban solutions and satellite communications. Serh Ghee began his career in the Aerospace sector as a mechanical engineer in 1984 and rose to become a Senior Vice President of the sector’s in-house engineering and development centre in 1998. He was the Senior Vice President of the Engineering and Materials Services business segment in May 2002, Executive Vice President of the Aircraft Maintenance and Modification business segment between 2006 and 2010, the sector’s COO as well as President, Defence Business from 2010 to 2014. Serh Ghee was the President of the Group’s Aerospace sector before he assumed his concurrent appointments on 1 January 2021. Serh Ghee graduated with a Second Class Upper Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He was conferred with the Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. He also attended the Programme for Management Development at Harvard Business School. RAVINDER SINGH Group Chief Operating Officer (Technology & Innovation) President/Head, Defence & Public Security Ravinder Singh , 56, holds concurrent appointments as the Group Chief Operating Officer (COO) (Technology & Innovation), and President/Head, Defence & Public Security at ST Engineering. Ravinder oversees the development of multi-domain technologies and business innovation across the Group as its COO. He also leads the Group’s businesses across Digital Systems, Cyber, Land Systems, Marine and Defence Aerospace as President/Head of Defence & Public Security. With over 30 years of technology and defence experience, Ravinder has held various management and leadership positions. He was President of the Group’s Land Systems sector, then President, Defence Business of the Group and President of the Group’s Electronics sector before he assumed his concurrent appointments on 1 January 2021. Prior to ST Engineering, Ravinder served as the Chief of Army, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Deputy Secretary (Technology), Ministry of Defence, Singapore. He was awarded the SAF Overseas Training Award (Academic) and was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Military), Silver and Gold. Ravinder is the Deputy Chairman of National Environment Agency’s Board, and a board member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He is a member of the Services and Digital Economy Technology Roadmap Steering Committee, Infocomm Media Development Authority; the Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore, Ministry of Transport; and the Council of the Board for the Teaching and Testing of South Asian Languages, Ministry of Education. Ravinder holds a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science (First Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in Engineering Science from University of Oxford. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Management. He attended the Advanced Management programme at Wharton Business School. 25 ANNUAL REPORT 2 0 20 /