SINGAPORE, Singapore Airlines (SIA) has redesignated Peter Seah Lim Huat as a non-independent, non-executive director following its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on July 25.
Seah, who joined SIA’s board on Sept 1, 2015, and was appointed chairman on Jan 1, 2017, will continue to serve as chairman. He also remains a member of the board’s Compensation and Industrial Relations Committee as well as the Nominating Committee.
In line with the AGM resolutions, Goh Swee Chen has been named lead independent director and chairperson of the Nominating Committee, while Jeanette Wong Kai Yuan has been appointed chairperson of the Compensation and Industrial Relations Committee.
A veteran banker with 33 years of experience, Seah retired as vice chairman and CEO of the former Overseas Union Bank in 2001. He currently serves as chairman and director of DBS Group Holdings, a role he assumed in May 2010 after joining the board in November 2009. He is also a board director at GIC and deputy chairman of STT Communications.
