Change - Announcement of Appointment::Appointment of Managing Director, SMRT Buses

Issuer & Securities

Issuer/ Manager
SMRT CORPORATION LTD
Securities
SMRT CORPORATION LTD - SG1I86884935 - S53
Stapled Security
No

Announcement Details

Announcement Title
Change - Announcement of Appointment
Date &Time of Broadcast
19-May-2016 20:01:22
Status
New
Announcement Sub Title
Appointment of Managing Director, SMRT Buses
Announcement Reference
SG160519OTHRL69T
Submitted By (Co./ Ind. Name)
Jacquelin Tay Gek Poh
Designation
Company Secretary
Description (Please provide a detailed description of the event in the box below)
Appointment of Mr Tan Kian Heong as Managing Director, SMRT Buses.

Additional Details

Date Of Appointment
01/06/2016
Name Of Person
Tan Kian Heong
Age
49
Country Of Principal Residence
Singapore
The Board's comments on this appointment (including rationale, selection criteria, and the search and nomination process)
The Board wishes to announce that Mr Tan Kian Heong, who is currently Vice President, SMRT Buses Ltd ("SMRT Buses"), will be re-designated as Managing Director, SMRT Buses. As Vice President, SMRT Buses, Mr Tan transformed a loss-making business to one that recorded an operating profit of close to $6 million in FY2016. Under Mr Tan's leadership, SMRT Buses commissioned Singapore Bus Training and Evaluation Centre (Singapore BTEC), equipped with the republic's first team-based bus simulators, and introduced SMRT's first double-decker buses to offer more capacity and ride comfort for passengers. Mr Tan will continue the progress made in the role of Managing Director, SMRT Buses.
Whether appointment is executive, and if so, the area of responsibility
Executive. As Managing Director, SMRT Buses, Mr Tan heads the Bus business unit and is responsible to provide public bus transportation services, in adherence to the regulatory performance standards and meet commuters' traveling needs, focusing on safety, reliability, care and comfort. Mr Tan will be reporting to the President & Group Chief Executive Officer of SMRT Corporation Ltd.
Job Title (e.g. Lead ID, AC Chairman, AC Member etc.)
Managing Director, SMRT Buses
Familial relationship with any director and/ or substantial shareholder of the listed issuer or of any of its principal subsidiaries
NIL
Conflict of interests (including any competing business)
NIL
Working experience and occupation(s) during the past 10 years
Mr Tan joined SMRT in January 2013 as Director of Buses and was appointed as Vice President, Buses in April 2013.

Prior to his career at SMRT, Mr Tan worked in the education sector and in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). As Divisional Director at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Mr Tan oversaw the strategic planning needs of NIE and the delivery of effective and efficient corporate services to NIE's internal and external stakeholders. Mr Tan also spent over 20 years in the SAF and rose to the rank of Colonel. Having helped drive SAF's transformation efforts, Mr Tan is attuned to organisational transformation process, from change management to performance management methodologies.
Shareholding interest in the listed issuer and its subsidiaries?
Yes
Shareholding Details
24,860 ordinary shares in SMRT Corporation Ltd
124,860 unissued ordinary shares under share awards in SMRT Corporation Ltd
# These fields are not applicable for announcements of appointments pursuant to Listing Rule 704 (9) or Catalist Rule 704 (8).
Past (for the last 5 years)
NIL
Present
SMRT Road Holdings Ltd.
SMRT Buses Ltd.
Bus-Plus Services Pte Ltd
(a) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any bankruptcy law of any jurisdiction was filed against him or against a partnership of which he was a partner at the time when he was a partner or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a partner?
No
(b) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, an application or a petition under any law of any jurisdiction was filed against an entity (not being a partnership) of which he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive, at the time when he was a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity or at any time within 2 years from the date he ceased to be a director or an equivalent person or a key executive of that entity, for the winding up or dissolution of that entity or, where that entity is the trustee of a business trust, that business trust, on the ground of insolvency?
No
(c) Whether there is any unsatisfied judgment against him?
No
(d) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving fraud or dishonesty which is punishable with imprisonment, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such purpose?
No
(e) Whether he has ever been convicted of any offence, in Singapore or elsewhere, involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or has been the subject of any criminal proceedings (including any pending criminal proceedings of which he is aware) for such breach?
No
(f) Whether at any time during the last 10 years, judgment has been entered against him in any civil proceedings in Singapore or elsewhere involving a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, or a finding of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part, or he has been the subject of any civil proceedings (including any pending civil proceedings of which he is aware) involving an allegation of fraud, misrepresentation or dishonesty on his part?
No
(g) Whether he has ever been convicted in Singapore or elsewhere of any offence in connection with the formation or management of any entity or business trust?
No
(h) Whether he has ever been disqualified from acting as a director or an equivalent person of any entity (including the trustee of a business trust), or from taking part directly or indirectly in the management of any entity or business trust?
No
(i) Whether he has ever been the subject of any order, judgment or ruling of any court, tribunal or governmental body, permanently or temporarily enjoining him from engaging in any type of business practice or activity?
No
(j) Whether he has ever, to his knowledge, been concerned with the management or conduct, in Singapore or elsewhere, of the affairs of :-
(i) any corporation which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing corporations in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(ii) any entity (not being a corporation) which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing such entities in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(iii) any business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement governing business trusts in Singapore or elsewhere; or
No
(iv) any entity or business trust which has been investigated for a breach of any law or regulatory requirement that relates to the securities or futures industry in Singapore or elsewhere, in connection with any matter occurring or arising during that period when he was so concerned with the entity or business trust?
No
(k) Whether he has been the subject of any current or past investigation or disciplinary proceedings, or has been reprimanded or issued any warning, by the Monetary Authority of Singapore or any other regulatory authority, exchange, professional body or government agency, whether in Singapore or elsewhere?
No
Any prior experience as a director of a listed company?
No
If No, Please provide details of any training undertaken in the roles and responsibilities of a director of a listed company
NA