SINGAPORE — Less than a month after ex-military man Lee Ling Wee, 47, was appointed senior vice-president of SMRT’s new division for maintenance and engineering, the transport operator has announced that Mr Lee has taken over the position of Executive Vice President of Trains, effective Monday (June 24).
The post was vacated by Mr Khoo Hean Siang, 65, last Sunday when his employment contract with SMRT expired.
As Senior Vice President for Maintenance and Engineering, Mr Lee — who joined SMRT on May 20 — had been responsible for the maintenance and engineering aspects of trains, as well as the tracks, quality assurance, innovation and power.
With his new appointment, Mr Lee will relinquish this position — renamed Senior Vice President for Systems and Engineering Division — to Mr Ng Bor Kiat, 56, former director of corporate development for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources. He was also formerly director of land systems in the Defence Science and Technology Agency.
Prior to joining SMRT, Mr Lee, 47, headed the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s air-engineering and logistics department, and has more than 25 years of experience in engineering and maintenance in the air force.
He is the sixth person with military background whom SMRT chief executive Desmond Kuek has brought onto SMRT’s 20-member senior management board to help the company get back on track since the two major train disruptions in December 2011 that saw then-chief executive Saw Phaik Hwa resign.
Other hires include vice-president of human resources Gerard Koh, 42 and vice-president of train operations Alvin Kek, 45. Both men were previously with the Singapore Armed Forces.
SMRT also announced restructuring to its Trains Group, “to encourage cross-functional learning as well as operational priorities”.
For example, under the new structure of the Operations Group, each line operational unit will be embedded with its own first-line maintenance function, with the purpose of improving unit integration and allowing for more direct control over routine maintenance functions.
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