Lucas Chow
Lucas Chow Wing Keung | |
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 Lucas Chow speaking at the movie premiere of It's a Great, Great World | |
| Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 70–71) [1] Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Singaporean[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Aston |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, Health Promotion Board |
Lucas Chow Wing Keung is the former chief executive officer of MediaCorp and SingTel Mobile.[3] Currently he is the group chief executive officer and managing director of Far East Orchard.
He is currently the chairman of Health Promotion Board[4] and a member of the board of trustees of National University of Singapore[5]
Early life
[edit]Chow was born in Hong Kong and subsequently granted Singapore citizenship.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Aston, United Kingdom.[5]
Career
[edit]Chow started his career at Hewlett-Packard, where he worked for over 20 years and eventually became the company's head in Singapore.[2][6]
He joined SingTel in May 1998 and was subsequently appointed chief executive officer of SingTel Mobile. In July 2000, he was appointed executive vice-president of consumer business and responsible for the fixed-line, multimedia and mobile communications services. He assumed the position of executive vice-president of corporate business in April 2004, looking after the telecommunications needs of corporate customers.[3]
He joined MediaCorp in 2005. During his tenure at Mediacorp, he served as the chairman of Smart Alliance, a regional broadcasters’ association, to cooperate along three areas — content, sales and marketing, and technology — and capitalise on the economies of scale and combined market that the region can offer.[7]
He relinquished his position as CEO of MediaCorp in July 2011.[7] and assuming the post of executive director at Far East Organization (FEO).[8]
In March 2012, Chow was appointed the CEO of Far East Orchard (previously known as Orchard Parade Holdings), a subsidiary of FEO.[1][9] He was re-designated as group chief executive officer and managing director on July 12, 2012.
In June 2014, FEO announced that Chow will retire on September 1, 2014.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lucas Chow appointed CEO of Orchard Parade Holdings". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ a b c Ho, Frankie (20 June 2012). "The Far East Re-organization". The Edge Singapore. pp. 18–20.
- ^ a b "Lucas Chow leaves SingTel". telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Health Promotion Board". Health Promotion Board. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ a b "NUS Board of Trustees". National University Singapore. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ^ "Far East Orchard Group CEO Lucas Chow to retire". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ a b "CEO Lucas Chow resigns from MediaCorp". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Far East Organization appoints Mr Lucas Chow as Executive Director". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Lucas Chow appointed CEO of Orchard Parade Holdings". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ^ "Press Release" (PDF). Far East Orchard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-08-24.