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 |
1953/1954 (age 62–63) [1] Hong Kong |
Nationality | Singaporean[2] |
Alma mater | University of Aston |
Occupation | Chairman, Health Promotion Board |
Lucas Chow Wing Keung, better known as Lucas Chow is the former Chief Executive Officer of MediaCorp, SingTel Mobile.[3] and 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
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
Chow started his career at Hewlett-Packard where he worked for over 20 years and eventually becoming 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]
On 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
- 1 2 "Lucas Chow appointed CEO of Orchard Parade Holdings". Singapore Business Review. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- 1 2 3 Ho, Frankie (20 June 2012). "The Far East Re-organization". The Edge Singapore. pp. 18–20.
- 1 2 "Lucas Chow leaves SingTel". telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2012-07-20.
- ↑ "Health Promotion Board". Health Promotion Board. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- 1 2 "NUS Board of Trustees". National University Singapore. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ "Far East Orchard Group CEO Lucas Chow to retire". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- 1 2 "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. Retrieved 2015-08-24.