Chua Sock Koong Srikar | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Office | CEO of Singtel (2007-2021) |
| Board member of | Singtel Group Singapore Management University Board of Trustees Public Service Commission |
| Spouse(s) | Srikar Reddy |
Chua Sock Koong Srikar is the Group CEO of Singtel, a position she has held since April 2007.[1]
Professional career
Appointed Group Chief Executive Officer in April 2007, Chua directs Singtel’s global strategy and oversees its consumer, enterprise and digital businesses. Before helming Singtel as Group CEO, Chua served in various key capacities within the company, most notably CEO International and Group CFO, after first joining as Treasurer in 1989. She was instrumental in the corporatisation of Singtel in 1992 and its subsequent successful listing on the Singapore Stock Exchange a year later.[2] She also restructured and readied the company for competition in the lead up to the full liberalisation of the Singapore telecoms market in 2000. Faced with the realities of a small domestic market, Chua was part of the core leadership team which developed Singtel’s internationalisation strategy which accounts for the Group’s acquisition of Optus in Australia and a host of other regional telecom investments. As CEO International, she stepped up Singtel’s diversification across some of Asia’s fastest growing economies, leading and overseeing investments in India’s Bharti Airtel, Indonesia’s Telkomsel, Thailand’s AIS and Philippines’ Globe.
Digital Transformation
With the advent of the digital economy in recent years, she has been driving Singtel’s on-going transformation from a traditional telco into a communications technology company.[3] This transformation has seen compelling growth in the new enterprise services of cloud and cyber security as well as the creation of new digital businesses in areas where Singtel’s telecom assets provide a competitive advantage.
External Boards & Appointments
Chua is the Deputy Chairman of the Public Service Commission in Singapore.[4] She is also Deputy Chair of the GSMA Board.
In 2019, she became the first woman to join Singapore’s Council of Presidential Advisers when she was made an alternate member by President Halimah Yacob. She was appointed a full member of the council in 2020.[5]
Education
Chua completed her education at Raffles Girls School and Raffles Institution.[6] Chua holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) from the University of Singapore. She is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a CFA charterholder.
References
- ^ "SingTel names new CEO". Financial Times. 21 September 2006.
- ^ "1993: SingTel launches IPO, nation of investors". The Business Times. 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Singtel transforms to answer call of the future". The Straits Times. 29 February 2016.
- ^ PSC Members. Public Service Commission.
- ^ "Appointments made to Council of Presidential Advisers". The Straits Times. 4 June 2020.
- ^ "Chua Sock Koong". Singapore Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
External links
- Profile at Singtel