SIA Engineering Company has appointed Singapore Airlines (SIA) senior vice president cargo, Chin Yau Seng as its CEO (designate), effective June 1. Seng assumed his current position in 2018, when SIA Cargo was integrated as a division within SIA. Prior to that, he was president of SIA Cargo.
SIA Engineering's current CEO, Ng Chin Hwee, is set to retire with effect from October 1. He will relinquish his directorship and memberships of the executive committee and board sustainability of the company on the same date.
Seng has spearheaded multiple key digitalisation initiatives with the cargo division including the launch of the Parxl e-commerce platform and the freighter partnership with DHL Express. He also led the SIA Cargo team in delivering much-needed revenues for SIA during the pandemic.
He will be succeeded by Marvin Tan, currently SIA’s senior vice president customer services and operations. Tan led the transformation of SIA’s customer contact services worldwide and has also been instrumental in leading the company’s on-ground response to the pandemic.
Tan was previously SIA’s senior vice president cabin crew and chief executive at SilkAir.