Leadership Team
Group Executive Committee
The Group Executive Committee (EXCO) comprises our Group President & Chief Executive Officer, Group Chief Financial Officer, and two Group Chief Operating Officers who lead our drives in operational excellence and strengthening our technology and engineering core.
The EXCO is supported by the Group Senior Business Council comprising a team of senior leaders across the Group.
Vincent Chong
Group President & CEO
Vincent Chong
Group President & CEO
Vincent Chong is the Group President & CEO of ST Engineering, a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.
Since assuming this role in late 2016, Vincent has been steering the Group towards long-term sustainable growth. As part of this effort, he has reorganised ST Engineering into two main clusters of Commercial and Defence & Public Security to better execute the Group’s global growth strategy of strengthening its core businesses, and pursuing growth in smart city and international defence sectors.
Before his current role, he was the President & CEO (Designate) from late 2015, and prior to that, the Group’s Deputy CEO (Corporate Development) from late 2014. He joined ST Engineering in early 2014 as President of Strategic Plans and Business Development of the Aerospace sector.
Vincent brings to the Group 20 years of global business experience from ExxonMobil, where he spent half of that time being based in Hong Kong, Japan, UK and the U.S. He held a wide span of senior positions in global and regional business management, refinery process engineering, industrial and retail operations, product sales & marketing and strategic planning.
Vincent is a board member of JTC Corporation and Jurong Port, and a member of the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s International Advisory Panel for Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity. He served on the Emerging Stronger Taskforce which reviewed how Singapore can build new sources of dynamism and stay economically resilient in a post-COVID-19 world.
Vincent graduated in 1994 with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He attended executive leadership programmes at Thunderbird School of Global Management and Columbia Business School.
Updated March 2021
Cedric Foo
Group Chief Financial Officer
Cedric Foo
Group Chief Financial Officer
Cedric Foo is the Group Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of ST Engineering. ST Engineering is a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.
Before joining ST Engineering in October 2016, Cedric was the Group Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer of Neptune Orient Lines Limited.
Prior to that, Cedric served at Singapore Airlines as the Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and subsequently, as the Senior Vice President for West Asia and Africa.
Cedric was also chairman for JTC Corporation from 2008 to 2012 and for Spring Singapore from 2003 to 2007.
Cedric graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA and received his Master of Science (Ocean Systems Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA in 1985. He also attended executive programmes at Harvard and Kellogg Business Schools.
Updated 1 January 2021
Lim Serh Ghee
Group Chief Operating Officer, Operations Excellence
Chief Commercial Officer
Lim Serh Ghee
Group Chief Operating Officer, Operations Excellence
Chief Commercial Officer
Lim Serh Ghee holds concurrent appointments as the Group Chief Operating Officer (Group COO), Operations Excellence, as well as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of ST Engineering, a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.
Appointed to these roles on 1 January 2021, Serh Ghee leads the development of continuous improvement projects to drive operational and cost efficiencies as the Group COO, and oversees integration of the Group’s businesses to enhance its global competitiveness. As the CCO, he is responsible for advancing businesses in aerospace, urban solutions and satellite communications.
Prior to this, Serh Ghee was President of the Group’s Aerospace sector where he accumulated over three decades of his professional experience. He was the sector’s COO as well as President, Defence Business from 2010 to 2014, during which he oversaw operations and built strategic relationships with customers. Between 2006 and 2010, Serh Ghee served as the Executive Vice President of the business cluster, Aircraft Maintenance and Modification, during which he grew the airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul business for the sector. He was the Senior Vice President of the Engineering and Materials Services business segment in May 2002, where he led in the Maintenance-By-the-Hour (MBH™) programme initiative.
Serh Ghee began his career in the Aerospace sector as a mechanical engineer in 1984, and was a member of the team that successfully upgraded the McDonnell Douglas A4 Skyhawk with the GE F404 engine. He rose to become Vice President of the sector’s in-house engineering and development centre in 1996 and was the centre’s Senior Vice President two years later. During his tenure, he spearheaded the Turkish F5 Tiger upgrade and the Boeing 757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion programmes, as well as initiated the development of our first mission computer and operational flight programmes.
Serh Ghee graduated with a Second Class Upper Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He was conferred with the Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan. He also attended the Programme for Management Development in Harvard Business School.
Updated 1 January 2021
Ravinder Singh
Group Chief Operating Officer, Technology & Innovation
President, Defence & Public Security
Ravinder Singh
Group Chief Operating Officer, Technology & Innovation
President, Defence & Public Security
Ravinder Singh is Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), Technology & Innovation, and President, Defence & Public Security, of ST Engineering, a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.
Appointed on 1 January 2021, as Group COO, Ravinder oversees the development of multi-domain technologies, and business innovation across the Group.
As President of Defence & Public Security, he leads the Group’s businesses across Digital Systems, Cyber, Land Systems, Marine and Defence Aerospace, driving the development of products and solutions for Defence, Public Safety and Security and Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) customers.
Ravinder previously served as President of ST Engineering's Electronics sector and spearheaded the development of technologies and solutions for connected, secure and sustainable cities. Concurrently, he oversaw the Group’s defence products, services and solutions in his role as President, Defence Business. Prior to that, he served as President of the Group’s Land Systems sector and grew its defence and specialty vehicle businesses.
With over 30 years of technology and defence experience, Ravinder has held various management and leadership positions. Prior to ST Engineering, Ravinder served as the Chief of Army, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and the Deputy Secretary (Technology), Ministry of Defence, Singapore. He was awarded the SAF Overseas Training Award (Academic) and was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Military), Silver and Gold.
Ravinder is the Deputy Chairman of National Environment Agency’s Board, and a board member of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). He is a member of the Services and Digital Economy Technology Roadmap Steering Committee, Infocomm Media Development Authority; the Committee on Autonomous Road Transport for Singapore, Ministry of Transport; and the Council of the Board for the Teaching and Testing of South Asian Languages, Ministry of Education.
Ravinder holds a Bachelor of Arts in Engineering Science (First Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in management. He attended the Advanced Management programme in Wharton Business School.
Updated 1 January 2021