Our Team

Olivier Lim

Mr Olivier Lim was appointed Chairman of STB in January 2024. He is currently Lead Independent Director of DBS Group Holdings Ltd and DBS Bank Ltd, Chairman of StarHub Ltd, and Director of Raffles Medical Group.

Prior to this, Mr Lim was also Chairman of PropertyGuru Group Ltd, Certis CISCO Security Pte. Ltd, ASX listed Australand Holdings Limited, Frasers Property Australia, globalORE Pte Ltd, Mount Faber Leisure Group, and the Advisory Council of the Singapore CFO Institute.

He has also held directorships in several SGX-listed companies including Banyan Tree Holdings, CapitaMalls Asia, and served on the Boards of JTC Corporation, Sentosa Development Corporation and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).

Melissa Ow

Ms Melissa Ow assumed the appointment of Chief Executive of the Singapore Tourism Board on 1 June 2023.

From 2020 to 2023, Ms Ow served as the Executive Vice President for Customer Experience, Marketing & Investment Facilitation Group at the Economic Development Board, where she played a key role in transforming the organisation's B2B sales and marketing model. She drove the global promotion of Singapore's business brand and EDB's marketing and communications in key markets such as Europe, US, China and Japan. Through enhancing EDB's customer engagement capabilities, she led her teams to raise new investments from foreign companies. 

Prior to EDB, Ms Ow had several positions in STB with the last position as Deputy Chief Executive, where she led STB to put Singapore on the world map for hosting premier events and attracting major tourism investments. As Deputy Chief Executive, she headed the Experience Development Group and the Corporate Group and was responsible for ensuring that Singapore had a strong line-up of quality tourism products spanning events, dining, retail, and sports to entertainment, new tourism concepts development, and precincts development. Ms Ow also oversaw STB's corporate functions such as legal, procurement and corporate administration, finance and human resources. 

Amrin Amin

Mr Amrin Amin is Head of Corporate Development at Temasek Foundation.

Mr Amrin was Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health, and Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC from 2015 to 2020.

Prior to political office, he was a corporate lawyer in Singapore and New York, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments and corporate restructurings.

Mr Amrin’s experience in tech companies include stints as Strategy Director at the PBA International Pte Ltd and advisor at Adera AI Pte Ltd. 

Arthur Lang

Mr Arthur Lang is the Group Chief Financial Officer of Singtel and his responsibilities include the management of the International Group that oversees the Group’s regional associates and its portfolio of strategic telecom investments. He spearheads Singtel’s ongoing digital bank joint venture with Grab.

Before joining Singtel, Mr Lang was the Group CFO of CapitaLand, where he also ran CapitaLand’s real estate investment management business. Prior to CapitaLand, he was at Morgan Stanley where he was Co-head of the Southeast Asia investment banking division and Chief Operating Officer of the Asia Pacific investment banking division.

Mr Lang was appointed as Chairman of the National Kidney Foundation in Nov 2020. He is also a board member of India listed Bharti Airtel, Thailand listed Intouch Holdings and AIS, GXS Digital Bank and the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.

Dan Neary

Mr Neary is a technology veteran with over 30 years of executive-level experience in both US-based and Asia-based roles.

Most recently, he served as Vice President of Asia Pacific for Meta, where he oversaw the company's business operations for the last 13 years. Prior to Meta, he was the Vice President of Market Development at Skype, managing local marketing channels and partnerships across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. Prior to Skype, Mr Neary was the Vice President of Emerging Markets at eBay where he managed the company’s businesses in Southeast Asia, India, and the Middle East.

Ho Kaiwei

Dr Ho Kaiwei started out his career as a medical doctor with SingHealth in 2005, and later joined the Ministry of Health (MOH) in 2006. Besides completing his training as a Public Health physician, he has rotated through various divisions in MOH, including Health Regulation, Communicable Diseases, and Healthcare Finance. He was Director (Operations Policy and Strategy Development) at the Ministry of Manpower in 2015, and Director (Security & Resilience Programmes) at the Ministry of Finance from 2018 to 2023. He is currently Deputy Secretary (Services) at the MOH and has been a member of the STB Board since 14 Aug 2023.

Hwang Yu-Ning

Ms Hwang is CEO of the National Parks Board. She has over 20 years of experience in public service including with the Urban Redevelopment Authority as Singapore’s Chief Planner and stints in the Strategy Group of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of National Development.

Lee Seow Hiang

Mr Lee Seow Hiang is the Chairman of the National Library Board and sits on the Board of NTUC FairPrice Co-operative Ltd and the Singapore Tourism Board.

He was the immediate past CEO of Changi Airport Group and was concurrently, amongst others, Deputy Chairman of Changi Airports International Pte Ltd, Director of Jewel Changi Airport Holding Pte Ltd and Chairman of Changi Foundation Board.  He also held the appointment of President of Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific Regional Board and was a Member on the ACI World Governing Board. 

From 1989 to 2005, Mr Lee held various appointments in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) and the Ministry of Defence, with his last appointment being Deputy Head of Air Operations in HQ RSAF. From 2005 to 2008, he was the Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in the Prime Minister’s Office.

Lisa Liaw

Ms Liaw brings over three decades of corporate and board leadership experience across Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region, with expertise in governance, financial stewardship, enterprise transformation, strategic partnership deals and public–private collaboration.

Ms Liaw currently serves as the Founder and CEO of Biological Gamechangers, and as a member of the Board Governors and Audit & Risk Committee of Temasek Polytechnic. She had previously served in leadership roles with American Express including as Legal Entity Controller and member of the Country Executive Teams in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, and sat on the Boards of Directors of American Express in Indonesia and Malaysia. She also held leadership roles in business chambers, public institutions and national advisory bodies, including as Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation, Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce Singapore, and Member to the Ministry of Defence Singapore’s Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence. 

Miss Liaw holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales. She is a Fellow of CPA Australia and a Certified Internal Auditor with the Institute of Internal Auditors. She is also a Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors and a graduate of INSEAD’s International Directors Programme in governance.

Rajeev Menon

Having spent over 22 years of his career with Marriott International, Rajeev is currently President for Marriott International Inc, Asia Pacific excluding China (APEC). He is responsible for the overall business performance and development of the company across 21 countries in the Asia Pacific region with over 550 operating hotels & resorts under 24 unique brands. Marriott also has the largest construction pipeline in the region with over 300 hotels under development. Rajeev is a passionate hotelier and has risen through the ranks, with a career in hospitality spanning over three decades.

Before being promoted to the APEC President in October 2019, Mr Rajeev served as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for APEC from March 2015 through September 2019. Under his leadership, Marriott has been recognised as one of the top performing international hotel companies in APEC and has received numerous awards, including the best employer award for several years. From August 2007 till February 2015, Mr Rajeev served as Area Vice President for South Asia, as well as Pakistan, Malaysia, and Australia during various periods of his assignment.

Mr Rajeev has been recognised over the years through numerous awards for his contribution to the hotel industry in Asia Pacific.

Today, apart from overseeing Marriott’s business in APEC, Mr Rajeev also holds the position of Vice Chair on the Tourism Committee and is a member of the Board of the US/ASEAN Business Council. He is also a member of the Board of the Singapore Hotel Association.

Soh Siew Choo

Siew Choo is the Chief Information Officer for Asia at Metlife. She is responsible for the end-to-end technology delivery partnering with the business to build leading digital experiences for customers.

Prior to Metlife, Siew Choo was the Head of Technology for Consumer Banking & Big Data/AI at DBS Bank. She was responsible for driving the digital transformation and AI-driven agenda adopting truly Agile ways of working and cloud native architecture.

Siew Choo has over two decades of experience in senior technology leadership roles in the Corporate & Investment Bank, working for JPMorgan across Singapore, Tokyo and Hong Kong prior to joining DBS.

She is also an avid advocate of Women in Technology, driving many innovative initiatives in the areas of mentorship, allyship, recruitment and retention amongst others. She was named as an honoree in the Women Leaders in AI award by IBM in 2019 and 2021. She was also recognised as an awardee in the inaugural Singapore 100 Women in Tech in 2020, organised by IMDA/Singapore Computer Society of Singapore. In addition, Siew Choo was conferred with the Distinguished Computing Alumni Service Award, from her alma mater, National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing, for bringing honour to NUS in her chosen endeavours in her career.

Thien Kwee Eng

Ms Thien Kwee Eng is the Chief Executive Officer of Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC). As SDC’s CEO, Kwee Eng steers the vision and development of Sentosa as a leading and unique leisure destination for both locals and tourists, as well as the landmark Sentosa-Brani Master Plan to redevelop the two islands into a game-changing leisure and tourism destination.

Prior to this, Kwee Eng was the Executive Vice President of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) overseeing EDB’s global customer experience, marketing and investment facilitation activities. Kwee Eng has held leadership roles in investment promotion and industry development across various sectors during her time in EDB, including Consumer and Lifestyle businesses, Health and Wellness, as well as Infocomm and Media. She has also led corporate-wide initiatives to catalyse new business creation and innovation in large corporations.

From 2000 to 2001, Kwee Eng was the Business Development Director of Asiacontent.com’s business in China. She also served as First Secretary (Trade and Industry) at the Embassy of Singapore in Beijing from 2001 to 2004 and was responsible for promoting Singapore-China trade and industry relations.

Kwee Eng serves on the Board of the Singapore Food Agency.