Sports activities Hub CEO Lionel Yeo to step down, Quek Swee Kuan to take over as new CEO

NEW SPORTS HUB LEADERS

Mr Quek is at the moment the CEO of New Enterprise at Surbana Jurong. He was the CEO of Sentosa Growth Company from 2015 to 2020, and has 26 years of public service expertise, together with on the Financial Growth Board and the Singapore Tourism Board.

“Mr Quek is nicely versed in attracting investments and guests to Singapore, by means of strategic branding, advertising, worldwide relations and enterprise growth efforts,” stated SportSG.

Minister for Tradition, Group and Youth Edwin Tong stated in a Fb put up that Mr Quek is “an excellent candidate”.

“Once I met him, he was effervescent with power and buzz.  He resonated deeply with our imaginative and prescient of a sporting Singapore, the place sports activities and Sports activities Hub will be part of the life of each Singaporean,” Mr Tong stated.

Mr Magnus, chairman of funding advisory agency Evercore’s Asia enterprise, is a Sport Singapore board member and co-chair of the SportCares Advisory Board. He additionally sits on the SportSG finance committee.

As a board member, Mr Magnus performed a key position within the Sports activities Hub public-private-partnership overview, and he was additionally the chief negotiator for SportSG with SHPL.

He was “on the core” of a workforce that ready for the takeover of the Sports activities Hub over many months, stated Mr Tong.

“I can consider nobody who’s extra nicely positioned to assist drive our ambitions for the Sports activities Hub,” he added.

SportSG stated that as a part of the official handover on Dec 10, there might be a Sports activities Hub Opening Day and a collection of group occasions.

There may also be a Christmas light-up and actions over the Chinese language New Yr interval.