Singapore - April 13, 2015, Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), announced changes to the group’s senior leadership team.
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Lim Cheng Cheng, currently the Deputy Group CFO, will be appointed Group CFO.
Ms. Cheng was appointed Deputy GCFO on 1 October 2014. Prior to that, she was the Managing Director, Group Strategic Investments where she managed Singtel’s investment portfolio. She joined Singtel in 2012 as Vice President, Group Strategic Investment.
Ms. Cheng brings 23 years of experience in finance and mergers and acquisitions. She previously worked for SMRT Corporation Ltd as Executive Vice President and CFO for 5 years responsible for its financial strategy and management, corporate planning, tax, treasury management, central supplies and procurement, and investor relations.
She also worked at Singapore Power for 10 years in various corporate planning, investments and finance roles, the last of which was Head and Vice President (Financial Planning and Analysis). She started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
She holds a Master of Business Administration from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (formerly known as University of Chicago Graduate School of Business) and a Bachelor in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University. She is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore), Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and CPA Australia.
Jeann Low, currently the Group CFO, will take on the role of Group Chief Corporate Officer.
Ms. Low will oversee the Group’s corporate functions which include strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate communications, legal, regulatory and procurement.
Samba Natarajan, currently the Managing Director of Digital Enterprise, will be appointed CEO Group Digital Life.
Mr. Natarajan will be responsible for the Group’s digital portfolio, including Amobee, HOOQ, DataSpark and Innov8.
Mr. Natarajan joined Singtel in May 2014 as Managing Director of Digital Enterprise. He brings more than 25 years of corporate and consulting experience across a wide range of senior roles in the areas of strategy, business development and finance. He worked for Citibank from 1988 to 1997 and McKinsey & Company since 1999.
In his last role with McKinsey, he was the Leader of Southeast Asia Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practice, consulting with C-level executives in customer organisations, including Singtel, in the areas of growth, transformation, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions and commercial operations.
Mr. Natarajan holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani, India; a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, India and an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. ■