Metro chief operating officer Lawrence Chiang appointed acting group CEO

Singapore

LAWRENCE Chiang, the chief operating officer of retail and property group Metro Holdings, has been appointed the acting group chief executive following the death of managing director Jopie Ong.

"Mr Chiang has been with the Metro group since 1989 and has extensive knowledge of its operations. He has been the group general manager since 2007 before being redesignated as the group chief operating officer in 2013," Metro said in a release to the Singapore Exchange on Wednesday night.