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Listed companies and leaders dazzle at 19th Singapore Corporate Awards

In total, 36 companies and 6 executives were lauded; an inaugural award for sustainability reporting was given

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Megan Cheah

Megan Cheah

Published Thu, Sep 12, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • From left: Yeoh Oon Jin, SID chair; Judy Ng, Isca vice-president and SCA co-chair; Lim See Wah, chairman and CEO, Hyphens Pharma International; Stephen Ho, executive director and CEO, Hong Leong Asia; Euleen Goh, immediate past chair, Sats; guest of honour; Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat; Tow Heng Tan, chair, Sembcorp Industries; Patrick Lee, CEO, Singapore and Asean, Standard Chartered; Pauline Goh, SID second vice-chair and SCA co-chair; Chen Huifen, editor, The Business Times and SCA co-chair; and Marcus Lam, executive chair, PwC Singapore.
    • From left: Wu Jiat Hui, partner in charge of Heidrick & Struggles Singapore office; Max Loh, board director, SPH Media; Lim Boon Kheng, group MD and CEO, CSE Global, who was named Best Chief Executive Officer (small-cap category); and Lim Boon Heng, chairman, Temasek Holdings.
    • From left: Marcus Lam, executive chairman, PwC Singapore; Abdul Jabbar bin Karam Din, lead independent director, Global Investments, which won the bronze Best Managed Board award (small-caps); DPM Heng Swee Keat; and Yeoh Oon Jin, chairman, SID.
    • Guest of honour DPM Heng Swee Keat interacting with guests at the gala event.
    • From left: Edmund Lin, chairman, South-east Asia, Bain & Company; Tow Heng Tan, chairman, Sembcorp Industries receiving the trophy for the Special Recognition Award for Transformation from DPM Heng Swee Keat; with Pauline Goh, SID second vice-chair, on the far right.
    • From left: Judy Ng, Isca vice-president; Shariq Barmaky, country managing partner, Deloitte Singapore, and panel chair for Best Chief Financial Officer Award; Chew Kum Ee, chief financial officer, SBS Transit, who was named Best Chief Financial Officer (mid-caps); and Teo Ser Luck, president, Isca.
    • From left: Lee Suan Hiang, co-chair, Best Investor Relations Award panel; Kevin Chng, chief financial officer, Keppel which clinched a silver Best Investor Relations award (large caps); and Chan Yeng Kit, CEO, SPH Media.
    • From left: Ong Chong Tee, chairman, Acra; Lin Yi, executive director and CEO, China Aviation Oil, mid-cap gold winner for Best Risk Management; Adrian Chan, vice-chairman of SID; and Lee Sze Yeng, managing partner, KPMG in Singapore.
    • From left: Prof Tan Cheng Han, chairman, Singapore Exchange Regulation; Hong Leong Asia’s executive director and head of sustainability and corporate affairs, Kwek Pei Xuan, with the trophy for Best Annual Report (mid-caps); Eleanor Lee, partner, EY, and panel chair, Best Annual Report; Liew Nam Soon, regional managing partner, Asean and country managing partner, Singapore and Brunei, EY.
    • From left: Lynn Kong, wife of mid-cap Best CEO winner Kong Chee Min (holding trophy), CEO, Centurion Corporation, with Patrick Lee, CEO, Singapore and Asean, Standard Chartered.
    • Lim See Wah, chairman and CEO, Hyphens Pharma (left); and Chen Huifen, editor, The Business Times.
    • Max Loh (left), board director, SPH Media; and Lee Sze Leong, CEO and managing director, Sing Investments & Finance.
    • The Sembcorp family, from left: Bennett Neo, chief operating officer; Lim Kwang Ming, head, group investment management and Nuraliza Osman, group general counsel, Sembcorp Industries.
    • Prof Tan Cheng Han, chairman, Singapore Exchange Regulation and Stella Choe, global head, corporate coverage, corporate and investment banking, Standard Chartered.
    • Ted Tan, chairman, CSE Global, whose chief executive bagged the Best CEO award for small-caps.
    • Emcees for the evening, Christian Chin, co head of the corporate mergers and acquisitions department, Allen and Gledhill and Nuraliza Osman, group general counsel, Sembcorp Industries.
    • Cecilia Tan, (left), CEO, Sasseur Reit and Anthea Lee, CEO, Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust.
    • From left: Sean Quek, senior portfolio manager, Paragon Capital Management Singapore; Chew Sutat, chairman and co-founder, Shan De Advisors; Joan Ng, senior correspondent, The Business Times, and co-chair, Best Investor Relations Panel; and Don Wee, council member, Isca.
    • The trio from CDL, (from left): Gerald Yong, chief investment officer; Kwek Eik Sheng, group chief operating officer; and Reagan Lim, head of enterprise risk management, City Developments Ltd.
    • The team’s there to celebrate Sembcorp’s achievements. Chief executive Wong Kim Yin was named Best CEO for companies above S$1 billion in market capitalisation. The group also clinched the Special Recognition for Transformation award.
    • From left: Yeoh Oon Jin, SID chair; Judy Ng, Isca vice-president and SCA co-chair; Lim See Wah, chairman and CEO, Hyphens Pharma International; Stephen Ho, executive director and CEO, Hong Leong Asia; Euleen Goh, immediate past chair, Sats; guest of honour; Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat; Tow Heng Tan, chair, Sembcorp Industries; Patrick Lee, CEO, Singapore and Asean, Standard Chartered; Pauline Goh, SID second vice-chair and SCA co-chair; Chen Huifen, editor, The Business Times and SCA co-chair; and Marcus Lam, executive chair, PwC Singapore. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Wu Jiat Hui, partner in charge of Heidrick & Struggles Singapore office; Max Loh, board director, SPH Media; Lim Boon Kheng, group MD and CEO, CSE Global, who was named Best Chief Executive Officer (small-cap category); and Lim Boon Heng, chairman, Temasek Holdings. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Marcus Lam, executive chairman, PwC Singapore; Abdul Jabbar bin Karam Din, lead independent director, Global Investments, which won the bronze Best Managed Board award (small-caps); DPM Heng Swee Keat; and Yeoh Oon Jin, chairman, SID. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Guest of honour DPM Heng Swee Keat interacting with guests at the gala event. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Edmund Lin, chairman, South-east Asia, Bain & Company; Tow Heng Tan, chairman, Sembcorp Industries receiving the trophy for the Special Recognition Award for Transformation from DPM Heng Swee Keat; with Pauline Goh, SID second vice-chair, on the far right. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Judy Ng, Isca vice-president; Shariq Barmaky, country managing partner, Deloitte Singapore, and panel chair for Best Chief Financial Officer Award; Chew Kum Ee, chief financial officer, SBS Transit, who was named Best Chief Financial Officer (mid-caps); and Teo Ser Luck, president, Isca. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Lee Suan Hiang, co-chair, Best Investor Relations Award panel; Kevin Chng, chief financial officer, Keppel which clinched a silver Best Investor Relations award (large caps); and Chan Yeng Kit, CEO, SPH Media. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Ong Chong Tee, chairman, Acra; Lin Yi, executive director and CEO, China Aviation Oil, mid-cap gold winner for Best Risk Management; Adrian Chan, vice-chairman of SID; and Lee Sze Yeng, managing partner, KPMG in Singapore. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Prof Tan Cheng Han, chairman, Singapore Exchange Regulation; Hong Leong Asia’s executive director and head of sustainability and corporate affairs, Kwek Pei Xuan, with the trophy for Best Annual Report (mid-caps); Eleanor Lee, partner, EY, and panel chair, Best Annual Report; Liew Nam Soon, regional managing partner, Asean and country managing partner, Singapore and Brunei, EY. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Lynn Kong, wife of mid-cap Best CEO winner Kong Chee Min (holding trophy), CEO, Centurion Corporation, with Patrick Lee, CEO, Singapore and Asean, Standard Chartered. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Lim See Wah, chairman and CEO, Hyphens Pharma (left); and Chen Huifen, editor, The Business Times. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Max Loh (left), board director, SPH Media; and Lee Sze Leong, CEO and managing director, Sing Investments & Finance. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • The Sembcorp family, from left: Bennett Neo, chief operating officer; Lim Kwang Ming, head, group investment management and Nuraliza Osman, group general counsel, Sembcorp Industries. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Prof Tan Cheng Han, chairman, Singapore Exchange Regulation and Stella Choe, global head, corporate coverage, corporate and investment banking, Standard Chartered. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Ted Tan, chairman, CSE Global, whose chief executive bagged the Best CEO award for small-caps. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Emcees for the evening, Christian Chin, co head of the corporate mergers and acquisitions department, Allen and Gledhill and Nuraliza Osman, group general counsel, Sembcorp Industries. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • Cecilia Tan, (left), CEO, Sasseur Reit and Anthea Lee, CEO, Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • From left: Sean Quek, senior portfolio manager, Paragon Capital Management Singapore; Chew Sutat, chairman and co-founder, Shan De Advisors; Joan Ng, senior correspondent, The Business Times, and co-chair, Best Investor Relations Panel; and Don Wee, council member, Isca. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • The trio from CDL, (from left): Gerald Yong, chief investment officer; Kwek Eik Sheng, group chief operating officer; and Reagan Lim, head of enterprise risk management, City Developments Ltd. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG
    • The team’s there to celebrate Sembcorp’s achievements. Chief executive Wong Kim Yin was named Best CEO for companies above S$1 billion in market capitalisation. The group also clinched the Special Recognition for Transformation award. ALL PHOTOS: AZMI BIN SAID, KHIDZER CHONG

    OUTSTANDING listed companies and business leaders were honoured for their corporate governance achievements at the 19th Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA), co-organised by The Business Times, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (Isca) and the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).

    This year’s ceremony was held on Aug 27 at The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore and saw 36 companies and six individuals clinch awards.

    Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat, who was the guest of honour at the black-tie dinner, spoke on the key role played by boards and the importance of corporate governance.

    Several listed companies won multiple awards at the event, which was sponsored by Standard Chartered Bank. They include Sembcorp Industries , Keppel , ComfortDelGro Group, Hong Leong Asia and CSE Global .

    Sembcorp’s Wong Kim Yin was named Best CEO for companies above S$1 billion in market capitalisation. The group also clinched the Special Recognition for Transformation award.

    Keppel won two silver awards, one each under the Best Risk Management and Best Investor Relations categories; while Keppel Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) won silver for Best Annual Report under the Reits and business trusts category.

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    Within ComfortDelGro, Vicom and SBS Transit together clinched one gold, one silver and two bronzes for mid-caps. SBS Transit’s Chew Kum Ee was also named Best Chief Financial Officer in the mid-cap category.

    Hong Leong Asia won gold for Best Managed Boards in the mid-cap category and silver for its annual report.

    CSE Global’s Lim Boon Kheng walked away with Best CEO for small-caps, while the group won two golds for Best Risk Management and Best Annual Report.

    A new award was also introduced in this edition of SCA: Distinction in Sustainability Reporting, which was awarded to City Developments (large-caps) and NetLink NBN Trust (Reits and business trusts).

    SCA is supported by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and the Singapore Exchange.

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