SMRT Chairman Seah Moon Ming steps down as CEO of oil & gas company to focus on SMRT
He wants to focus on his work at the very beleaguered transport operator.
By Sulaiman Daud | 19 hours
Can someone lead two companies at the same time? It seems like the answer is no, if one of those companies happens to be SMRT.
On Tuesday, Dec. 5, local oil and gas company Pavilion Energy announced that its CEO Seah Moon Ming, who also happens to be Chairman at SMRT (yes, that SMRT), will by end-January next year step down from his post at the firm.
He will retain his role until he is replaced on Feb. 1, 2018.
You might remember Seah’s name — we first met him in the middle of October at a long-awaited press conference on the Oct. 7 Bishan tunnel flooding incident, where he was the only high-ranking SMRT official to bow in apology for what happened.
You can read part of the statement below, and the full statement here:
“Pavilion Energy has announced that Mr. Frédéric Barnaud will succeed Mr. Seah Moon Ming as CEO of both Pavilion Energy and its subsidiary, Pavilion Gas, on 1 February 2018.
Pavilion Energy Chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, thanked Mr. Seah for the pivotal role he played in the creation and success of the company, and expressed his confidence that the Group would transition well to its new leadership.”
Priority: SMRT
The company’s chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican, gave Seah a glowing tribute in the announcement, but also mentioned Seah’s intention to focus on SMRT upon his appointment as its Chairman:
“When he was appointed as Chairman of SMRT Corp in July, Moon Ming had indicated his wish to devote more of his time and focus his attention to this new role, once a suitable successor (for him as CEO) had been identified.
The Board then embarked on a global search to identify a suitable candidate to take Pavilion Energy forward on its next phase of growth. We were delighted that Frédéric has agreed to join the company. The Board is confident that Moon Ming leaves the Group in a strong position, and the Group will transit to new leadership well based on these solid foundations.”
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I hope Mr Seah is able to clean up SMRT poor service record and make the public trust SMRT trains again . If not it will be going to from bad to worse . It will interesting to find out who is Mr. Seah