Mr Chris Ong was appointed as an executive director and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company on 28 February 2023. He was previously the CEO of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd from 1 July 2017.

Mr Ong is a board member of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation, the Institute of Technical Education Board of Governors, and the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Institute of Technology Industry Advisory Panel for Marine, Naval Architecture and Offshore course. He is a council member of Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas and a committee member of American Bureau of Shipping.

Mr Ong holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Electronics) and Master of Science (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from the National University of Singapore and has completed Berkeley-Nanyang’s Advanced Management Programme.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tan heads the Group’s overall finance function, which covers corporate finance, treasury, accounting, reporting, and taxation. Mr Tan has over 40 years’ of extensive experience in finance and accounting.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Tan was the Chief Financial Officer of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd and the Group Controller of Keppel Corporation Limited. Mr Tan’s previous directorships include Dyna-Mac Holdings Limited, Penguin International Limited, K1 Ventures Limited and Keppel Philippines Holding Limited.

Mr Tan is a Fellow of Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants and a Member of Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Chor manages an operating system across the EPCI value chain to design and deliver complex, and commercially viable solutions to meet unique customer needs. He creates an integrated approach to lead and mobilise large, complex, and diverse technical and engineering workforce and operations across multiple sites, businesses, and geographies. Mr Chor has vast experience in leading Commercial, Engineering, Operations, HSE, Quality, Supply Chain, and Project Management departments to deliver projects on-time and on-budget.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Chor was the Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director (Conversions & Repairs) at Keppel Offshore & Marine. He sat on the boards of numerous subsidiaries of Keppel Offshore and Marine. In addition, Mr Chor is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), The Marine Technical Committee (TMTC) of ABS, Singapore Technical Committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Lloyd’s Register Southeast Asia Technical Committee (SEATC) and Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) Advisory Panel.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Naval Architect & Shipbuilding and Master of Science in Marine Technology from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He had also attended the General Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Lee is responsible for the formulation and implementation of people strategy to achieve organisation goals. She leads the assessment and design of organisation development system, global people management processes, and leadership and capabilities-building to promote business excellence and competitive advantage.

Dr Lee has held various leadership and board appointments at Keppel Offshore and Marine, steered and worked with teams from more than 10 countries. She has extensive experience working with customers, unions, government agencies, classified societies, research institutes and tertiary education institutions. Prior to joining this industry, Dr Lee was Associate Professor and Director of the Nanyang Fellows EMBA Programme at Nanyang Technological University.

Dr Lee holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics (Honours) from California State University, Northridge. She also holds a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis, and Doctor of Philosophy in Management from University of Cincinnati. Dr Lee also completed post-doctoral programmes from Harvard Business School, Center of Creative Leadership and University of Denver.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lim manages the Group’s overall risk function which includes risk management, compliance, internal audit and security. Mr Lim has over 30 years’ of professional experience in merger & acquisition, investments stewardship, corporate governance, risk management, control and compliance in the power industry.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Lim held various leadership positions with Singapore Power Limited in the field of general management, risk management, asset management and business development. His previous senior appointments with Singapore Power Limited include Head of Compliance and Operational Audit, Head of Strategic Investments, Head of Regulatory Management and Deputy CEO of SPI Australia Assets Pte Ltd.

Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from National University of Singapore. He had also attended the Global Leadership Program at Harvard Business School and Enhancing Board Stewardship Program from Temasek Holdings Stewardship and Corporate Governance Centre.

Mr Aziz Merchant reports to the Chief Executive Officer and he manages technology development for new product development for offshore renewables, new energy, green oil & gas, autonomous ship solutions, amongst others. He has over 25 years’ extensive design & engineering experience in offshore oil & gas development projects and offshore/marine vessel designs. He has more than 100 international scientific patents granted or filed under his name. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore since 2014.

Prior to his current appointment, he was the Director of Engineering at Keppel Offshore & Marine and Executive Director at Keppel Marine & Deepwater Technology.

He has received a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class) in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from University of Glasgow and a Master for Science (MSc) in Naval Architecture from University College London. He had also attended the General Management Program (GMP) at Harvard Business School.

Mr Gu reports to the Chief Executive Officer. He manages the Rigs & Floaters business, which includes product areas such as construction and conversion of FPSO, FDPSO, FSO, FPU, FLNG and MOPU; as well as drillships, semi-submersibles rigs, jack-up rigs, TLPs, SPARs, Sevan cylindrical floaters and Gravifloat units.

Mr Gu plays a key role in establishing long-term partnerships with offshore vessel and rig owners. He is instrumental in strengthening the Sembcorp Marine brand among oil majors.

Mr Gu holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Marlin Khiew reports to the Chief Executive Officer. He manages the business lines for the America units which includes FPSO, FSO, FPU, TLWP, FLNG, FSRU, drilling semi-submersibles, amongst others. He also heads the Brazil business units with his vast experience in the Brazil offshore market. Over the years, Mr Khiew has been instrumental in establishing strong partnerships with clienteles in the Americas.

Prior to his current appointment, Mr Khiew has held various management positions in engineering, projects, operations, and a commercial director role in Keppel Offshore and Marine and its subsidiaries in Singapore, as well as in Brazil. He has also held the chairmanship in the board of Floatel International Ltd.

Mr Khiew holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering and specialised in Naval Architecture) from University of British Columbia, Canada. He had also attended the Advanced Management Program at National University of Singapore Business School.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Wong manages the Fixed Platforms business, which covers International Renewables Offshore Substations, Oil and Gas Offshore Platforms.

Mr Wong has been with Sembcorp Marine for 30 years. He was Vice President of Offshore Platforms since 2017, focusing on products such as process, drilling, wellhead, power generation and accommodation platforms, offshore sub-stations and LNG modules.

Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Marine Engineering from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.

Mr Gan reports to the Chief Executive Officer. He manages the Repairs & Upgrades business, which includes product areas such as repair, refurbishment, retrofitting, life extension and upgrading of vessels, offshore and marine structures and MODUs; as well as ship type upgrades and conversions.

Mr Gan joined Sembcorp Marine in 1995 and has held various production and project management positions in the Group’s ship repairs and upgrades business. He was most recently Assistant General Manager at Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard, with responsibility for LNG business development and project management.

Mr Gan has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, UK.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Ms Tan is responsible for group legal and corporate secretarial functions. She is currently Joint Company Secretary.

Ms Tan joined Sembcorp Marine in 2003. She was called to the Singapore Bar in 1992 and was in private practice for a number of years before joining Sembcorp Parks Management as an in-house counsel.

Ms Tan holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from the National University of Singapore.