The Executive Council

Onno Boots joined GEODIS in October 2016 as Asia-Pacific Area Director for Freight Forwarding. Prior to this, he was CEO of Celebi Aviation Holding. He began his career in Freight Forwarding at Air Express International and Cargolux Airlines International before joining the TNT Group where he held various positions for more than 20 years, most notably as Director of Asia. He took over his current position at GEODIS in May 2018.

Koh Jin Kiat is currently the Director of Business Growth at Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP). BRP Inc is a Canadian company making various vehicles. Once part of Bombardier Inc., it was founded in 1942 as L’Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée (Bombardier Snowmobile Limited) by Joseph-Armand Bombardier at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. BRP has a long legacy of innovation and has multiple brands: Ski-Doo (snowmobiles), Can-Am motorcycles (ATVs and Can-Am Spyder and Ryker three-wheeled vehicles), Sea-Doo (personal watercraft), Lynx (snowmobile), Evinrude Outboard Motors, and Rotax. 

Prior to his, he was the Director, Regional Sales Operations at Harley-Davidson. He was responsible for demand and supply planning; as well fulfillment for Harley-Davidson’s sales and distribution channels in the region. Before joining Harley-Davidson, Jin Kiat was the Operations Director at Reader’s Digest Asia, where he was responsible for Reader’s Digest B2B and B2C operations. Prior to that, he was Asia Pacific Director, Global Automotive Solutions at Menlo Worldwide, a global supply chain management company.

During his tenure at Menlo Worldwide, Jin Kiat was also a pioneer of Vector SCM, a global supply chain 4PL joint-venture between General Motors and CNF, Inc., Menlo Worldwide’s parent company. Jin Kiat’s supply chain and operations experience spans both B2B and B2C sectors in industrial and commercial environments, and has successfully developed customer-centric supply chain solutions for large multi-national corporations. Jin Kiat graduated from Nanyang Business School in Singapore with a Bachelor of Business (Marketing); and has an MBA from Manchester Business School in the UK. He is also a certified trainer with the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment (ACTA) qualifications awarded by the Workforce Development Agency (WDA) of Singapore.

Jorge is originally from Spain where he graduated as an engineer in the fields of Telecommunications and also in Computer Science and Information Technology Management with the University of Catalunya. 

Jorge has a wide international experience of more than 20 years in scope of Procurement and Supply Chain Management. He initiated his career in Spain and evolved towards leadership roles in the field of strategy, business  transformation and performance management in the Center of Excellence of Vodafone Group in Germany and UK.

Jorge is passionate about Procurement, Supply Chain Management and Business Transformation. Over the last years Jorge has been leading and developing international and multicultural teams in the field of Strategic Procurement and Supply Chain Management He was instrumental steering the centralization of procurement operations of a major Telecommunications Group as Vodafone across Europe and AMAP.

Jorge also led the transformation of procurement of Maxis Broadband in Malaysia developing team capabilities for strategic procurement while enhancing the strategic impact and added value of procurement. Since May 2019 Jorge is leading SCM and Procurement operations for devices and IoT as Vice President of Group Procurement at Telenor Group.

Nowadays Jorge is s a well-known procurement leader in Europe and in Asia Pacific. He was recently awarded by CIPS as “Procurement and Supply Chain Management Professional of the year 2019 in Asia as well as shortlisted to the categories of Procurement Leader, Transformation and Excellence by Procurement Leaders in 2018.

Mr Ngien Hoon Ping is the Group Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of SMRT Corporation Ltd. He is the Chairman of Strides Engineering Pte. Ltd., Strides International Business Pte. Ltd., Strides Taxi Pte. Ltd., Strides Far East Pte. Ltd., SMRT Experience Pte. Ltd. and Momentum Venture Capital Pte. Ltd.. He is the Deputy Chairman of SMRT Buses Ltd., Vice Chairman of Shenzhen Zona Transportation Group Co., Ltd. He is also a Director of SMRT Trains Ltd., SMRT TEL Pte. Ltd., SMRT RTS Pte. Ltd. and SMRT Capital Pte. Ltd..

Mr Ngien sits on the Board of Energy Market Authority (EMA). He also serves as a member of the National University of Singapore Industrial System Engineering and Management Department Consultative Committee.

Mr Ngien was the CEO of FairPrice Group’s Supply Chain Business from September 2020 to June 2022. Prior to that, he was the Chief Executive of Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) from 2016 to 2020.

Before joining LTA, Mr Ngien served as Deputy Secretary (Performance) in the Ministry of Finance. Prior to this, Mr Ngien served for more than 15 years in the fields of maintenance, engineering, logistics and operations. He served as a member of the Institute of Technical Education’s Board of Governors (2009 to 2013) and as a Board member of the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (2012 to 2016), LTA (2014 to 2020) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (2016 to 2021). He also served as a member in the Boards of ST Logistics, ST Electronics (Info-Software Systems) Pte. Ltd., ST Aerospace Supplies Pte Ltd and ST Logistics Pte. Ltd..

Mr Ngien holds a Bachelor in Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. He also holds a Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the National University of Singapore. He attended Executive Programmes at INSEAD and IMD. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers. He was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) in 2007 and was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2015.

Lee Eng Keat is an Executive Director at Group Foreign Direct Investment Advisory, UOB. He is responsible for developing partnerships with government agencies, trade associations and professional service providers. These partnerships support the Bank’s efforts to help companies set up and to grow their operations as they tap opportunities across Asia.

Eng Keat brings over two decades of experience with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to UOB. During his time at EDB, he developed strategies to engage global logistics, utility and agrifood companies to drive their investments into Singapore.

In his current portfolio, Chung Ming is responsible for facilitating companies in the Aviation, Maritime and Land Transport Sectors in Singapore and their ventures overseas. This encompasses co-ordination with ESG’s global centres to develop trade and investment linkages between Singapore and global markets, providing in-market facilitation, market insights, intelligence, business & government connections, and consultancy advice for market entry and expansion into various regions.

Chung Ming has been the Group Director for the China Group between May 2011 and November 2015. As Group Director of China Group,Chung Ming oversees the agency’s operations in China where it has nine overseas centres. Chung Ming is also responsible for developing and implementing strategies and policies to assist the expansion of Singapore-based companies into China.