Lucas Chow
| Lucas Chow Wing Keung | |
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| File:MediaCorp CEO Lucas Chow 20110126.jpg
Lucas Chow speaking at the movie premiere of It's a Great, Great World
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| Born | 1953/1954 (age 70–71) [1] Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Singaporean[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Aston |
| Occupation | Chairman, Health Promotion Board |
Lucas Chow Wing Keung, better known as Lucas Chow is the former Chief Executive Officer of MediaCorp, SingTel Mobile.[3] and Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Far East Orchard.
He is currently the Chairman of Health Promotion Board[4] and a member of the Board of Trustees of National University of Singapore[5]
Early life
Chow was born in Hong Kong and subsequently granted Singapore citizenship.[2] He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Aston, United Kingdom.[5]
Career
Chow started his career at Hewlett-Packard where he worked for over 20 years and eventually becoming the company's head in Singapore.[2][6]
He joined SingTel in May 1998 and was subsequently appointed Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Mobile. In July 2000, he was appointed Executive Vice-President of Consumer Business and responsible for the fixed-line, multimedia and mobile communications services. He assumed the position of Executive Vice-President of Corporate Business in April 2004, looking after the telecommunications needs of corporate customers.[3]
He joined MediaCorp in 2005. During his tenure at Mediacorp, he served as the chairman of Smart Alliance, a regional broadcasters’ association, to cooperate along three areas — content, sales and marketing, and technology — and capitalise on the economies of scale and combined market that the region can offer.[7]
He relinquished his position as CEO of MediaCorp in July 2011.[7] and assuming the post of Executive Director at Far East Organization (FEO).[8]
On March 2012, Chow was appointed the CEO of Far East Orchard (previously known as Orchard Parade Holdings), a subsidiary of FEO.[1][9] He was re-designated as Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on July 12, 2012.
In June 2014, FEO announced that Chow will retire on September 1, 2014.[10]
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