EnterpriseSG appoints new managing director amid change in leadership model

Source: CNA

SINGAPORE: Enterprise Singapore will get a new managing director next month, with Prime Minister's Office (PMO) deputy secretary Cindy Khoo assuming the role, the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said on Wednesday (Feb 14).

The appointment comes as EnterpriseSG changes its leadership model - from the current structure of having a non-executive chairman and a CEO - to one that will have an executive chairman and a managing director.

Ms Khoo, who is in PMO's Strategy Group, will take over as managing director on Mar 1 and relinquish her appointment at PMO on Apr 1. She replaces Mr Jeffrey Siow, who stepped down from his role at EnterpriseSG at the end of last year.

After starting her public service at MTI as a trade officer, Ms Khoo went on to handle different portfolios in the Ministry of Health, PMO, Public Service Division and the Ministry of Education.

She joined the PMO's Strategy Group in 2019 before taking on her current role in September 2021.

Mr Siow became EnterpriseSG's first managing director and CEO in September 2021, before being appointed Second Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Manpower on Jan 1, 2024.

Prior to these roles, Mr Siow was principal private secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He has also served in other capacities at the transport, education, and manpower ministries and at the PMO.

"On behalf of MTI, I would like to thank Jeffrey for his leadership at EnterpriseSG, and for his many contributions to the advancement of local enterprises and transformation of key industries," said MTI Permanent Secretary of development Beh Swan Gin.