Mr Tan Tong Hai
President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr Tan Tong Hai was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on 11 August 2005. Under his leadership, SCS regained profitability within a year of his joining. Mr Tan leads a regional team of more than 2,400 ICT professionals to take SCS’ business to greater heights

Before joining SCS, Mr Tan was President and CEO of NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet (PacNet), where he turned the company around from a loss position within a year of joining and subsequently delivered 14 consecutive quarters of profit. Before PacNet, Mr Tan was CEO of StarHub Internet.

A graduate (with honours) in electrical engineering from the National University of Singapore, Mr Tan began his career at IBM and worked there for 11 years. He developed an intimate knowledge of the systems integration business, and held many management positions, including that of General Manager of International Application Solutions Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM, focusing on business applications for small and medium enterprises.

An active business leader, Mr Tan currently serves as a Council Member of Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation, a member of Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Information Technology Advisory Committee and a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry IT advisory panel. He was previously a Council Member of Singapore Computer Society and Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation, and also a member of the Chinese editorial advisory committee of Singapore Press Holdings.

Mr Vincent Phua Chin Chor
Chief Financial Officer

Mr Vincent Phua Chin Chor was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 12 September 2005. Mr Phua is responsible for the overall financial management of the SCS Group, with a focus on increasing operational efficiencies to maximise shareholder returns.

Mr Phua has more than 25 years’ experience heading the regional and group finance functions. Before joining SCS, Mr Phua served as Senior Vice-President, Group Financial Controller of MediaCorp Pte Ltd, where he was instrumental in strengthening the finance team and streamlining internal processes.

Between 1993 and 2001, Mr Phua was the Director of Finance (Asia) for EDS International (Singapore) Pte Ltd. At EDS, he started the finance team which subsequently grew to an 85-person unit, implemented effective project management and costing systems in EDS Singapore during its early investment phase, set up subsidiaries and forged joint ventures in ASEAN. Prior to EDS, Mr Phua worked for two German IT MNCs namely Siemens-Nixdorf Information Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd and Nixdorf Computer (Singapore) Pte Ltd for 10 years.

Mr Alvin Kok
Executive Vice-President, International

Mr Alvin Kok Kah Sing joined SCS as Executive Vice-President, International, on 3 May 2004 from Baan Asia Pacific where he held the position of Vice-President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific. Mr Kok has more than 25 years’ experience in areas such as software development and implementation, consulting, sales and marketing and the management of business operations. Mr Kok has also held leadership positions in Onyx Software, Asia Commerce Inc. and JD Edwards, playing an instrumental role in expanding markets within the Asia-Pacific.

As Executive Vice-President, International, Mr Kok is responsible for charting the profitability and growth of SCS’ overseas operations and to grow SCS’ regional accounts.

Mr Vincent Lim Shuh Moh
Executive Vice-President, Sales & Marketing

Mr Vincent Lim Shuh Moh joined SCS on 1 March 2001 from Infonet Systems & Services Pte Ltd (Infonet), where he held the position of Managing Director. He was promoted to the position of Executive Vice-President, Sales & Marketing on 1 April 2006.

Mr Lim has more than 25 years’ experience the IT industry. Prior to Infonet, Mr Lim spent 11 years with SCS where he rose through the ranks to be the General Manager Enterprise Computing Business Unit before leaving for Infonet. After he rejoined SCS, he was the General Manager Sales & Marketing (Enterprise Systems Unit) before it was spun-off as Enterprise Systems Pte Ltd (ESPL), a subsidiary of SCS. Mr Lim was the Chief Operating Officer, and then Chief Executive Officer of ESPL. He was later promoted to Senior Vice President, Integrated Infrastructure Solutions and then Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

As Executive Vice-President, Sales & Marketing, Mr Lim is responsible for the client and partner relationship functions, to strengthen SCS’ ties with these stakeholders.

Mr Edison Foo Meng Keat
Executive Vice-President, Enterprise Risk Management

Mr Edison Foo Meng Keat joined SCS on 14 August 2006 as Executive Vice-President, Enterprise Risk Management. Mr Foo, a lawyer by training, is responsible for the overall enterprise risk management of the SCS Group. In this role, he focuses on establishing best practices for bid and project management, legal and compliance management, and pursuing world-recognised standards and certifications. He is also involved in the valuation, protection and management of SCS’ intellectual property in Singapore and overseas.

Prior to joining SCS, Mr Foo was Chief Executive Officer, co-founder and director of Alex, Edison & Bridge Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based company established in late 2002 to provide intellectual property and technology commercialisation services. Concurrently with running Alex, Edison & Bridge, Mr Foo was also the Director of IBM Life Sciences, ASEAN and South Asia, responsible for business development in ASEAN and South Asia for the IBM Life Science solution portfolio.

Between 1991 and 2000, Mr Foo rose through the ranks at IBM to become Senior Counsel of IBM’s ASEAN and South Asia Operations, and was recognised for exemplary dedication and outstanding contribution at IBM.