Wong Kim Yin

Group President & CEO
Joined 2020

Mr Wong is Group President & CEO of Sembcorp Industries. He is a member of the board’s Executive Committee and Technology Advisory Panel.

Mr Wong has over 20 years of leadership experience in the energy sector and investment management. Formerly the Group Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Power (SP Group), a leading energy utilities group in the Asia Pacific, Mr Wong led the transformation of the company towards an increased focus on sustainability and innovation.

Prior to the SP Group, Mr Wong was Senior Managing Director, Investments, at Temasek International, and was responsible for investments in the energy, transportation and industrial sectors. Before joining Temasek, he was with The AES Corporation, a global power company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, managing project development and mergers and acquisitions across the Asia Pacific.

Mr Wong is also the Chairman of SkillsFuture Singapore, a government agency focused on lifelong learning under the Singapore Ministry of Education. He is also a director of SeaTown Holdings, China Venture Capital Fund Corporation, DSO National Laboratories and the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.

Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Information Systems from the National University of Singapore and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Graham Cockroft

Group Chief Financial Officer
Joined 2018

Mr Cockroft is Group Chief Financial Officer of Sembcorp Industries.

Mr Cockroft brings with him a strong financial background and extensive international experience in the electricity and gas business. Prior to his current appointment, Mr Cockroft was with Contact Energy for close to a decade, serving as Chief Financial Officer for six years, and before that as Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for the company’s wholesale and generation functions. He also spent close to two decades with BG Group, holding various senior strategy, business development and operational roles, primarily in the UK and South America, and formerly worked in investment banking and treasury. 

Mr Cockroft holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Commerce from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and a Masters in Finance from the London Business School in the UK.

Koh Chiap Khiong

CEO, Singapore, Southeast Asia & China
Joined 2008

Mr Koh is CEO of Singapore, Southeast Asia and China at Sembcorp. He is responsible for driving the strategic direction and growth of these markets. 

Mr Koh brings with him deep knowledge of the energy and water sectors, extensive experience in managing infrastructure businesses, as well as a strong financial background. Prior to his current appointment, Mr Koh held various senior appointments in Sembcorp, including serving as the Group CFO from 1999 to 2018 as well as the head of finance and chief risk officer at its Utilities business. In 2017, he was also the Group’s Chief Transformation Officer where he oversaw Sembcorp’s efforts to strengthen its organisation and capabilities in line with its business strategy. Mr Koh was previously CFO of Power Seraya.

Mr Koh holds a First Class Honours degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA.

Vipul Tuli

CEO, South Asia
Joined 2015

Mr Tuli is the CEO of Sembcorp South Asia and oversees Sembcorp’s investments and key stakeholder relationships in India and Bangladesh. Concurrently, he is the Managing Director of Sembcorp Energy India Limited, a leading independent power company in India wholly-owned by Sembcorp. 

Mr Tuli has 25 years of experience in the energy sector, spanning power generation, fuel management, upstream oil and gas, refining, marketing and distribution, petrochemicals and speciality chemicals. Before joining Sembcorp, he was a senior partner with McKinsey & Company (McKinsey), where he worked for clients in the energy sector and helped build and lead McKinsey’s Asian energy practice. He has also advised government institutions on issues of energy policy, organisation, industry structure, and regulation.

Mr Tuli holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology (Chemical Engineering) from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi, India and received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Calcutta, India.

Andy Koss

CEO, UK & the Middle East
Joined 2020

Mr Koss is the CEO of Sembcorp UK and the Middle East. He oversees the company’s operations comprising large-scale industrial assets on the Wilton International site owned by Sembcorp and a portfolio of flexible gas engines and battery energy storage systems located across the UK, as well as the company’s business interests in the Middle East.

Mr Koss has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial and energy sectors. Prior to joining Sembcorp, he spent 15 years at Drax Group. There, he rose to the position of CEO of Generation and was responsible for the group’s UK power generation sites and key functions including trading, fuel procurement, as well as supply chain and logistics. He was deputy group treasurer of Provident Financial, and has held various accounting and investment banking roles including Coopers & Lybrand, UBS and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Mr Koss is a qualified chartered accountant, treasurer and holds a first class honours degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics from the University of Warwick in the UK.

Kelvin Teo

CEO, Urban
Joined 1993

Mr Teo is CEO of Sembcorp's Urban business, and he focuses on the overall planning, positioning, development, marketing and management of our integrated urban developments comprising industrial parks, innovation hubs, commercial and residential projects.

With over two decades at Sembcorp, Mr Teo has been involved in the start-up and joint venture management of all of Sembcorp Development's projects across Vietnam, China and Indonesia and India. Prior to his current appointment, Mr Teo served as the Urban Development business' President and Chief Operating Officer, as well as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr Teo is a member of the Singapore-Jiangsu Cooperation Council and the Singapore-Sichuan Trade and Investment Council, and was conferred the prestigious Friendship Medal by the President of Vietnam, for his long-standing contribution to Vietnam-Singapore economic cooperation.

An accountant by training, Mr Teo is an affiliate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the UK and holds a Diploma in Business Studies (with Merit) from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore. He completed the Senior Executive Programme jointly conducted by Harvard Business School, USA and Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management, China, as well as the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in France.

Tan Cheng Guan

Executive Vice President, Group President & CEO’s Office

Joined 1990-2004 & 2007-Present

Mr Tan is Executive Vice President at the Group President & CEO’s Office, leading a team with diverse talents to further develop and build technical capabilities to support the company’s existing and new businesses. He is also the chairman of Sembcorp’s Climate Change Working Committee, driving the company’s performance towards climate-related metrics and targets and overseeing key initiatives such as risk mitigation, opportunities, and greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation.

Prior to this appointment, Mr Tan was Sembcorp’s Head of Renewables & Environment, driving the company’s growth in renewable energy, water and waste-to-resource businesses.

Mr Tan has broad experience in engineering, strategy, business and project development for the utilities industry. He led engineering and project management for the oil and gas sector at Brown & Root Far East for 12 years, where he was based in the UK and various locations in Malaysia. As Managing Director of Vopak China, he was based in Shanghai and oversaw the growth and operations of Vopak’s businesses in the country.

In his earlier stint at Sembcorp, Mr Tan pioneered the early development of the Group's Utilities business on Jurong Island in Singapore and subsequently led the business' expansion into China, India, the UK, the Middle East, Myanmar and Bangladesh. 

Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours) from the University of Liverpool, UK and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA.

Robert Chong

Chief Corporate & Human Resource Officer

Joined 2020

Mr Chong is Chief Corporate & Human Resource Officer of Sembcorp Industries.

He has over 30 years of senior management experience in leading the human resource and various corporate functions supporting business growth and transformation.

Mr Chong has deep expertise in business and organisational transformation, having helmed senior roles at various global companies such as the Shangri-La Group, Keppel Corporation Limited, Temasek International and Shell (Asia Pacific & Middle East).

Certified as a Master Professional by the Institute for Human Resource Professionals, Mr Chong is an active advocator and contributor in developing senior HR leaders.

Mr Chong holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration in Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University. In addition, he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA, and other senior leadership programmes at INSEAD, France, and IMD, Switzerland.

Matthew Friedman

Chief Digital Officer
Joined 2017

Matthew Friedman is Chief Digital Officer of Sembcorp Industries. His focus is on driving business growth through the digitalisation of business operations and processes. He also drives innovation through technology and technology investments at Sembcorp, and oversees the company’s efforts to build a secure technical and digital environment.

Mr Friedman has over two decades’ experience in the technology industry. Prior to joining Sembcorp, he spent 16 years at IBM, where he was responsible for leading a team of over 500 people and delivered over US$5 billion in annual revenue by helping leading global and regional technology companies digitise their service delivery and solution platforms. Mr Friedman also previously co-founded a successful management consulting firm, which became MarchFirst, one of the largest web integrators in the world in the late 1990s.

Mr Friedman received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Economics (Honours) from Skidmore College, USA and completed the Senior Leadership Program at Harvard Business School, USA.

Looi Lee Hwa

General Counsel
Joined 2018

Ms Looi is General Counsel of Sembcorp Industries, and oversees legal, compliance and ethics matters as well as corporate secretariat functions within the Group.

She brings to Sembcorp rich experience in her field, having worked in legal and compliance positions in a number of industries, including shipping, manufacturing as well as oil and gas. Prior to joining Sembcorp, Ms Looi was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary at Neptune Orient Lines Group as well as at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing.  

Ms Looi holds an LLB (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore and was admitted to the bar as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Kenneth Lui

Chief Risk Officer
Joined 2019

Kenneth Lui is Chief Risk Officer of Sembcorp Industries, responsible for developing and overseeing the Group’s risk governance framework, recommending its risk appetite and ensuring the risks faced by the business are managed in order to support its sustainable growth.

Mr Lui has over two decades of experience in risk management, having worked across various industry sectors primarily in banking, finance and real estate. Before joining Sembcorp, he served as Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise Risk Management at Ascendas Singbridge, responsible for the group’s global risk management framework. Prior to that, he worked in Bank of America Merrill Lynch Singapore, Deutsche Bank Singapore and Sydney, and other global banks holding leadership roles in operational risk and control.

Mr Lui holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, Australia. He is also a chartered accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Australia and a member of the Global Association of Risk Professionals.