Ho Ching's 'Yes' Team

[MarrickG]

I suppose after failing to get Goodyear to do what they wanted him to do, they decided to look for others willing to be "Yes" men...Not PSC quality?

Ho Ching's team

Working alongside CEO Ho Ching is a team with 'a diversity of backgrounds'. -- PHOTOS: TEMASEK HOLDINGS, KEPPEL CORP, WWW.DANAMON.CO.ID, ST FILE PHOTO, BUSINESS TIMES

NOW that Temasek Holdings' bid to hire a leader from outside the company has failed, the spotlight is turning to the possible candidates within.

Formerly Temasek's chief investment officer in charge of overseeing all investment decisions, he became chief strategist in December 2006 while Temasek was grappling with the fallout from its takeover of Shin Corp earlier that year. Mr Ong, formerly with Lazard Freres & Co in New York, joined Temasek in 2002.

Working alongside chief executive officer Ho Ching is a top management team with 'a diversity of backgrounds and experiences', according to Temasek's annual report last year.

But there are some common threads: a few previously worked with Ms Ho at Singapore Technologies, while others were recruited from high-level positions at Temasek-linked companies. Several are former military officers.

Temasek watchers say one of them might be asked to step up to the plate in the future as the firm may find it harder now to recruit another CEO externally.

'If you go around trawling for outside talent now, you already have a bad precedent in the sense that nobody is quite clear why Chip Goodyear left and no one knows what the strategic differences are,' said an investment analyst who asked not to be named.

So who exactly are Ho Ching's right-hand men and women and what sort of industry experience do they have? The Straits Times surveys the deck.

 

[JohnTT]

All the 'Yes' men. Make me sick.

 

[DearestGodlikeWarlord]

All the 'Yes' men. Make me sick.

Can't say no to that one.

 

[FuckSamLeong]

"Yes Men", Scapegoats, Fall Guys to the Dowager behind the Curtain!

 

[Blazars]

Read the news last nite on States Times. KNN. All of them are either pappy scholars, former military personel or FTs. CCB!! Sometimes i wonder how a military personel can serve 20+ yrs in mindef then suddenly become a head/president of a dept in a commercial company??
!&!!

 

[makapaaa]

U toking abt me? *chey*​

 

[Einfield]

U toking abt me? *chey*​

He look like a North Korean Spy

 

[Einfield]

From the pics, you can tell they will all say "Yes,Yes Yes" and nod their head so fast that it falls off.

 

[hairylee]

It is "YES MA'AM"!

 

[Eurekas]

U toking abt me? *chey*​

Is he from North Korea?

 

[ahleebabasingaporethief]

U toking abt me? *chey*​

Wah lau ...North Korean trained ah? Hair style si beb like Kim Jong IL lah.

But seriously now we know why LOSING money like crazy. From military to business and investments? The world is LAUGHING

 

[Perspective]

Wah lau ...North Korean trained ah? Hair style si beb like Kim Jong IL lah.

But seriously now we know why LOSING money like crazy. From military to business and investments? The world is LAUGHING

Actually he does really look like Kim's eldest son (can't remember the name).