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Nov 6, 2009
Insead honours SPH CEO <!--10 min-->
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Mr Chan was among the second batch of 10 outstanding individuals cited by Insead's Dean Frank Brown during the school's Leadership Summit Asia held at the Singapore campus on Friday. -- PHOTO: SPH
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SINGAPORE Press Holdings CEO Alan Chan was named on Friday as one of the 50 Insead alumni to have had an exceptional career and made a difference to the business world. He is the only Singaporean and Asian to achieve this unique honour. The awards were launched by Insead as part of celebrations commemorating the founding of the European graduate business school 50 years ago. The names of the 50 alumni are being unveiled over the course of the anniversary year. Mr Chan was among the second batch of 10 outstanding individuals cited by Insead's Dean Frank Brown during the school's Leadership Summit Asia held at the Singapore campus on Friday. The former Raffles Institution student and President's Scholar has been able to successfully bridge the worlds of civil service and of business. He is also one of the few who is equally at home in French and English as he did his engineering studies in France. When he was with the civil service, Mr Chan was offered a postgraduate management scholarship in 1983 and he chose Insead because of its reputation and his fluency in French.
During his two dozen years in the civil service, Mr Chan held several senior appointments such as Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary and the Director of Manpower, Ministry of Defence - where he worked on reducing the period national servicemen serve, from two and a half years to two years. Mr Chan also served as Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. In 2002, Mr Chan successfully made the switch to the private sector when he was appointed SPH group president, assuming the position of chief executive on Jan 1, 2003.
Nov 6, 2009
Insead honours SPH CEO <!--10 min-->
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Mr Chan was among the second batch of 10 outstanding individuals cited by Insead's Dean Frank Brown during the school's Leadership Summit Asia held at the Singapore campus on Friday. -- PHOTO: SPH
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SINGAPORE Press Holdings CEO Alan Chan was named on Friday as one of the 50 Insead alumni to have had an exceptional career and made a difference to the business world. He is the only Singaporean and Asian to achieve this unique honour. The awards were launched by Insead as part of celebrations commemorating the founding of the European graduate business school 50 years ago. The names of the 50 alumni are being unveiled over the course of the anniversary year. Mr Chan was among the second batch of 10 outstanding individuals cited by Insead's Dean Frank Brown during the school's Leadership Summit Asia held at the Singapore campus on Friday. The former Raffles Institution student and President's Scholar has been able to successfully bridge the worlds of civil service and of business. He is also one of the few who is equally at home in French and English as he did his engineering studies in France. When he was with the civil service, Mr Chan was offered a postgraduate management scholarship in 1983 and he chose Insead because of its reputation and his fluency in French.
During his two dozen years in the civil service, Mr Chan held several senior appointments such as Transport Ministry Permanent Secretary and the Director of Manpower, Ministry of Defence - where he worked on reducing the period national servicemen serve, from two and a half years to two years. Mr Chan also served as Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. In 2002, Mr Chan successfully made the switch to the private sector when he was appointed SPH group president, assuming the position of chief executive on Jan 1, 2003.
