Cheng Siak Kian (left), Gan Juay Kiat (right)

SBS Transit announced that its current chief operating officer (COO) BG Cheng Siak Kian, 50, will assume the CEO position from 1 March next month.

Cheng was the former commander of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. He joined ComfortDelGro, the parent company of SBS Transit, in 2015. He was with SBS Transit for a year before being sent to ComfortDelGro Australia “where he learnt about the bus business”. He came back to Singapore last year to fill the COO position vacated by Gan Juay Kiat.

SBS Transit’s COO and CEO posts were previously held by Gan, with him being promoted to the latter position in 2010 after serving as the company’s COO since 2007.

However, following the exposé involving his alleged extramarital affairs in 2018, Gan, a past SAF and President Scholar, tendered his resignation citing “personal indiscretion”.

In Dec 2018, ST reported that Gan was allegedly involved in an extra-marital affair. “The Straits Times understands the incident involves an extra-marital relationship,” ST said.

Zaobao reported that he was allegedly involved with subordinate(s) (“传与下属发生婚外情,新捷运总裁颜睿杰辞职“, 29 Dec). Zaobao source came from private investigator Kokusai Security Pte Ltd, which posted a video and a picture of Gan’s “indiscretion” online.

Kokusai Security said Gan had “multiple affairs with subordinates/married women within a month”. It added that it had consent from their clients to have the video and photo posted online. Gan can be seen clearly in the video and photo but the faces of the women were masked off.

He was said to have engaged in affairs with different women during office hours as well as weekends, and also overseas.

It’s not known who appointed Kokusai Security to trail Gan to capture his escapades.

Despite Gan’s “indiscretion”, SBS Transit Chairman Lim Jit Poh still said that Gan was a good CEO. He told the media, “We have lost a good CEO, who has done much for land transport in Singapore.”

In any case, earlier this month, SBS Transit reported a profit of $81.3 million for last year, a 1.5 per cent rise over the previous year’s $80.1 million.

 

Subscribe
Notify of
1 Comment
Newest
Oldest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
You May Also Like

"It is not clear that the PAP has the ability to come up with practical solutions," says SDP's Dr Paul Tambyah

“It is not clear that the PAP has the ability to come…

Daughter of one of Singapore’s founding fathers “deeply offended” by Goh Chok Tong’s remark regarding ministerial salaries

Emeritus Senior Minister (ESM) Goh Chok Tong’s statement at a public forum…

【冠状病毒19】逾20人群聚包厢 火锅餐馆停业10天罚2000元!

违反防疫措施,允许超过20人在包厢内群聚,海鲜捞火锅餐馆遭新加坡旅游局下令停业10天,并罚款2000元。   旅游局执法人员于8月14日,发现有超过20人同时离开该家位于乌节路邵氏大厦内的一家海鲜火锅餐厅,因此展开调查。   当局发现,餐厅并没有确保客户群聚人数不能超过五人,且该客户群甚至坐在餐厅内一间可上锁的私人包厢内。   餐厅员工在执法人员到来时,并没有给予合作调查,甚至反应过激,企图阻止执法人员们进入餐厅和私人包厢。   当局指出,该餐厅公然违反了阻断措施复苏时期的禁令,即允许顾客在晚上10时半后饮酒,客户群之间没有保持一米距离、以及客户群人数必须限制在五人以内。   当局指出,已经加强复苏时期的旅游区和场所监控,并将会在需要时,部署更多执法人员和安全距离大使。

PM Lee: SG needs "new people" to fill new towns and industries; population can grow “a little bit” more

At an event organised by the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry…