The chief executive of Japanese-owned liner giant Ocean Network Express (ONE) is one of three new names appointed to the board of Singapore’s maritime regulator.
Jeremy Nixon joins the board of the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) alongside two non-shipping executives from the city state.
They were named as Allen Lew, the chairman of the local security group Certis and Yeo Siew Eng, a director at Singapore-listed data centre real estate investment trust Keppel DC REIT Management.
The three appointees will be part of a 15-strong board appointed by Singapore’s minister for transport Chee Hong Tat. The board members will serve for a period of three years to 31 January 2027.
Three directors have stepped down from the board including former International Chamber of Shipping chairman Esben Poulsson, Teo Choo Wee of Pacific International Lines (PIL) and local property magnet Dr Vincent Lien.
“The board will continue to be chaired by Niam Chiang Meng and will comprise members from relevant professional services such as financial, shipping, offshore and marine, audit and infotech,” Singapore’s ministry of transport said in a statement.
Well known shipping names on the board include Seatrium chief executive Chris Ong, MPA CEO Teo Eng Dih, Singapore Shipping Association president Caroline Yang, and Mary Liew, general secretary of the Singapore Maritime Officers' Union.
Government appointees include the chief of Singapore’s navy rear admiral Sean Wat, ministry of transport deputy secretary Yee Ping Yi, Chan Cheow How, the Singapore government’s chief digital technology officer and Jermaine Loy from the Prime Minister's office.
The remaining board members comprise M Kapital Holdings group chairman Abu Bakar Bin Mohd Nor, Temasek International Advisors’ Sng Seow Wah, associate professor Simon Tay, chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs and Patricia Yim.
The MPA was established on 2 February 1996 with the mission to develop Singapore as a premier global hub port and international maritime centre, and to advance and safeguard Singapore’s strategic maritime interests.
It is the driving force behind Singapore’s port and maritime development, taking on the roles of port authority, maritime and port regulator and planner.
It also partners industry, the research community and other agencies to enhance safety, security and environmental protection in Singapore’s waters, facilitate maritime and port operations and growth, expand the cluster of maritime ancillary services, and develop maritime digitalisation and decarbonisation policies and plans, R&D and manpower development.
