Council & Secretariat

Council

The affairs of SSA are managed by a Council, supported by the SSA Secretariat.

Biennially, the Ordinary Members of the Association elect seven Council members, and in turn they can co-opt up to six other members, at least two of who must be representatives of Ordinary Members of the Association, to form the Council.

Both the elected and co-opted Council Members hold their offices for a term of two years.

President
Chair, Digitalisation Committee

Mr Teo Teng Seng

Advisor
Pacific International Lines (Pte) Ltd

Vice President and Secretary
Chair, General Affairs Committee
Chair, Services Committee

Mr Lakhbir Singh

Managing Director
Orient Maritime Agencies

Vice President and Treasurer
Chair, Finance, Investment and Audit Committee

Ms Katie Men

Managing Director
Iseaco Investment Pte Ltd

Mr Teo was appointed as the Advisor of Pacific International Lines (PIL) in July 2022.  Prior to this appointment, Mr Teo was the Managing Director of PIL Logistics Pte Ltd since the company was founded in 2001.

Prior to starting up PIL Logistics, Mr Teo headed the information technology, planning and budgeting functions in PIL as its Executive Director.  Under his purview, PIL pioneered an enterprise resource planning system that runs on a single instance system architecture.  In PIL Logistics, Mr Teo oversees business strategy, helping the company chart out its goals, objectives and tactical plans.  He refines go-to-market strategies including value propositions, services, solutions, marketing and branding. He also oversees and identify new areas of growth for the company and builds international strategic partners to facilitate the growth of the company.

Since his appointment as Chair of SSA’s Digitalization Committee in 2021, his committee has driven many initiatives focused on industry-wide capability building in maritime digitalization. Through the committee’s efforts, SSA members have increased their awareness of relevant maritime technology developments that will support the digital transformation of their businesses.

Mr Teo graduated from the University of Tennessee with an Electrical Engineering degree and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Washington.

Mr Lakhbir Singh is the CEO of Orient Maritime Agencies Singapore Pte Ltd. He co-founded the Orient Maritime Group (OMG) in 2015, a ship agency that fronts agency work for bulk carriers, tankers and liners.

Lakhbir has over 30 years of experience in the shipping agency business. Before setting up OMG, Lakhbir spent 24 years in various roles and positions within Jardine Shipping Services.

Since his appointment as SSA Councillor in 2022, Lakhbir has been serving as the Services Committee Chair. The Services Committee focuses on improving port maritime services in Singapore. During his term, the Committee’s efforts enabled the post-COVID resumption of alongside activities in private oil terminals in Singapore.

Lakhbir holds a double MBA degree with specialization in Shipping, Offshore and Finance from Nanyang Business School. He is a seasoned Hockey player, captaining Singapore over 50’s Hockey team in the Masters World Cup in South Africa in 2022.

Ms Katie Men is the Managing Director of iSEACO Investment Pte Ltd, a ship-owning company that deals with ship management and ship investment for the container and drybulk segment.

Before joining iSEACO in 2007, Katie worked in equity trading and marketing roles in the US.

Katie joined SSA in 2007 as Vice-Chair of SSA Young Executive Group and progressed on to become its Chair. Since 2011, Katie has been a SSA Council Member. Currently, Katie serves as SSA Vice President and Honorary Treasurer, and as Honorary Treasurer for the Asian Shipowners’ Association.

Katie holds Master of Science degrees in Marine Transportation and Investment Management from State University of New York Maritime College and Lubin School of Business respectively. Katie received the Seatrade Young Person of the Year award in 2018.

Secretariat

The day to day operations of SSA is supported by the Secretariat.

The Secretariat is headed by an Executive Director supported by a team of 18 staff members:

Council

Mr Teo Teng Seng

Mr Lakhbir Singh

Ms Katie Men

Secretariat

Executive Director

Mr Loh Chun How

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