SingPost appoints Mark Chong as group chief executive officer

[SINGAPORE] Singapore Post (SingPost) has appointed Mark Chong as its group chief executive officer, effective Nov 1, the company said in a bourse filing on Thursday (Sep 25).

Teo Swee Lian, chairman of the board, said: “We are pleased to welcome a leader of Mark’s calibre and experience to SingPost. His track record in managing large-scale operations, driving technological transformation, and leading international businesses is aligned with SingPost’s business needs.”

Chong, 62, is currently group chief corporate officer at Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel), a role to which he was appointed in January 2025.

He joined Singtel in 1997 and has held various executive positions including executive vice-president of networks in Singapore and vice-president of the telco’s global accounts.

Chong is also a board member of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and chairman of the regulator’s Cyber and Data Governance Committee.

SingPost has been without a group chief executive officer since the last appointment holder, Vincent Phang, was fired in late 2024.

Phang, along with group chief financial officer Vincent Yik and chief executive of the company’s international business unit Li Yu, were terminated with immediate effect on Dec 21, 2024.

The three were accused of having “committed serious breaches of the company’s code of conduct” for deliveries for “one of its largest” customers, after a whistleblower’s report and subsequent internal investigations.

Phang and Yik said then that they “categorically reject any suggestion that we were grossly negligent, had behaved inappropriately or had sought to misrepresent facts at any point”.

In December 2024, the two were said to be considering litigation against SingPost. In the last update from the duo in January this year, they said they were prepared to abandon a legal action if an independent professional inquiry is carried out.

Shares of SingPost ended flat at S$0.425, before the news.