Hyflux has appointed Genevieve Woo who was a former journalist and former news presenter of Channel News Asia, and a former anchor of Money Mind (a favourite financial programme of mine) to head its global marketing and corporate communications departments. The news came on the back of Oon Jin Teik leaving a senior corporate position in Hyflux to head a department in the new Sports Hub.
Genevieve Woo joins Hyflux on 2 April 2014 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications and reports directly to Ms Olivia Lum, Executive Chairman and Group CEO. I noted that Genevieve is not the first media personality to leave Mediacorp or SPH, the two largest Singapore’s media companies to do something related to corporate or investments. Teh Hooi Ling, a former columnist in the Finance Section of The Sunday Times left to be a vice president in an assets management firm. And before ......