Singapore Airlines (SIA) has appointed Lee Theng Kiat and Henrik Poulsen to its board, effective Oct 19, the airline said.

Lee will serve as a non-independent, non-executive director and will join the Board Executive Committee and the Board Safety and Risk Committee. SIA said he is not a nominee of its largest shareholder, Temasek Holdings.

Poulsen will serve as an independent, non-executive director. He will join the Board Safety and Risk Committee from Feb 15, 2027.

According to SIA, Lee chairs Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and Singapore Energy Interconnections Pte Ltd. He also sits on the boards of Temasek Holdings and Temasek Capital China Holdings. He previously served on the board of SPH Media Trust and as chairman of Temasek International.

Lee joined Temasek in 2012 and held senior roles, including president and chief executive officer of Temasek International, before retiring from his executive role in 2021. Earlier, he was president and CEO of Singapore Technologies Telemedia and STT Communications. He joined the Singapore Technologies group in 1985 after more than eight years in the Singapore Legal Service. He holds a law degree with honours from the National University of Singapore.

Poulsen is chairman of the supervisory board of Danish brewer Carlsberg and chairman of the boards of Faerch and Flatpay. He is also a director of Bertelsmann and a senior adviser to A.P. Møller Holding, the airline said.

His earlier roles include vice chairman of Novo Nordisk from 2022 to 2025, CEO and president of Ørsted from 2012 to 2020, and CEO of TDC from 2008 to 2012. He has also worked at KKR and Capstone, held executive roles at LEGO and worked at McKinsey in Copenhagen and New York. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in international business and finance from Aarhus School of Business in Denmark.

Source:PR