Valuair recruits SIA manager
Singapore's recently launched Valuair has appointed a former senior Singapore Airlines (SIA) manager as its first chief executive. Sim Kay Wee, 55, started working with Valuair on 1 August. Valuair chairman and founder Lim Chin Beng, a former SIA managing director, had been acting chief executive while a permanent top manager was sought. Sim spent more than 30 years with SIA and subsidiary Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS). His last job was as senior vice-president in charge of cabin crew.
Other jobs held within the SIA Group included senior vice-president for Europe based in London. Thailand, and Brunei and East Malaysia and chief executive of SATS Airport Services.Valuair is the first privately owned scheduled passenger airline in Singapore.
NICHOLAS IONIDES SINGAPORE
Source: Airline Business
