NetLink NBN Trust will replace CEO Tong Yew Heng with Low Ka Hoe on April 1, 2027, under a succession plan set out in a Nov. 6 bourse filing.
Low becomes CEO-designate on Nov. 10. On the April handover date, he is scheduled to join the board of the trust’s manager as an executive director.
The Straits Times reported that Low held leadership positions at ST Engineering and Singtel. At ST Engineering, Low served as president of satellite communications and held the group chief strategy and sustainability officer post; he also sat on its Senior Business Council. At Singtel, he held posts in group strategy and partnerships and strategic investments. He previously served as a vice president at Telekomunikasi Selular, the newspaper reported.
The Straits Times also reported that Tong became NetLink’s CEO in January 2016 and took executive director and CEO positions at the trustee-manager in February 2017.
