Jessica Tan Soon Neo
Non-Executive and
Independent Director
Ms Tan joined the SATS Board on 17 April 2017 as a Non-Executive and Independent Director. She currently serves as the Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She was last re-elected on 21 July 2023.
Presently, she is also the lead independent director, chairman of the nominating and remuneration committee, and a member of the investment committee of CapitaLand India Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (in its capacity as the Trustee-Manager of CapitaLand India Trust), a company listed on the SGX-ST. Additionally, she holds the position of non-executive director of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., a company listed on the TSE. Her present principal commitments are in the public sector, where she serves as the chairman of East Coast Town Council and as a Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC. She also holds the position of Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a member of the Finance; Trade and Industry; and Communications and Information Government Parliamentary committees.
Ms Tan has over 27 years of experience in the IT industry. Through her career, she has held leadership roles across diverse areas of the business in the Asia Pacific region and Singapore.
Ms Tan’s previous directorships include her membership on the board of advisory of the School of Information System, Singapore Management University. She was also a non-executive and independent director of CapitaLand Commercial Trust Management Limited (The Manager of CapitaLand Commercial Trust) and a board member and deputy chairman of Nanyang Polytechnic Board of Governance and the group commercial director of Raffles
Medical Group Ltd.
Her contributions to the technology and business sectors have been recognised with several accolades, including the 2015 Singapore Computer Society IT Leader Award, Two Times Gold Star Awards from Microsoft, and the 1992 Golden Circle Award from IBM. She also has achieved Eight Hundred Percent Clubs from IBM. Ms Tan holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (Economic and Sociology) from the National University of Singapore.