Leadership: Key Executives
Tony Heng
President
Stellar Lifestyle
Tony Heng
President, Stellar Lifestyle
Tony Heng heads Stellar Lifestyle’s commercial business in the areas of properties, retail management and operations, commercial development, media and digital, marketing and lifestyle businesses. Tony is instrumental to the growth of these business entities and sits on their boards as a key steering member.
His 20 years of international experience spans across China, Myanmar, Australia and Singapore. Tony delivers significant growth, partnerships, business development and technology integration solutions with revenue accountability. In transport, Tony has also led and overseen business growth strategies as Senior Vice President, SMRT Roads.
Tony is a believer of continuous improvement and a strong advocate of using technology for business sustainability and efficiency. To stay ahead of the curve, he implemented Singapore’s first taxi sharing scheme, SMRT Taxi Share, using telematics to study and cultivate a culture of safety amongst drivers. He embraced the growth of ride-hailing services through a strategic partnership with Grab, leveraging their platform to offer more options to both drivers and commuters. When with Comfort Delgro, Tony delivered business success with the integration of Comfort Transportation and CityCab. Tony held key leadership positions and specialized in mergers & acquisitions, operations, business development and management.
He was conferred the Medal of Commendation by the National Trades Union Congress in 2016 for his significant contributions to the taxi industry.
Choo Hui Wei
Managing Director, Digital
Stellar Lifestyle
Choo Hui Wei
Managing Director, Stellar Lifestyle
Choo Hui Wei drives the digital and data strategy initiatives, focusing on establishing a digital-first organisation culture. His new role will see the integration of digital business initiatives within the Stellar Lifestyle business unit, with engineering technical expertise for implementation.
Hui Wei has over 28 years of working experience in the areas of Supply Chain Management, Large scale Systems and Programme Management, Engineering & Technology Management as well as Business Management & Strategy. Prior to this, he held various key appointments, including the appointment of VP Supply Chain Management where he was responsible for driving cross functional performance and cost optimisation, global partnerships and supplier management, procurement contracting and logistics warehousing.
Hui Wei attended the Senior Executive Programme at London Business School, and holds a Master of Science in Design of Information Systems from Cranfield University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.
Tjhin Poi Chung
Deputy Managing Director, Stellar Ace
Tjhin Poi Chung
Deputy Managing Director, Stellar Ace
Mr Tjhin Poi Chung joined SMRT in June 2022 and is now the Deputy Managing Director of Stellar Ace – the media & digital solutions arm of Stellar Lifestyle Pte Ltd, a business arm of SMRT. He is also the Head of Applied Rail Technology (ART) department under the Engineering Division since 2022, overseeing the development and deployment of AI-enabled digital capabilities, such as condition monitoring and smart operations, for SMRT Trains.
Mr Tjhin previously worked in ST Engineering between 2018-2022. He was the Head Operations of Land Systems business area between 2021-2022, overseeing its corporate functions and international businesses in the US. He was the General Manager of a wholly owned business unit specialised in component MRO for both defence and commercial equipment between 2019-2021, Vice President (Project) in the Mobility Rail business unit in ST Engineering in 2019 performing both business development and project work, and lastly Vice President (Defence Business) in ST Engineering in 2018, managing strategic defence relationship with MINDEF.
Before joining ST Engineering, Mr Tjhin served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for around two decades till 2017. He held various positions in logistics, maintenance and engineering, with the last appointment being the Chief Maintenance and Engineering Officer (CMEO) in the Singapore Army, leading the organisation that is responsible for providing the maintenance and engineering support for the Army’s fleet of equipment. He was also the Chairman of the State Funeral Service Committee from 2014 to 2017, and he oversaw the running of the state funeral services for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 2015 and the late Mr SR Nathan in 2016, as well as the state memorial service for the late Mr Othman Wok in 2017.
He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA with a M.Engg (Logistics), and the McGill University in Canada with a B.Engg (Electrical) (with Distinction).
Daniel Chua
General Manager, Business
Stellar Lifestyle
Daniel Chua
General Manager, Lifestyle Business, Stellar Lifestyle
Daniel Chua is the General Manager, Lifestyle Business and is responsible for the development of new retail and workspace business lines and ventures for Stellar Lifestyle.
He has close to 20 years of real estate experience in sectors ranging from commercial malls, hotels, airports to tourist destinations in both the private and public sectors.
Prior to his current appointment, Daniel was General Manager, SMRT Properties where he was responsible for overseeing the leasing, lease management, marketing and commercial development business.
He has a keen interest in the curation of experiential concepts and placemaking.
Daniel has a Degree in Tourism from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Australia.
Stephen Lee
General Manager, Products
Stellar Lifestyle
Stephen Lee
General Manager, Products, Stellar Lifestyle
Stephen Lee is General Manager, Products and is responsible for the innovation arm for Stellar Lifestyle.
As an experienced leader and entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications, media and tech industries, Stephen believes in driving innovation, design and creative thinking as well as creative business modelling.
Stephen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Multimedia from Curtin University.
Andrew Tan
Director, Plans
Stellar Lifestyle
Andrew Tan
Director, Plans, Stellar Lifestyle
Andrew is a transport industry professional with over 16 years of experience. He leads the Planning function in Stellar Lifestyle to support business growth.
Andrew joined SMRT as a fresh graduate and has worked on various portfolios in his time there. He has accumulated diverse experience in supporting business growth through driving advanced innovative technologies as well as digital solutions and services.
He had also worked on the development of emerging transport initiatives and capabilities such as Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS), Rail and Bus transport planning, policy planning, Rail line bidding, Enterprise Risk Management, Rail and Roads business strategy & corporate planning.
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) from the National University of Singapore.