Tiger Airways appoints new group chief executive

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Koay Peng Yen

TIGER Airways Holdings has appointed Koay Peng Yen as group CEO, effective August 10, 2012.

Koay will replace incumbent Chin Yau Seng, who took over the Tiger Airways hotseast last July as part of a management shakeup following the low-cost carrier’s six-week domestic suspension in Australia (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 29, 2011).

Koay was previously executive director of Pacific Carriers and PaxOcean Engineering – Kuok Group entities involved in the marine and offshore engineering, offshore services, and shipping industries.

Prior to that, he was the group CEO of IMC Corp, an industrial and supply chain group, and spent 18 years with NOL Group in various senior management roles, including as president of Greater China.

Chin, a former SilkAir CEO, will be returning to parent company Singapore Airlines.

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