Fact Sheet: External Review Panel on SAF Safety

The External Review Panel on SAF Safety (ERPSS) comprises 10 experts and professionals from a variety of backgrounds and experiences to capture a broad spectrum of views and perspectives. The members are:

1. Mr Alan Chan Heng Loon [Chairman]
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

2. Mr Heng Chiang Gnee 
Executive Director, Singapore Maritime Institute

3. Mr Ho Siong Hin 
Commissioner for Workplace Safety & Health, Ministry of Manpower

4. Brigadier-General (Vol) Ishak Ismail 
Chief Executive Officer, Defence Services, CWT Limited

5. Dr Kenneth Kwok Fook Kay
Programme Director, Combat Protection & Performance Prog, DSO National Laboratories

6. Associate Professor Aymeric Lim Yu Tang
Senior Consultant, Department of Hand & Reconstructive Microsurgery, National University Hospital, NUHS; Chairman Medical Board, NUH

7. Brigadier-General (Ret) Charles Sih Seah Wee
Divisional Vice President, Safety, Security and Environment, Singapore Airlines

8. Dr Jukka Takala 
Executive Director, Workplace Safety and Health Institute; 
Adjunct Professor, Tampere University of Technology, Finland

9. Ms Joy Tan Whei Mien
Partner Deputy Head - Commercial & Corporate Disputes Practice, WongPartnership LLP

10. Professor Julian Thumboo 
Head & Senior Consultant, Department of Rheumatology, Singapore General Hospital

ERPSS will conclude their study in 2016 after a series of working visits to SAF units and exercises. Interim progress reports will be provided to the MINDEF leadership over the course of the three years by the ERPSS secretariat.