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John Tan                                     support. For her corporate secretariat       company’s strategic human resource           Overview
                                             portfolio, Veronica was recognised with      policies and procedures.
Chief Information Officer                    the Asian Company Secretary 2013 Award                                                    Strategy
John is responsible for charting the         for Singapore by Corporate Governance        Hoi San has been credited for building a
strategic directions and providing           Asia. In 2014, the Legal team won the        strong groundwork in StarHub’s human         Performance
leadership in the development and            International Legal Alliance Gold Award      resource division prior to the company’s
deployment of information systems (IS),      for the Best Asian & South Pacific Legal     official launch in April 2000. She had       Governance
supported by IT systems and processes.       Department. Veronica is listed as one of     reviewed and put in place the necessary
He leads the IS Division and oversees        the Legal 500’s Corporate Counsel 100.       manpower, compensation and benefits, as      Financials
the day-to-day operations in planning                                                     well as internal communication strategies,
and management, system architecture          Veronica graduated with an honours           policies and procedures to support the
design and governance, development           degree from the National University of       company’s rapid expansion. She also
and implementation, support and              Singapore. Prior to joining StarHub, she     played an integral part in the merger
maintenance of IT infrastructure,            spent six years in practice with Rajah and   of StarHub and SCV by aligning and
applications and services, to deliver        Tann LLP.                                    integrating the various business functions
efficient business support for StarHub.                                                   and resources, human resource policies
                                             Diana Lee                                    and procedures.
A veteran with over 25 years in the
IT industry and education, John              Senior Vice President, Customer Service      Hoi San holds a Master of Human
was recognised for his excellent             Diana heads the Customer Service team        Resource Management from Rutgers
contributions and was awarded The            and is responsible for all customer          University, USA and a Bachelor of
Public Administration Medal (Silver)         support activities including the 24-hour     Arts degree from Scripps College, The
in 2007 National Day Awards. In 2012,        call centre, customer service centres        Claremont Group for Colleges in the USA.
John became a Fellow Member of the           and online self-help service. Under her      She has a graduate diploma in Personnel
Singapore Computer Society, an esteemed      leadership, StarHub’s customer service       Management and is also an Accredited
title bestowed in recognition of his         practices and standards have won wide        Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessor as
contributions to IT and the Society.         recognition at the Annual Call Centre        well as a Certified Evaluator of the Thomas
                                             Awards by the Call Centre Council            (DISC) Personal Profile System.
John holds a Master Degree in Computing      of Singapore.
Science from the National University of                                                   Tim Goodchild
Singapore, a Master Degree in Business       Diana was instrumental in integrating the
Administration and a Bachelor Degree of      two customer service teams and systems       Senior Vice President,
Engineering (Honours) from the University    into one following the merger of StarHub     Government & Strategic Affairs
of Newcastle Upon Tyne.                      and SCV in 2002. Today, the single virtual   Tim and his team are responsible for
                                             call centre provides enhanced customer       managing relationship with the regulators,
Veronica Lai                                 experience and convenience through           and for providing regulatory support to
                                             a single hotline number and common           StarHub’s lines of business.
General Counsel & Company Secretary          technology. To ensure a high level of
As the General Counsel and Company           service to customers, she also initiated     Tim joined StarHub in 2004, and has
Secretary for the StarHub Group, Veronica    several key projects in the area of process  more than 20 years experience in
advises the Group on all legal aspects       efficiencies, staff motivation and customer  telecommunications regulatory issues.
of operations, strategy and compliance       experience in StarHub.                       His working career has included
matters. During her career with StarHub                                                   time with Telecom New Zealand, the
she oversaw the legal aspects of the         Prior to her role in heading the Customer    Telecommunications Authority of
merger of StarHub and Singapore Cable        Service team, Diana was the Senior           Singapore (now the Infocommunication
Vision in 2002, StarHub’s successful         Manager of Human Resource in SCV.            Authority Development of Singapore),
IPO in 2004 and the establishment of                                                      Millicom International Cellular; and
StarHub’s $1 billion MTN Programme.          Diana has a Graduate Diploma in Financial    Equant Singapore. His career has given
                                             Management from Singapore Institute          him exposure to regulatory regimes
Under her leadership, the StarHub Legal      of Management and is a Customer              throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
team was recognised with various awards,     Operations Performance Centre (COPC)
including the Best Deal for Singapore for    Certified Six Sigma High Performance         Tim holds an honours degree in
their role in the StarHub IPO by Asia Legal  Management Techniques Specialist.            Economics from Victoria University.
Business. Veronica received the 2007
AsiaLaw Singapore In-house Counsel           Chan Hoi San
Award by Asia Law and Practice, and was
named by ALB as one of the Top 25 in-        Senior Vice President, Human Resource
house counsels in Asia in 2010. In 2013,     Hoi San is responsible for the overall
the StarHub team won the International       direction of all human resource services
Law Office’s prestigious Global Counsel      in the company. She is also responsible
Award 2013 and Asia Pacific Counsel          for formulating, developing and ensuring
Award 2013, for their work in regulatory     the consistent implementation of the

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