On 1 January 2006, Boon Hwee became Chairman of DBS. He joined DBS as a Director on 15 June 2005.
He started his career in 1977 at Hewlett Packard and rose to become its Managing Director in Singapore, a post he held from 1985 to 1990. From 1991 to 2000, he was Executive Chairman of the Wuthelam Group.
Boon Hwee was also the Chairman of the Singapore Telecom Group (SingTel) and its predecessor organisations from 1986 to 2001. During his 15-year term as Chairman of SingTel, he successfully led the Singapore telecommunications company through its transformation from a statutory board to a publicly-listed company, and from a domestic operator in Singapore to one of Asia Pacific's leading integrated communication service providers. He was appointed Chairman of Singapore Airlines Limited in July 2001, a post which he held until 31 December 2005. During this period, he led the airline through the September 11 incident in 2001, Bali bomb attack in 2002, SARS epidemic in 2003 and record fuel prices in 2005. Despite these challenges, the airline remained profitable on an annual basis throughout, culminating in a historical record profit in fiscal 2005.
Boon Hwee was named the Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1991 by Business Times and DHL Worldwide, and was conferred The International Herald Tribune Visionary and Leader Honour in January 2003.A distinguished corporate leader and entrepreneur, Boon Hwee is also Executive Director of MediaRing Ltd and Chairman and CEO of Sunningdale Tech Ltd. He serves on the boards of Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd and Agilent Technologies, Inc. in the United States. Boon Hwee also contributes actively to non-profit organisations, and is the current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Nanyang Technological University, a Director of the Singapore Harvard Foundation and the Hewlett Foundation in the United States.
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