Susan Chong Becomes First Female President of Enterprise 50 Association

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Singapore, 15 July 2016 Enterprise 50 Association (E50A), which gathers more than 200
prominent past winners of the E50 business award to promote social interaction and a spirit of unity,
announced today that Ms Susan Chong, a 2014 winner of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards,
has been named its first female President.
Ms. Chong, the CEO of Greenpac (S) Pte Ltd (Greenpac) which designs, develops and reengineers environmentally packaging solutions takes over from outgoing E50A President Mr. Andy
Lim, who is stepping down ahead of the expiry of his second four-year term in 2017. Mr. Lim is
Chairman of SGX-listed Viking Offshore & Marine Ltd.
Ms. Chong spearheaded Greenpacs transformation from a one-woman startup in 2002 to an
international award-winning, multi-million dollar enterprise whose clients include several global
corporations.
Mr. Lim said, I am stepping down one year ahead of the end of my second term to facilitate the
leadership transition to Susan. With her leadership qualities and outstanding track record of
entrepreneurship, I am confident that she will inspire like-minded entrepreneurs who are willing to
contribute to social change.
Ms. Chong said: It is a privilege to lead an unique association such as E50A, which seeks to promote
social good and unity among business leaders. I want to thank Andy for his exemplary leadership,
past contributions and for facilitating a smooth transition to a younger group of E50 leaders. I am
honoured to take over as President and hope to build on his remarkable achievements.
As E50A President, my focus will be to develop the capabilities of business leaders and to
encourage members to collaborate on more overseas opportunities, especially amidst the current
economic uncertainty. I would like to encourage business leaders, especially women, to show
leadership in roles such as startup mentorship, she said.
Ms. Chong will lead the Associations 16-person management committee, which was established in
1999 for past winners of the annual E50 Awards. To date, the association has 236 members who are
past winners of the Award.
Launched in 1995, the E50 Awards seeks to identify, support, recognise and reward local privatelyowned companies across all sectors. The Awards has since been established as the definitive list
of Singapores 50 most enterprising organisations and as a prestigious networking platform.
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About the Enterprise 50 Association
Founded in April 1999, the Enterprise 50 Association counts more than 230 award winning
companies as its members. Exclusively for past E50 Award Winners, the Associations objectives
are to promote social interaction and a spirit of unity amongst E50 companies and entrepreneurs.
The E50 Association organises various activities such as business missions, conferences,
seminars, ministerial dialogue and networking sessions. Participation in these activities allow
members to enhance their business networking, exchange of information, sharing of experiences
with other E50 entrepreneurs and receive updates on trade and business matters.
For more information, please visit www.e50association.org.sg
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