Sam Liew to lead Singtel's NCS as CEO Ng exits

Leadership changes at the firm come after revenue climbed to $3b under the outgoing executive.

Singtel's wholly owned subsidiary NCS has announced that its CEO Ng Kuo Pin is stepping down from his role on 1 April.

In a statement, Singtel said NCS Deputy CEO and head of Government Strategic Business Group Sam Liew will take over as CEO-designate after Ng’s seven-year leadership.

"Kuo Pin’s stewardship saw NCS emerge as a key growth engine of the Singtel Group. From our strategic reset in 2021 through our Singtel28 growth plan, Kuo Pin has scaled the business from$1.8b to $3b in revenue, supported by strong earnings performance and operational excellence,” Singtel Group CEO Mr Yuen Kuan Moon said.

Before joining NCS in July 2021, Liew was managing director at GIC’s technology group. He was part of GIC’s corporate management, business continuity, and group risk committees and was also a member of GIC’s technology investment business group.

He was also the managing director of Accenture’s ASEAN Technology business, where he led the company’s APAC Communications Centre of Excellence. He was also a member of Accenture's Global Technology Leadership Council and ASEAN Geographical Leadership Council.

Liew currently serves as a board director on the Gardens by the Bay Board and a board governor at the Institute of Technical Education. In addition, he sits on the Board of Singapore Management University’s School of Computing and Information Systems and is deputy chairman of Singapore Polytechnic’s School of Computing and a council member on Singapore’s IT Standards Committee. He is the immediate past president of the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) and has been conferred a Fellow of SCS.