Wilmar International appoints Lee Huay Leng as non-executive and independent director

Lee is the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Media Group of SPH Media.

Wilmar International Limited has appointed Lee Huay Leng as a non-executive and independent director.

Lee, who was recommended by the company's Nominating Committee, is the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Media Group of SPH Media.

She is responsible for Lianhe Zaobao and its global digital platform zaobao.com, the evening daily Shin Min Daily News, a stable of student publications, a digital channel for young audience called HeyKaki and an English language e-magazine called ThinkChina.sg. Ms Lee started her career as a journalist in Lianhe Zaobao in 1994 and was with the paper for 20 years in roles such as the Hong Kong correspondent, the Beijing bureau chief and the China editor.

The board said that Lee will ‘contribute to the diversity of expertise, gender and age of the Wilmar Board’.

Lee will take on her new position on 22 April 2025.

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