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  Our Mission & Vision

Our Mission
To help employers achieve excellence in employment practices and to strengthen the employer’s role in tripartism to enable employers to enhance workforce competitiveness and improve the quality of worklife of their employees.

Our Vision
To be the employers’ vanguard in advancing tripartism in Singapore.

 
 Our Services

SNEF provides services to employers in these key areas:

  1. Industrial Relations (IR) consultancy on employer-employee relations, union management negotiations and employment issues such as labour legislation, wage systems, medical and social benefits.
  1. Human Resource Management (HRM) consultancy on compensation scheme designing, cost-effective benefits programmes development, performance appraisal system and talent management.
  1. Benchmarking of occupational wages, service increments, bonuses, employee benefits, and other employment terms and conditions.
  1. Providing executive development programmes, in-center and in-company training programmes on human resource development, industrial relations, safety & health, quality management, and Critical Enabling Skills Training Programme (CREST).
  1. Funding of SMEs for HRM Consultancy under the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING)/ SNEF Approved-In-Principal (AIP) Local Enterprise Technical Assistance Scheme (LETAS).

Our core services help both unionised and non-unionised companies to enhance harmony in union-management relations, employer-employee relations, productivity and competitiveness at the enterprise level.


 
 Our History

In July 1948, 23 employers in Singapore formed a trade union of employers known as "The Federation of Industrialists and Traders in Singapore". The primary objective was to promote and protect the general interest of employers. With the growth in its membership and the rapid expansion of industries, the name of the Federation was changed to the "Singapore Employers Federation (SEF)" in August 1953.

The National Employers Council (NEC) was also formed by a group of employers. It was founded in 1965. The objective of the NEC was also to serve employers.

On 1 July 1980, the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) was established through the amalgamation of the SEF and the NEC. Before the amalgamation, SEF had 591 members and NEC had 226 members. To date, membership figure totalled more than one thousand eight hundred.

SNEF is registered as a trade union under the Trade Unions Act. It is the national trade union of employers, representing the interests of all sectors of the economy. (It is thus the counterpart of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC)). It is an independent, autonomous non-profit organization funded by membership fees and revenue from consultancy, training, research and other activities.
 
 Our Council

The Council

The Council is the policy-making body of the Federation. Council Members are elected biennially
by members.

PRESIDENT
Stephen Lee Ching Yen, DUBC, BBM
Managing Director
Great Malaysia Textile Investments Pte Ltd

VICE PRESIDENT
Alexander C. Melchers, PBM
General Manager
C. Melchers GmbH and Company

Landis W. Hicks
Managing Director
PAE Singapore Pte Ltd

Bob Tan Beng Hai
Chairman
Jurong Engineering Limited

HONORARY SECRETARY
Boon Yoon Chiang, PBM
Chairman / Managing Director
Jardine Matheson (Singapore) Pte Ltd

HONORARY TREASURER
James Lee
Senior Advisor, Director
Wing Tai Holdings Ltd

DEPUTY HONORARY SECRETARY
Steven Goh Hock Li
Executive Chairman
Retail Asia Publishing Pte Ltd

DEPUTY HONORARY TREASURER
Freddy Lam Fong Loi
Chief Executive / Managing Director
Solid Gold Group

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Gan Chin Yean
Managing Director
Interplex Singapore Pte Ltd

Heine Askaer-Jensen
Group Managing Director
Jebsen & Jessen (S.E.A) Pte Ltd

Alfred Lien
Managing Director
Orientus Hotel & Management Services Pte Ltd

Kiyofumi Kusaka (Appointed)
CEO
NEC Asia Pte Ltd

Renato Silvio Sirtori (Appointed)
Managing Director
STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd

Tan Hee Teck (Appointed)
CEO
Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd

Neil Montefiore (Appointed)
CEO
Starhub Ltd











 
 
 Our IRP
The Industrial Relations Panel (IRP) assists the Council to formulate SNEF's policies on industrial relations and labour-management issues. The IRP is made up of senior personnel or human resource practitioners of member companies. The Chairman of each of SNEF's 14 industry groups constitute the members of the IRP. In addition, the Council appoints a number of personnel and human resource practitioners to the IRP. The IRP is chaired by a Council member.

CHAIRMAN OF IRP
Mr Bob Tan Beng Hai
Chairman
Jurong Engineering Limited

GROUP A-Shipping & Transport
Mrs Greta Lee
Head of Human Resource,
Singapore Terminals
PSA Corporation Limited

GROUP B-Trading (Technical)
Ms Jasmine Tan
HR Manager
Borneo Motors (S) Pte Ltd

GROUP C-Trading (General)
Mr Chen Shian Shuen Lawrence
HR/Administration Manager
Angliss Singapore Pte Ltd

GROUP D-Oil
Ms Adrienne Wong
HR Manager, Global Lubricants
AP & AMEP
Chevron Singapore Pte Ltd

GROUP E- Industrial (Jurong)
Mr Chew Eng Yaw
Deputy General Manager, Admin Dept
Komatsu Asia & Pacific Pte Ltd

GROUP F- Industrial (Other Areas)
Ms Mable Chan (Appointed)
Executive Vice-President, Human Resources
Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

GROUP G- Insurance
Mr Lim Kee Chin
Consultant, Business Process
TM Asia Life Singapore Ltd

GROUP H- Banking & Finance
Mr Wong Keng Fye
Head, Human Resource
Malayan Banking Berhad

GROUP I- Retail
Mr Edward Tan
Director of Human Resources
& Admin & Operations
Metro Pte Ltd

GROUP J- Hotel & Entertainment
Mr Eugene Tan
Area Director of HR
Shangri-La Hotel Ltd

GROUP K- Professional &
Educational Services

Mr Loh Oun Hean
Head of Human Resources, Singapore and S.E.A
Deloitte & Touche Management Services

GROUP L- Air Transport
Mr Cheng Kian Hai
Divisional VP, Human Resources
Singapore Airlines Ltd

GROUP M- Electrical & Electronics
Ms Jessica Leong
HR Director
STMicroelectronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

GROUP N- Property/ Architecture
Ms Sherine Toh
Assistant General Manager, Head (HR)
City Developments Limited

GROUP P- HealthCare & Business Services
Ms Anna Fok (Appointed)
Group Human Resource Director
Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd

Appointed IRP Member
Ms Cheong Meng Foong
Senior Vice President, Group HR – Reward
DBS Bank Ltd

Mr Desmond Wong
Group HR Manager
Haw Par Management Services Pte Ltd

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