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  Our Mission & Vision

Our Mission
We are dedicated:

1. To help employers achieve excellence in employment practices in order to enhance their productivity and competitiveness as well as the quality of their employees’ worklife;

2. Strengthen the employers’ role in the tripartite partnership (government, employer and union) to enhance industrial harmony in Singapore.

Our Vision
The vision of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) is to be the employers’ vanguard in enhancing harmonious industrial relations and responsible employment practices thereby enabling companies to stay competitive.

 
 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 two thousands.

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

VICE PRESIDENT
Mr Landis W. Hicks
Managing Director
PAE Singapore Pte Ltd

Mr Alexander C. Melchers, PBM
General Manager
C. Melchers GmbH and Company

Mr Bob Tan Beng Hai, BBM
Chairman
Jurong Engineering Limited

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

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

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

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

COUNCIL MEMBERS
Mr Kiyofumi Kusaka
CEO
NEC Asia Pte Ltd

Mr Alfred Lien
Managing Director
Orientus Hotel & Management Services Pte Ltd

Mr Neil Montefiore
CEO
Starhub Ltd

Mr John Ng
CEO
YTL PowerSeraya Pte Ltd

Mr Renato Silvio Sirtori
Managing Director
STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd

Mr Tan Hee Teck
CEO
Resorts World at Sentosa Pte Ltd

Mr Wong Lup Wai (Appointed)
Managing Director
TP Vision Singapore Pte Ltd

Dr Lim Suet Wun, BBM (Appointed)
Executive Vice President
Parkway Group Healthcare Pte 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 15 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, BBM
Chairman
Jurong Engineering Limited

GROUP A-Shipping & Transport
Mr Kevin Lim (Appointed)
Head of Human Resource
PSA Corporation Limited

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

GROUP C-Trading (General)
Mr Lawrence Chen
HR & Admin Manager
Angliss Singapore Pte Ltd

GROUP D-Oil
Ms Hannah Ong
HR Manager
Vopak Terminals Singapore Pte Ltd

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

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

GROUP G-Insurance
(Vacant)


GROUP H-Banking & Finance
Ms Jenny Wong
Managing Director and Group Head, Human Resources, United Overseas Bank

GROUP I-Retail
Mr Edward Tan
Director of Operations, HR & Admin
Metro Pte Ltd

GROUP J-Hotel & Entertainment
Mr Francis Tan (Appointed)
Director of Human Resources
Sheraton Towers Singapore Hotel

GROUP K-Professional & Educational Services
Mr Daniel Cho(Appointed)
Vice President (Human Resources)
National University of Singapore

GROUP L-Air Transport
Mr Christopher Cheng
Senior Vice President, HR
Singapore Airlines Ltd

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

GROUP N-Property & Architecture
Ms Lorraine Ng
Senior Vice President & Head, Group HR & Admin
Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte Ltd

GROUP P-HealthCare & Business Services
Ms Anna Fok
Chief Human Resource Officer
Jurong Health Services Pte Ltd

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

Mr Sebastian Tan
Head Human Resources , South East Asia
DHL Global Forwarding (Singapore) Pte Ltd

Mrs. Seah-Khoo Ee-Boon
Senior Vice President. HR & Training
Resorts World Sentosa Pte Ltd

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