Allen Lew

Mr Lew has been Senior Advisor at Singapore Telecommunications Limited since April 2021. He was Chief Executive Officer, Group Strategy and Business Development, and Country Chief Officer Thailand of Singtel from April 2020 to April 2021 and Chief Executive Officer for Consumer Australia and Optus from 2014 to 2020. Prior to this, Mr Lew was Country Chief Officer in Singapore and CEO, Group Digital Life from 2012 to 2014.

Mr Lew began his career with the Singtel Group in November 1980 and held various senior leadership roles over the years. His first regional exposure was as COO of Advanced Info Service Public Company Ltd (AIS) based in Thailand, Singtel’s regional mobile associate. He was the Chief Operating Officer of AIS for three years before his posting to Optus in Australia in late 2001, initially as the Managing Director of Optus Mobile and later as Managing Director of Optus Consumer Business. He returned to Singapore as CEO Singapore in 2006 and held that position until March 2012.

Mr Lew is a Board Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Advanced Info Service Public Company Limited (AIS), Deputy Chairman of Globe Telecom (publicly listed telecom company in Philippines). He is also a member of the Board and the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee of Raffles Medical Group. He was formerly on the boards of Sentosa Development Corporation, Energy Market Authority and Singapore Institute of Technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Australia under a Colombo Plan Scholarship and a Master of Science (Management) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US.