Raffles Medical Group announced the appointment of Mr. Allen Lew as Non-Executive and Independent Director of the Group effective immediately. A renowned telco veteran, Mr. Lew is a long-time stalwart of Singtel, having held a range of senior management roles since joining the company in 1980. Mr. Lew brings to the Group his leadership strength in running multi-billion dollar businesses across different geographies in Singapore and the Asia Pacific region. Appointed in April 2020, Mr. Lew is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Group Strategy and Business Development and Country Chief Officer Thailand for Singtel. Prior to this role, Mr. Lew was based in Australia, where he was Chief Executive Officer of Optus, Australia's second-largest telco and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singtel. In this capacity, Mr. Lew spearheaded key strategic initiatives to establish Optus as the strongest consumer brand in Australia in 2019 (Brand Finance) including the launch of Optus Sport which is now Australia's largest live sports streaming service with a customer base of one million. Before his posting to Australia, Mr. Lew was Country Chief Officer in Singapore and Chief Executive Officer, Group Digital Life at Singtel.