Board of Directors

• Appointed on 1 November 2020
• Vice Chairman of Audit Committee
• Vice Chairman of Risk Management Committee
• Vice Chairman of Sustainability Committee
• Member of Nominating Committee

Mr Zhang Yuchen is currently the Safety Director and General Manager of Safety, Quality and Environment Department of China National Aviation Fuel Group Limited. He has extensive experience in the energy industry and business management, and has held various senior executive positions including General Manager and Deputy General Manager of South China Bluesky Corporation Ltd, Hubei branch, between January 2013 to July 2018, and Manager of Safety Monitoring Technology Development of South China Bluesky Corporation Ltd between August 2009 to January 2013.

• Appointed 1 September 2021
• Vice Chairman of Nominating Committee
• Vice Chairman of Remuneration Committee
• Member of Risk Management Committee

Mr Shi Lei’s career  in the civil aviation and energy sectors in China spans over 30 years,  during which time, he held several senior leadership roles and has extensive  experience in corporate management. He worked in CAAC Shandong Regional Administration from 1988 to 1993, and joined the Shandong branch of China National Aviation Fuel Corporation Ltd (“CNAFCL”) in September 1993, where he spent 16 years and held various positions including Head of Human Resource, Deputy Manager and General Manager of CNAFCL. In October 2009, Mr Shi took on the role of Deputy General Manager at the East China branch of CNAFCL and was subsequently appointed as Deputy General Manager at the Northwest branch of CNAFCL in April 2011. Mr Shi is currently the General Manager-Human Resource of China National Aviation Fuel Group Limited (“CNAF”), a position he held  since 2016. He had also assumed the role of Assistant to General Manager of CNAF since 2019. 
 

• Appointed on 24 April 2019
• Chairman of Risk Management Committee
• Member of Audit Committee
• Member of Remuneration Committee
• Member of Sustainability Committee

Mr Hee Theng Fong is a full-time independent arbitrator and mediator with The Arbitration Chambers.

Prior to his current appointment, he was a consultant at Harry Elias Partnership LLP since 2014. He served as Senior Partner at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP from May 2011 to June 2014, and Partner at Khattar Wong LLP from June 2008 to April 2011. 

With over four decades of legal experience, Mr Hee has handled more than 200 cases in civil litigation and international arbitration as lead counsel or arbitrator. Mr Hee is also a Specialist Mediator (China) and Ambassador of Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), as well as an accredited Mediator of Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC).

Mr Hee has written many awards in both English and Chinese in international arbitration cases in SIAC, CIETAC, HKIAC and ICC. He is a regular speaker at seminars on Directors’ Duties and Corporate Governance organised by the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Singapore Exchange Ltd.

He also serves as the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Medishield Life Council and a board member of the Singapore Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board. He is a member of the Advisory Committee for “China Ready Programme” under the Ministry of Law as well as a member of the Singapore-China Joint Experts Team formed by the Singapore Ministry of Law and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. He is also a director of several listed companies. Mr Hee was awarded the Public Service Medal (BBM) in 2015 and appointed as a Justice of the Peace (JP) in April 2018. 

Mr Hee holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and a Diploma in PRC Law from the Suzhou University, China. He was trained at Harvard Law School in Advanced Mediation Workshop. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

• Appointed on 30 September 2021
• Chairman of Nominating Committee
• Member of Audit Committee
• Member of Remuneration Committee
• Member of Sustainability Committee

Dr Fu is currently the General Manager of Beijing Rongyi Investment and Management Co., Ltd as well as Beijing Jingguochuang Funds Management Co., Ltd. He has extensive experience in projects investment and assets management. Prior to his current appointments, Dr Fu had served as the Deputy General Manager at Beijing Innovation Industry Investment Co., Ltd, as well as the Funds Investment Department in Beijing State-owned Capital Operation and Management Center.

Dr Fu holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Financial Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, UK.

• Appointed on 31 December 2021
• Chairman of Remuneration Committee
• Member of Nominating Committee
• Member of Risk Management Committee
• Member of Sustainability Committee

As of 1 November 2025, Dr Jeffrey Goh serves as the Adviser to the Board of the Gulf Air Group. Dr Goh has been a prominent leader in the global aviation community, prior to his current appointment, he was the Group Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Air Group Holding, a state-owned enterprise entrusted with overseeing and developing the air transportation industry in Bahrain. The Gulf Air Group Holding comprises national carrier Gulf Air, Bahrain Airport Company, Gulf Aviation Academy and joint venture companies in airport services and duty free. In the two years preceding his current role, he led the recalibration of the network strategy and positioned customer experience as a strategic pillar of the airline.

He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Star Alliance (Germany/Singapore) between January 2017 and December 2022. Over his close to two-decade-long tenure with Star Alliance, he played a pivotal role in shaping its strategic direction and operational success, having held various senior executive positions, including Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel and General Counsel & VP Corporate Services, before assuming the CEO position.

He has significant international experience and exposure in the private and public sectors. He possesses extensive knowledge of global airline alliances and airline industry, and has broad experience in senior corporate management including strategy development and cross-cultural stakeholder management as well as in the sustainability initiatives.

Dr Goh has a Doctor of Philosophy in Principles and Policies of Regulating Airline Competition from the University of Sheffield, UK, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Hull, UK.

• Appointed 31 May 2021
• Member of Audit Committee
• Member of Remuneration Committee

Dr Richard Yang, currently the General Manager of Air BP China in BP (China) Holding Company Limited, is responsible for the aviation division in the China region, and has extensive industry and business management experience.

Prior to joining BP, Dr Yang was Managing Director at A Bearing Capital (“ABC”), Senior Vice President, Asia & General Manager, China, at TPI Composites Group. Before that, he held numerous leadership positions in China at SKF Group including Vice President, Director and General Manager of its Automotive, Strategic Industries, Heavy Industries and Services businesses in China.

Dr Yang graduated from Huazhong University of Science & Technology with a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a PhD in business administration from West Coast University and has a Master of Business Administration from Columbia South University in the United States.