Dr Ho has been Chairman and Managing Director since 1983. He handed over the CEO portfolio to Mr Ho Chee Hon in May 2015 and remains Executive Chairman of the Group. Apart from masterminding the Group's corporate policy, enterprise directions and business planning, he also oversees R&D in AP Oil. Dr Ho is also Chairman of AP Saigon Petro Joint Stock Co Ltd, AP Oil Singapore (Shanghai) and AP Oil Singapore (Chongqing).
He holds a B. A. (1st Class Hons) Degree from Nanyang University, a PhD (Degree) from the University of Hull, England and a diploma in Management Studies from Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. He is a member of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, USA. Before joining the company in 1981, he was bonded by Singapore Government to serve in the Public Utilities Board for 5 years and left as a Senior Hydrologist.
As an active participant in community services and charitable activities for the last three decades, Dr Ho has been on the management boards of Anglican High school, The Chinese High School, Hwa Chong Institution and Hwa Chong Intl. School. He has also served as President of St John Brigade (Zone 2) and as Honorary Consul the Republic of Djibouti in Singapore.
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT - CEO OF AP SAIGON PETRO JSC
Mr. Trung graduated for Foreign Trade Bachelor at the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City in 2002 and officially joined the Ho Chi Minh City Petroleum Company in 2003 as a Sales Staff of Petroleum Sales Department. After that, he was appointed to General Director Assistant of Ho Chi Minh City Petroleum Company Limited (Saigon Petro) in April 2005.
In September 2007, he studied abroad and achieved a Master's Degree in International Economics from the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands.
From 2009, he returned to Vietnam and continued to work at Saigon Petro as the Head of Industrial Gas and was later appointed as the Deputy Manager of Gas Sales Department at Saigon Petro Company. He is a Member of the Board of Management of Saigon Petro Joint Venture Companies such as Saigon Petroleum Transportation Joint Stock Company and Saigon - Nghe An Petroleum Joint Stock Company. Also, he was a Vice President of Southern Gas Association from 2014 - 2018.
From February 2018, he was appointed as Deputy General Director of AP Saigon Petro Joint Stock Company and then was appointed as a Member of the Board of Management cum CEO of AP Saigon Petro Joint Stock Company from 28 / 04/2018 to present.
Mr Ho joined the Group in 2005 and was appointed to the Board in July 2009. He was promoted to Group Deputy CEO in September 2012 and Group CEO in May 2015. His responsibilities, apart from working with Chairman in overall corporate directions, business policy and strategic planning, include overseeing day-to-day operation of the lubricant business.
He is on boards of all the group’s subsidiaries and associates, namely AP Oil Pte Ltd, A.I.M. Chemical, GB Chemicals, Alpha Pacific Petroleum (S), AP (Vietnam) Holding, AP Saigon Petro JSC, AP Oil Singapore (Shanghai), AP Oil Singapore (Chongqing), and Chongqing Zongshen Financial Leasing Company Limited.
With a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) from National University of Singapore and a Master of Laws (Taxation from Washington University in St. Louis, USA), Mr Ho practised as a lawyer with Messrs Rodyk & Davidson before joining the Group.
