Management Team

Zee Yoong Kang is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Trades Union Congress(NTUC) LearningHub (LHUB™). LHUB™ is the largest training services providers in Singapore, and promotes lifelong employability for Singapore workers by providing innovative, high quality and affordable learning targeted especially at rank-and-file workers.

Since joining NTUC in 2003, Zee served as Director (JobLink) and Director (Job Re-creation Department).  He was also the founding CEO of NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i).

Prior to joining NTUC, Zee worked at Bain and Co as a management consultant, handling projects in the IT, Heavy Engineering, FMCG and Government sectors. Before that, he served in the Administrative Service of the Singapore Government in various capacities in the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of National Development.

Zee received his Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) (Honors) from Oxford University and has a Master of Business Administration (Finance and Strategy) (Honors) from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the Board of Governors for Temasek Polytechnic and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). He is also a Board Member of Educare Co-operative Limited and 1st Deputy Chairman for Singapore National Co-operative Federation (SCF), and serves as Commanding Officer of the 700th Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment.

Dr Chan leads the Business Development Unit at NTUC LearningHub (LHUB™) and has been actively involved in the setting up of new businesses and training entities both locally and overseas in China, India and the Middle East. Prior to this, he was General Manager of the Workplace Safety and Health Training unit as well as Director of Corporate Services in LHUB™ overseeing human resource, operations, facilities, finance and IT. 

Before joining LHUB™, Dr Chan also worked at the NTUC Admin and Research Unit (ARU) for 10 years where he has been actively involved in union membership recruitment, customer service, skills development, human resource and industrial relations work.

Dr Chan was educated at Nanyang Technological University (BBus), Singapore; Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (GradDipM); PSB Academy (Cert™); and the University of Leicester, UK (MBA). He attained his Doctorate in Education (EdD) from the University of Durham, UK.
 

Cindy spearheads both the Human Resource and Capability Management Departments. She is responsible for the overall provision of human resources services, policies and programmes. She also oversees the standards and policies pertaining to trainer management, curriculum development and the quality of the LHUB™ training delivery experience.

With more than fifteen years of regional human resources experience in the service industry, Cindy has held human resource management and development positions in various dynamic retail organisations. She has led various human resources initiatives with the objective to enhance the human capital performance of these organisations.

Cindy received a Bachelor of Accountancy degree from the National University of Singapore.

Hon Fai brings with him over 14 years of experience in finance, human resource and strategic planning, and has helmed projects of international nature. His prior appointments include a management role in strategy and planning, as well as financial controller at British-American Tobacco. As an independent management consultant, he has conducted market analysis and financial consultancy for a variety of organisations.

Hon Fai attained his Accountancy degree from Nanyang Technological University and has been a non-practising member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore since 1997. He completed his prograduate studies in Finance Development at Cranefield University, London; Financial Modeling at Nanyang Technological University; Marketing of FMCG in Asia (Insead Business School).

Robert is responsible for Sales and Marketing and Customer Service.

Prior to joining LHUB™, he served in senior management roles with Jardine OneSolution and the CSA group, both locally and internationally. He had also served in the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Education and the National Computor Board before joining the private sector.

Robert received a Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, Canada, and an MSc in Analysis, Design and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics, UK.

Richard is responsible for leading the quality and excellence initiatives, and improving the business processes and operational efficiency of the organisation.

With over 20 years of experience in general management and manufacturing, Richard has held senior management positions in various public-listed organisations, managing entire plants and operations located both locally and in the region, and actively leading many business improvement and quality initiatives.

He holds an MBA from Nanyang Technological University (Strategic Management), a Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Marketing Institute of Singapore, an MSc in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sheffield.