[EDUSPEC] Chairman & Executive Director REDESIGNATION - POK VIC TOR on 13-Jul-2006

Announcement Date
13-Jul-2006
Board Member Information:
Date of Change
13-Jul-2006
Type of Change
REDESIGNATION
Previous Position
Chief Executive Officer
New Position
Chairman & Executive Director
Designation
Chairman & Executive Director
Directorate
Executive
Age
33
Nationality
Singaporean
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science
Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Physical Education and English)
Working Experience
After his graduation and prior to setting up Litespeed Education Pte. Ltd. in 2000, Vic Tor was a primary school teacher with the Ministry of Education of Singapore, teaching physical education and English. Alongside teaching, Vic Tor headed up the physical education department at Park View Primary School, Singapore, and managed volunteer programmes in Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) prior to leaving public service in 2000. In 1999, Vic Tor'skeen interest in education led him to devote substantial efforts to co-author a Primary School English Text Book called In-Step, a SNP Panpac publication, which is currently used in more than 70 primary schools in Singapore. Vic Tor sat on Singapore's inistry of Sports' sub-committee on Promoting Sports for All in the years 2000 to 2001.

In 2000, Vic Tor left public sector teaching to collaborate with his brother, Vic Sent, in setting up LES, providing his expertise in teaching skills to formulate E-Learning solutions and sports enrichment training programmes now forming the core business of LES. In recognition of his successful entrepreneurial debut with LES, in 2002, Vic Tor was awarded the Young Business Start-Up award by ShellLiveWire, an award organized by Singapore Press Holdings, Shell Singapore and the Institute of Technical Education, Singapore.
Directorship of Public Companies
Nil
Family Relationship
Pok Vic Tor and Pok Vic Sent are brothers; and
Dr. Wong Ka Chon @ Wong Kai Choo is the maternal uncle of Pok Vic Tor and Pok Vic Sent
Interest
38,247,615
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