Singapore National Arts Council has appointed Mr Lee Suan Hiang as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective as of October 15. Mr Lee will concurrently assume the appointment as a Fellow at the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts to drive its Creative Industries Strategy Group. Currently the Chief Executive of the Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board (SPRING Singapore), Mr Lee was previously Chief Executive of the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board, the National Productivity Board, and the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research. He began his career in 1976 with the Economic Development Board and became its Deputy Managing Director in 1993. Mr Lee holds a BA Hons in Industrial Design (Engineering) from Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management, UK, a Fellow of the World Academy for Productivity Science and a Council Member of the International Standards Organisation. For further information, visit the National Arts Council HERE.