Sports Hub CEO Lionel Yeo to step down, Quek Swee Kuan to take over as new CEO

SINGAPORE: Sports Hub CEO Lionel Yeo will step down from his position on Dec 9, when the Government takes over management of the facility.

Mr Yeo had "politely declined" the opportunity to continue in Sports Hub as joining the new entity in the public sector is "not in line with his personal career plans".

The 49-year-old shared this with CNA in an interview on Thursday (Nov 3), where he spoke about his time as chief executive of the Sports Hub, having seen it through the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Mr Yeo had served in the public service for 22 years and was the chief executive of the Singapore Tourism Board from 2012 to 2018. He then joined tech firm Grab as CEO adviser before starting at the Sports Hub in February 2020.

Sport Singapore (SportSG) announced on Friday evening that Mr Quek Swee Kuan will be appointed the new CEO of the entity that will manage the Singapore Sports Hub.

There will also be a new chairman Mr Keith Magnus, and both are to be appointed on Dec 1.

SportSG is taking over the ownership and management of the Sports Hub from next month and has said that it has plans to make it more accessible to the broader community in Singapore.

The 35-hectare Singapore Sports Hub comprises the 55,000-capacity National Stadium, an indoor aquatics arena, the multi-purpose OCBC Arena, a water sports centre, the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Kallang Wave Mall.

It was built under a public-private partnership between the Government and a consortium of companies that came together to form SportsHub Pte Ltd (SHPL).

The consortium partners are InfraRed Capital Partners, real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield and venue manager Spectra.

A fourth company, construction and engineering firm Dragages Singapore, was involved in the