Former SIA CEO, Dr Cheong has certainly left something of a legacy. Not only has he been responsible for the multi billion dollar loses incurred during his ill-fated forays into Air New Zealand and Ansett (both of which organizations any reasonably well informed SIA pilot could have warned to stay well away from – but then why bother listening to these half-wits when a fortune can be spent on professional due diligence “experts”?), he has fouled the SIA nest, before flying off to DBS, leaving the biggest HR debacle in the airline’s whole history.
Would he still be judged “Business Man of the Year” by Fortune magazine, as he was, post the ’98 financial crisis, or would a more searching and reflective appraisal now be made of the great man’s overall performance?
Last edited by highcirrus; 25th Mar 2004 at 09:36.