07 October 2024 – Focus on the Family Singapore announces a Board leadership transition: After serving as a Director since November 2014 and Chairman of the Board since April 2021, Mr Tony Soh will be stepping down as Chairman effective 8 October 2024.

Succeeding Mr Soh are the current Vice-Chairmen of the Focus Singapore Board, Mr Andrew Kwan and Mr Choe Peng Sum, who will take on the shared responsibility as Co-Chairmen of the Board.

Outgoing Board Chairman Mr Soh expounds, “As Vice-Chairmen, Andrew and Peng Sum have been working closely with me since I took over as Chairman, and their unwavering support has been instrumental in all that we have accomplished over the past three and a half years”

Mr Kwan is the Group Managing Director of Commonwealth Capital group of companies and is a passionate entrepreneur focused on helping local food brands grow, while Mr Choe is the Chief Executive Officer at Pan Pacific Hotels Group, having more than 40 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

The new Chairmen of Focus Singapore’s Board of Directors bring complementary strengths, and a wealth of experience to their new roles. Their leadership will create opportunities for Focus Singapore to grow and thrive while they manage their existing commitments, including their full-time jobs, directorships on other boards, and church ministries.

Mr Kwan is a Board member of the Singapore Food Agency, Infocomm Media Development Authority, Vice-Chairman and Honorary Secretary of Singapore Business Federation, and Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden. He also serves as an Elder at his church.

Mr Choe sits on the Board of the Global Hotel Alliance, Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association (SAFRA), ACS Schools Board of Governors, PAssion Wave (a People’s Association Advisory Committee), and is a lay leader at Barker Road Methodist Church.

“As they step up as Co-Chairmen, this smooth transition will ensure continuity and stability within the organisation,” Mr Soh confidently remarked.

Beyond their corporate marketplace roles, Mr Kwan and Mr Choe are loving husbands to their wives and involved fathers to their children. Married for 33 and 37 years respectively, Mr Kwan has 4 children and Mr Choe has 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren. 

As family men, they are also men for Family – an evident trait seen in both Mr Kwan and Mr Choe, who desire to see strong families built and established in Singapore and have committed to jointly lead the Focus Singapore Board forward – helping families thrive to transform generations.