FAIRPRICE Group (FPG) has appointed Vipul Chawla as group chief government following a worldwide search. Chawla joins FPG from Yum! Manufacturers, the place he’ll function the president of Pizza Hut Worldwide till Apr 1.
Seah Kian Peng, who holds the twin function of group CEO of NTUC Enterprise and group CEO of FairPrice Group, might be appointed as deputy chairman of FPG. He may even grow to be the chairman of FairPrice Basis – the grocery store chain’s charity arm.
Each Chawla and Seah’s roles are efficient Apr 5, NTUC Enterprise and FPG mentioned in a joint press assertion on Thursday (Feb 17).
Seah began as NTUC FairPrice’s chief working officer in 2001 earlier than progressing to the CEO function in 2016. In 2019, Seah was appointed group CEO of FPG when the group was shaped. In the identical 12 months, he took on the extra function as group CEO of NTUC Enterprise.
Seah can also be the Member of Parliament representing the Braddell Heights ward of the Marine Parade Group Illustration Constituency.
In the meantime, Chawla spent 11 years with Yum! Manufacturers – which owns fast-food manufacturers like Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell. Earlier than his function as president of Pizza Hut Worldwide, he was the managing director of Pizza Hut Apac (Singapore).
Previous to Yum! Manufacturers, Chawla was with Unilever for 18 years throughout numerous geographies. His worldwide expertise consists of international protection of over 110 international locations and over 215,000 crew members.
As a Singaporean, Chawla was concerned with the labour motion and helped promote the expertise pool in Singapore by way of NTUC’s “U Circle of Mates” – comprising C-suite executives in regional or international roles from massive MNCs.
Chawla will relocate to Singapore from Dallas, United States. His worldwide expertise will assist FPG in its ambitions to construct an “omnichannel enterprise with superior buyer expertise”, FPG mentioned.