SingPost Singapore CEO Shahrin Abdol Salam resigns

SINGAPORE – The chief executive for Singapore Post’s local operations, Mr Shahrin Abdol Salam, has resigned, SingPost said in a statement on Feb 3.

The Straits Times broke the news of the resignation earlier in the day. Mr Shahrin spent less than a year in the role before his departure.

He

joined SingPost as its Singapore CEO on May 1, 2024,

taking over from Ms Neo Su Yin, who had left the firm to join dnata as managing director for Singapore. Mr Shahrin was responsible for the company’s domestic mail and parcel business.

Ms Neo, who recently

rejoined SingPost as group chief operating officer

following the termination of the services of its top executives, will assume additional responsibility as Singapore CEO following Mr Shahrin’s departure.

A SingPost spokesman said to ST that Mr Shahrin resigned “to pursue opportunities outside the company”, and that a transition timeline is being worked out with Ms Neo.

“Su Yin is familiar with the Singapore business unit, having run the business from November 2021 till May 2024,” she added.

In a statement on Feb 3, SingPost’s board chairman, Mr Simon Israel, thanked Mr Shahrin for his contribution to the firm.

“In his tenure at SingPost, he has lent his expertise in transport and infrastructure to help streamline our network capabilities with a focus on people and operational excellence,” he said.

Mr Shahrin told ST he was resigning to “explore several opportunities that align with my expertise and passion for organisational transformation and excellence”.

His departure comes at a time of significant leadership upheaval within SingPost, following the recent service terminations of former group CEO Vincent Phang, group chief financial officer Vincent Yik and chief of the international business unit Li Yu.

The trio were fired over their handling of internal investigations

following a whistle-blower’s report in 2024.

ST understands that Mr Shahrin’s resignation, which came on the morning of Feb 3, is not linked to that incident.

The whistle-blower’s report,

which related to SingPost’s non-regulated international e-commerce logistics parcels business, had led to an internal investigation.

SingPost had found that three managers in the international business unit had committed serious breaches of the company’s code of conduct by manually updating the “delivery failure” status for parcels without supporting documents or actual delivery attempts.

The controversy resulted in the dismissal of Mr Phang, Mr Yik and Mr Yu in December 2024, all of whom are currently

contesting the termination of their services.

On Jan 22, 2025, SingPost

appointed Mr Isaac Mah as the new group chief financial officer (CFO).

Mr Mah was previously CFO of SingPost’s Australia business, Freight Management Holdings.

Before joining SingPost, Mr Shahrin held roles as both managing director of SMRT’s Thomson-East Coast Line and the senior vice-president of strategic relations at SMRT Corporation.

According to his profile on the SingPost website, Mr Shahrin has more than 25 years of experience in areas including managing operations, strategic planning and asset management. He is also an active grassroots leader in West Coast GRC, and was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal) in 2019.

Mr Shahrin is also a district representative in the People’s Action Party’s Malay Affairs Bureau, which was formed in 1954 to represent the views of the Malay-Muslim community to the party leadership.

SingPost shares closed unchanged at 55.5 cents when the market closed on Feb 3.