Saw Phaik Hwa

[2] From 1984 to 2002, Saw served as Regional President for DFS Venture Singapore (Pte) Ltd.[3] She left the company in 2002 as a result of budget cuts.

[5] In December 2011, Saw resigned as the president of SMRT in the midst of public anger over two train breakdowns that caused commuters to be stranded.

[6][7] On 6 January 2012, Saw resigned as a director of SMRT, following which former Army General Desmond Kuek was appointed as the President and Group Chief Executive Officer.

[8] On 1 May 2012, Saw was appointed to be the CEO of Auric Pacific, specializing in Delifrance, Sunshine and Topone, including the best-selling Food Junction.

This led to a culmination of train breakdowns, especially in 2015, causing delays to hundreds of thousands of commuters.