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Phee Teik Yeoh, CEO, Vistara
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Phee Teik Yeoh, CEO, Vistara

Arindam Majumder New Delhi
Vistara Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Phee Teik Yeoh has been a Singapore Airlines (SIA) man for life. Even his student days at university — studying Chemistry — were under the airline’s scholarship programme.

The company recognised his talent early and after only four years of serving at two international destinations, he was brought back to work in the chairman’s office. He soon became part of all regulatory processes and board decisions. 

When Tata Sons finally tied up with SIA to set up an airline after a failed attempt in 1990, Yeoh was the first choice to lead the venture. “My mandate was

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