Sim Hui Ting to succeed Desmond Chin as Commissioner of Charities from April 2027

Sim Hui Ting, group director and chief financial officer at the Skills and Workforce Development Agency, will take over as Commissioner of Charities and executive director of the Registry of Co-operative Societies from Desmond Chin on April 1 next year.

Chin, 61, was appointed to his present roles in November 2020, after retiring as Commissioner of Prisons.

Then aged 55, Chin had spent about 30 years as a career prison officer. He is credited with providing steady leadership to both the charities and co-operatives sectors during the Covid-19 pandemic.

"Mr Chin and his team worked to support charities and co-operatives through relief measures, digitalisation, and capability-building efforts, ensuring organisations could continue serving their communities when it mattered most," the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth said in a statement on Thursday (Sept 3).

It added that the outgoing charities commissioner had strengthened capabilities, governance and accountability across the sector by simplifying the Code of Governance, reviewing the charity transparency framework, and developing practical resources, guidelines, toolkits and funding support for charities to tap on.

He is also credited with helping to develop the 10-year transformation roadmap for co-operatives, which charts a vision to strengthen leadership and governance, build sector capabilities, and deepen the social impact of co-operatives in Singapore.

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo thanked Chin for his years of public service, adding that the outgoing commissioner had made "significant contributions" to Singapore's charities and co-operative sectors.

Incoming commissioner began career in charities sector

Turning to Sim, who will be appointed Commissioner of Charities (designate) and executive director-designate at the Registry of Co-operative Societies from Oct 1, MCCY noted that she began her public service career 14 years ago as Assistant Commissioner of Charities.

She took on the role in 2012, after having spent about 13 years as an auditor in compliance, governance and risk management, rising to become a director at Ernst & Young.

Over the next several years, Sim rose through the ranks and was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Charities in 2016.

MCCY said she was instrumental in driving key policy, legislative and digital transformation initiatives to strengthen governance and resilience in the charity sector.

She is also said to have played a notable part in supporting charities through the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sim was later seconded to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and subsequently to Workforce Singapore (WSG), now part of the Skills and Workforce Development Agency, where she contributed to national initiatives including the National Mental Health and Well-being Strategy, the Beyond the Label Collective and the Workfare Skills Support schemes.

Minister for Culture, Community and Youth David Neo said of Sim's appointment: "Her experience across the public service, including in the charities sector, will serve her well in this role.

"I look forward to working with her to support the continued growth and development of our charities and co-operative sectors."

技能与劳动力发展局集团董事兼首席财务官沈慧婷将于明年4月1日接替陈德明，出任慈善事务专员兼合作社注册局执行董事。

现年 61 岁的陈先生于 2020 年 11 月被任命为现任职务，此前他曾担任监狱署署长。

当时55岁的陈先生曾担任监狱官员约30年。在新冠疫情期间，他因对慈善机构和合作社部门的稳定领导而备受赞誉。

文化、社区及青年部周四（9月3日）发表声明称：“陈先生及其团队通过救济措施、数字化和能力建设努力，为慈善机构和合作社提供支持，确保这些组织能够在最关键的时刻继续为社区服务。”

报告还指出，即将卸任的慈善事务专员通过简化治理准则、审查慈善机构透明度框架以及为慈善机构开发实用资源、指南、工具包和资金支持，加强了整个行业的能力、治理和问责制。

他还参与制定了合作社十年转型路线图，该路线图描绘了加强领导和治理、建设行业能力以及深化合作社在新加坡的社会影响的愿景。

文化、社区及青年部长梁振英感谢陈先生多年来的公共服务，并补充说，这位即将卸任的专员为新加坡的慈善机构和合作社部门做出了“重大贡献”。

新任专员的职业生涯始于慈善领域。

文化、社区及青年部（MCCY）指出，沈女士将于10月1日起被任命为慈善事务专员（候任）兼合作社注册局候任执行董事，她14年前以慈善事务助理专员的身份开始了她的公共服务生涯。

她在 2012 年担任该职位，此前她曾在安永会计师事务所担任合规、治理和风险管理审计员约 13 年，并晋升为董事。

在接下来的几年里，沈志明一路晋升，并于 2016 年被任命为慈善事务副专员。

文化、社区及青年部表示，她对推动关键政策、立法和数字化转型举措以加强慈善部门的治理和韧性发挥了重要作用。

据说她还在新冠肺炎疫情期间为支持慈善机构做出了显著贡献。

沈女士后来被借调到全国社会服务理事会（NCSS），随后又被借调到新加坡劳动力发展局（WSG，现为技能与劳动力发展局的一部分），在那里她参与了国家心理健康和福祉战略、超越标签集体和就业技能支持计划等国家举措。

文化、社区及青年部长梁大卫在谈到沈颖的任命时说：“她在公共服务领域，包括慈善领域的经验，将对她胜任这一职务大有裨益。”

“我期待与她合作，支持我们慈善机构和合作社部门的持续发展壮大。”