Ms Poh Hwee Hian is presently the Senior Vice President for Commercial & Marketing Development at SATS Ltd, and has been an active volunteer for more than 20 years. Ms Poh is a volunteer Aftercare Officer with the Singapore Aftercare Association since 2004, befriending and helping ex-offenders re-integrate back into society.
Previously, Ms Poh was the Vice-Chairman of the Volunteer Initiator Persons Workgroup formed by the National Council of Social Service and the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre, where she spearheaded efforts to promote volunteerism in Singapore and the set-up of structures to sustain and enhance volunteer efforts in Voluntary Welfare Organisations. She was also the Chairman of the Students Care Services Volunteer Group, where she led volunteer programmes to support social workers to reach out to students with special needs.
Ms Poh was conferred the Commonwealth Youth Achievement Gold Award in 2005 for excellence in community services and promotion of social service volunteerism in Singapore. She also received the National Youth Achievement Award in 2000 for her outstanding work in community & social service.