Speakers

Mr Jimmy Khoo is the Chief Executive Officer of SP PowerGrid Limited (SPPG), which operates and maintains the electricity and gas transmission and distribution networks in Singapore. It is a member of the Singapore Power Group (SP Group), a leading energy utilities company in Asia Pacific.

Prior to the current appointment, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore District Cooling (SDC), a key subsidiary of the SP Group. SDC provides centralised production of chilled water in the premium district of Marina Bay and is the largest fully underground network in the world.

He previously headed SP Group’s Business Ventures responsible for commercial and technology initiatives and various operational roles such as the grid planning division and Singapore’s Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal project. He has also been involved in overseas projects, being the Managing Director (Australia Investments) based in Melbourne.

He was previously a Brigadier General holding senior appointments in the Ministry of Defence. He led the Joint Staff and the Future Systems Directorate responsible for disruptive technologies and led the initiative to transform the Singapore Armed Forces in the early 2000s.

Mr Khoo enjoys breaking mindsets and looking at things from different perspectives. He is a maverick by nature and by profession in his job in the Future Systems Directorate. He continues to champion disruption in SP Group and has been the driver behind various innovation in district cooling.