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SINGAPORE - Former foreign minister, George Yeo, will be joining the Kuok Group as vice-chairman of Kerry Group (HK) from Jan 1 next year.


In a note released on his Facebook page this afternoon, it stated that he will be based in both Singapore and Hong Kong.


Mr Yeo added that he will be handing over his appointment as Adviser to grassroots organizations in Aljunied GRC at the end of this year, but remains a Visiting Scholar at the LKY School of Public Policy.


The Kerry group - primarily a property firm - also owns a controlling stake of the South China Morning Post, the most successful English-language newspaper in China and Hong Kong, reported The Straits Times.


The Kuok Group is a Malaysian conglomerate run by 'sugar king' Robert Kuok, for which Mr Yeo was senior advisor since Oct this year.


Mr Yeo served 23 years in Government, and held posts such as minister for information and the arts, health minister, trade and industry minister and foreign minister.


He led the People's Action Party Aljunied GRC team that lost to the opposition Workers' Party in the May general election.

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Kerry Group today is a world leader in food ingredients and flavours serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets.


The Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions in its relatively short history, from the commissioning of its first dairy and ingredients plant in Listowel, Ireland in 1972, and has achieved sustained profitable growth with current annualised sales of approximately €5.0 billion.


Headquartered in Tralee, Ireland, the Group employs over 20,000 people throughout its manufacturing, sales, technology and application centres across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asian Markets.


We supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. We have established manufacturing facilities in 23 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe.


Launched as a public company in 1986, Kerry Group plc is listed on the Dublin and London Stock Markets and has a current market capitalisation in excess of €4 billion.


Kerry has grown to become one of the largest and most technologically advanced manufacturers of ingredients and flavours in the world.  Spanning all major food categories, Kerry’s core technologies and global resources in culinary, dairy, lipid, meat, cereal, sweet and beverage systems and flavours provide innovative, practical product solutions to food manufacturers and foodservice companies. By utilising our core strengths, gaining synergy from combining technologies and taking a systems approach to opportunities, Kerry excels in value creation for our customers through integrated customer-focused development programmes.


Kerry Foods, the Group's consumer foods division has established strong strategic and commercial alliances with its retail partners in the Irish and UK markets.  Through organic growth and acquisitions in both branded and private label sectors, Kerry Foods has become a leading producer of chilled consumer food products in both markets. Our brands are household names including category leading brands such as Wall's, Mattessons, Richmond, Pure, Denny, Galtee, Roscrea, Shaws, Ballyfree, Cheestrings, Charleville, Mitchelstown, LowLow and Dairygold to name but a few.