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Ex-national player Donald Koh is new badminton chief

SINGAPORE – After a three-month search, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) is set to appoint former national shuttler Donald Koh as its new chief executive officer.

Former national shuttler Donald Koh (photo, right) with athletics legend C Kunalan at the Singapore Sports Hub Community Open House. Photo by Sport Singapore/ Dyan Tjhia

Former national shuttler Donald Koh (photo, right) with athletics legend C Kunalan at the Singapore Sports Hub Community Open House. Photo by Sport Singapore/ Dyan Tjhia

SINGAPORE – After a three-month search, the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) is set to appoint former national shuttler Donald Koh as its new chief executive officer.

TODAY understands that the 48-year-old will start work with the national sports association next week, just a day before the OUE Singapore Open from April 11 to 16. Koh will take over from former CEO and banker Ronnie Lim, who stepped down in Jan 31 after over three years at the helm.

A familiar name in the local badminton community, Koh represented Singapore at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, where he competed in the men’s singles, as well as the men’s doubles with partner Hamid Khan. He retired from the national team in 1994, and he is currently involved in promoting a new sport, Speedminton, which is a combination of badminton, squash, and tennis.

The former national athlete will have his work cut out for him, with the SBA set for a busy year ahead with this week’s OUE Singapore Open and South-east Asian Games in August.

Team Singapore’s shuttlers will be aiming to better their four bronze medal haul from the 2015 SEA Games, as the team look to rebuild following the retirements of senior shuttlers such as Olympian Derek Wong, doubles specialist Vanessa Neo, Chayut Triyachart, and Shinta Mulia Sari. LOW LIN FHOONG

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