{"id":75306,"date":"2026-08-10T03:57:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75306"},"modified":"2026-08-10T03:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T19:57:24","slug":"blackrock-resmed-and-thales-chiefs-among-mnc-leaders-honoured-in-national-day-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=75306","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock, ResMed and Thales chiefs among MNC leaders honoured in National Day Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->The leaders of three multinational companies with operations in Singapore are among the recipients of this year\u2019s National Day Awards, announced on Aug 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">BlackRock chairman and chief executive Larry Fink, ResMed chief executive Michael Farrell and Thales chairman and chief executive Patrice Caine were among the <!-- -->56 recipie<!-- -->nts of the Public Service Star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The award recognises individuals for valuable public service or distinguished contributions to Singapore in fields including business, the professions, science, sports and the arts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Fink, who leads BlackRock, the world\u2019s largest asset manager, is a long-serving member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore\u2019s (MAS) international advisory panel. He has advised MAS and Singapore\u2019s leaders on issues including global macroeconomic developments, growth and development of private markets, asset tokenisation, and the impact of artificial intelligence on financial services, an MAS spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Under Fink\u2019s leadership, BlackRock has substantially grown its presence in Singapore and is the largest asset manager here by headcount, MAS said. Its Singapore operations serve as the firm\u2019s South-east Asia hub and a key centre for risk analytics, technology solutions and infrastructure capabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The firm has also anchored senior leadership roles and specialist investment capabilities here, while contributing to industry initiatives including the Equities Market Review Group. It is also a key partner on the Financing Asia\u2019s Transition Partnership Platform, which seeks to support Asia\u2019s decarbonisation efforts, MAS said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Farrell has been a strong champion of Singapore and instrumental to the growth of medical device maker ResMed\u2019s presence here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Singapore is home to the San D<!-- -->iego-head<!-- -->quartered company\u2019s largest advanced manufacturing plant, as well as its regional headquarters, and has grown into a hub for innovation and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Caine has been instru<!-- -->mental in gro<!-- -->wing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/french-multinational-thales-to-launch-ai-centre-in-singapore?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">Thales\u2019 presence in Singapore<\/span><\/a>. Singapore is the French defence and technology company\u2019s hub in Asia for digital identity and security and aviation solutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The company has also built local ecosystem capabilities by expanding its IFE Cloud Centre of Excellence and establishing various joint laboratories and technology collaborations here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Other recipients of the Public Service Star include former president of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization Salvator<!-- -->e Sciacchitano, p<!-- -->resident of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Court Lucy Ferguson Reed, and Singapore\u2019s honorary consul-general in Toronto, Chua Chia-yi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Overall, 7,4<!-- -->91 ind<!-- -->ividuals will receive National Day honours this year in 24 award categories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The highest civili<!-- -->an honour, the<!-- --> Order of Temasek (with Distinction), was awarded to Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and former Council of Presidential Advisers chairman Eddie Teo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Chief of Defence Force Vice-Admiral Aaron Beng was the sole recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (Military).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/blackrock-resmed-and-thales-chiefs-among-mnc-leaders-honoured-in-national-day-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 The leaders of three multinational companies with operations in Singapore are among the recipients of this year\u2019s National Day Awards, announced on Aug&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}