Former national swimmer Mark Chay will not seek re-election as Singapore Aquatics (SAQ) president when his two-year term ends in August, after being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a cancer of the white blood cells. Incidentally, the topic of succession was already discussed among the SAQ executive committee in January, and Mr Chay’s cancer diagnosis sped up the activation of the plan, as he backed SMU Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Education) and SAQ secretary-general Kenneth Goh to take over because of his “right attitude, aptitude and experiences”. Assoc Prof Goh is also Academic Director at SMU’s Business Families Institute and was a former national 50m and 100m breaststroke national record holder.
