Cheng will concurrently hold both positions. 

ComfortDelGro has appointed Cheng Siak Kian, current CEO of its subsidiary SBS Transit, into the newly created position of Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

He will also assume the position of Executive Deputy Chairman for SBS Transit, replacing Yang Ban Seng, who is currently Managing Director/Group CEO of ComfortDelGro. He will hold all of these positions concurrently. 

Cheng is tasked with helping ComfortDelGro grow its overseas businesses and grow worldwide.

He joined SBS Transit in September 2015 as the bus operations division's senior vice president. He was posted to Australia the following year to head ComfortDelGro's New South Wales operations.