The Directors of Stratech Systems Ltd. announced the appointment of Mr. Leo Siang Kwong as its Acting Chief Operating Officer with effect from 30 January 2013. Mr. Raman Palaniappan, who held the position of Chief Operating Officer since 9 March 2012, has been serving two months' notice and will leave the company on 29 January 2013 to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Leo joined the Stratech's Group on 1 July 2010.

He heads the Aerospace division, managing the engineering, productization, project management and business development functions. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Leo served more than 20 years in the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF), Singapore. He held various engineering managerial positions, such as the Officer Commanding (OC) of Air Logistics Squadron, the Head Technical Branch and the Deputy Head of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Office.

Mr. Leo is responsible for day-to-day operations management and reports to the executive chairman of the company.