Eng Aik Meng is the Vice President for APL's Intra Asia,Middle East and Australia Trades.In this role he is responsible for a US$750mil trade that serves more than 30 countries,offering direct service between the Far East,the Middle East,the Indian Subcontinent and Africa,along with several APL-operated terminals.This is the second largest and one of the fastest growing trades in the APL network.

Prior to this ,Aik Meng was the Vice President of the Strategic Planning Department for the NOL Group,APL's parent company.He was responsible for supporting Senior Management decision-making as well as merger and acquisition activities,competitor benchmarking,formulation of long-term plans and investment analysis.

Aik Meng joined NOL in 1993 as part of the management trainee programme,beginning his career as an Accountant in the North American Liner trade.Since then he has held a variety of positions in the company throughout Asia in areas including corporate finance,strategic planning and joint venture operations.

Aik Meng holds a B.Acc(Hons)degree from Nanyang Technological University and a MBA from Harvard University.