Au Bok Soon has been with SP Group (and its predecessor) for 36 years. He started as an engineer with the Extra High Voltage O&M Section. He was the managing director of Power Automation, a joint venture company between Singapore Power and Siemens, which supplies smart grid solutions to utilities in the AP region for 13 years. He is now an adviser in SP Engineering Council. He graduated from Bergische Universitaet in Wuppertal, Germany, as a Diplom Ingenieur and holds an MSc in electrical engineering from National University of Singapore.