The AIHA is a non-profit association formed in July 2002.
The current association board consists of :
President - KodiA native of the United States, Kodi is currently Operations Manager for Bredero Shaw Indonesia, a pipe-coating manufacturing company that supports the oil industry. This is Kodi’s first role on the committee though he has been playing hockey in Singapore since the tournament in 2005. Kodi played in the US and ran his own hockey school for 4 years before going on to play Division I college hockey. Recently, he attended the IIHF Development Camp in Vierumaki, Finland where he represented Singapore in the Coaches Instructor course. Before working for Bredero, Kodi was previously employed as a Research Engineer for the Propulsion Research Center in Huntsville, AL, where he worked on projects for NASA and the US Air Force.
Kodi has a B.S.E from the University of Alabama, Huntsville, an M.B.A from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, and is currently working on his PhD in Engineering Management.
Vice President – Henry Tan
Henry is native Chinese Singaporean, aged 47 and has been involved in
ice hockey in Singapore since its' beginnings in the 1970's. He starred
as goaltender of the Singaporean teams competing against Malaysia in the
early '80s and has played in numerous international games and tournaments.
Henry started and ran the 'Sunday Ice Hockey School' at Fuji Ice Palace,
and has coached numerous local teams including the Phantoms, Fuji Flyers
and etc.... In 1999, he was invited by the Vice-President of the IIHF,
Mr. Shoichi Tomita, to join as a member of the IIHF, and since then has
completed a number of their programs such as Learn to Play Instructors,
Game Officials and Coaches Instructors. Currently the Vice President of
the SIHA, Henry has also been a key driver of the new ice rink that is
being built at Bukit Merah, being the local liaison of the rink's investor.
Social
Secretary – Capt Dave
David is a 50 year old native of Canada. He started flying in 1975 to
pursue his dream of becoming a commercial airline pilot, and his first
flying job came in 1980 flying for a resort hotel in the Bahamas. In 1998
he moved over to Singapore Airlines as Captain on the Airbus A340, and
is now a Training Captain on the B747-400. He is qualified on the Airbus
A340, Boeing B747, B767, B757, and Lockheed L1011, and has over 16,000
flying hours. He has played hockey in Singapore since the league was formed
and has been a referee as well as a team manager on multiple occasions.
Treasurer – Greg Blakney
One of the original committee members for the league, Greg has been involved
in hockey in Singapore since the beginning. He has been working internationally
since 1989 with stints in Sydney, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. He
has taken his broad experience in managing financial operations for Goldman
Sachs, JP Morgan and Credit Suisse and applied these disciplines into
setting up and managing the largest and most successful Subway franchise
in Singapore. Greg also feels strongly about community involvement, and
has been an active supporter of the Singapore Association for the Deaf,
and recently the Children’s Cancer Fund.
Greg has a Bachelor of Commerce (Double Major: Finance & Accounting) from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is fluent in French, an avid traveler and diver. Married with 3 children, Greg has lived in Singapore since January 1st, 1996.
Membership – Jim Head
Jim Head has been in Singapore for the last two and a half years
and for seven years prior to that was in Hong Kong. He is 40 years old
and hails from the ole’ US of A.
This is his first time on the committee and with his strong marketing
background he will be assisting us in membership. One of Jim’s favorite
hockey quotes is - Herb Brooks, 1980 US Olympic hockey coach: "You're
playing worse every day and right now you're playing like the middle of
next week."
Technology
– Peter Diermayr
Peter has been playing Ice-hockey since youth and in Singapore since 2000.
He has been a team manager multiple times and was part of the inaugural
AIHA league committee in 2000 and has been on the committee and actively
involved for many years since. He has spend the last two years abroad
in Germany, but we are happy to welcome him back onto the committee this
season specifically helping to drive the AIHA infrastructure and support
in various other strategic matters.
Sponsorship/Strategy – Bruce Argue
Bruce has been a regular face at the rink for many seasons. Since arriving
in 2001 he has been actively involved in all facets of ice hockey in Singapore.
He has been on the committee, a referee, and a team manager. Brucey aspires
to be like his idol – the one and only Darcy McColl.
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Our contact details are:
Address:
2 Alexandra Road
#07-06 Delta House
Singapore 159919
Phone: + 65 6276 0364
Fax: + 65 6276 0365
Email: icehockey@singaporeicehockey.com