Deputy director | Land Transport Authority
Nicholas Poa
Deputy director | Land Transport Authority
Senior vice president, legal and compliance | ERA Singapore
Senior vice president | ERA Singapore
Nicholas Poa leads LTA’s legal (public transport and infrastructure) division, which advises LTA across a broad spectrum of areas relating to the construction of public infrastructure, regulation of public transport operators, cross-border rail and general corporate matters. He is an experienced lawyer in transportation and public infrastructure, and started building his portfolio at Lee & Lee, handling construction and land-related matters. Thereafter, he joined Changi Airport Group where he was senior legal counsel and advised on a number of projects such as Terminals four and five. This was one of a number of factors mentioned by nominating sources in putting his name forward. In addition, he has worked on various local and cross-border rail projects and a number of regulatory and compliance matters in the transport industry. Poa has also been teaching at the National University of Singapore’s law faculty since 2014.