CHANGING OF THE GUARD

The incumbent, Dr Jaipal Singh Gill has turned his lifelong love of animals into a crusade – and a career. He has been involved with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) since 2007 in various capacities.

Now, after six years at the helm as its Executive Director, he is leaving Singapore’s largest and longest-serving animal welfare NGO. At the end of this Dec 2021, he is off on his “own adventures with family”.

Stepping into his shoes is a relative new face (at least in the world of Animal Welfare Groups). She is Aarthi Sankar, 34, a Community Engagement and Transformation Specialist ie: she amps up the