Board of Trustees

Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

GIC Private Limited

Mr Lim Chow Kiat

Lim Chow Kiat was appointed Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. He was previously Group Chief Investment Officer of GIC and Deputy Group President. He joined GIC as a portfolio manager upon university graduation in 1993 and subsequently rose to head the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Department. He was President, GIC Europe in 2009, overseeing investments and relationships in Europe, Africa and the Middle East before his appointment as President of GIC Asset Management in 2011. Mr Lim is the Chairman of Wealth Management Institute and serves on the boards of Nanyang Technological University, National Research Foundation, Enterprise Singapore and FCLTGlobal. He is also a member of Agence France Trésor’s Strategic Committee and the International Business Council.

Mr Lim holds a Bachelor’s degree (First Class Honours) in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University.

Members

Mrs Deborah Ong

Former Partner

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Singapore

Mrs Deborah Ong

Mrs Deborah Ong joined PwC in 1993 and retired as a Partner in 2020. She had extensive experience as a public accountant managing audits of large listed clients and providing advisory services to clients in various industries. She also held leadership positions in PwC Singapore and in the PwC Global Network.

She was an International Team Leader in the Global Assurance Quality – Inspections Group, where she interacted with the PwC Leadership of a portfolio of countries regarding how quality and risk are managed in each of the firms. Prior to this appointment, Mrs Ong was a Member of the Leadership Team for PwC Singapore. She was also the firm’s Risk and Quality Leader.

Mrs Ong helmed the Human Capital function for PwC Singapore from 2002 to 2012. During her tenure as the Human Capital Leader, the firm saw significant shifts in managing the people agenda. An advocate of a coaching culture, Mrs Ong worked closely with her fellow Partners to create a conducive environment encouraging staff development

Mrs Ong graduated with an Honours degree in Accountancy from the National University of Singapore. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Singapore
Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia.

Mr Edmund Koh

President UBS Asia Pacific

UBS Group AG and UBS AG

Mr Edmund Koh

Edmund Koh, a Singaporean, joined UBS in February 2012 as Group Managing Director, heading the UBS Wealth Management South East Asia and Asia Pacific Hub . He became a member of the GEB and was appointed President UBS Asia Pacific of UBS Group AG and UBS AG in January 2019. He was also Head Wealth Management Asia Pacific from 2016 – 2018 as well as Country Head Singapore from 2012 – February 2019.

Edmund oversees all the businesses across 13 locations in Asia Pacific and meets with key regulators and government officials regularly to exchange views on market and geopolitical development, and financial markets opening and policies. He has been invited to speak in various forums including the Institute of International Finance membership meeting.

Edmund is a strong advocate of talent management and community involvement. He launched the UBS Youth Finance Academy in 2014 to build the talent pipeline for Singapore’s financial industry and led and advocated 17 projects across Asia Pacific under the UBS COVID-19 Relief Funds of USD 30 million by UBS Group.

Edmund has more than 30 years’ experience in senior roles in financial services. Prior to UBS, he was at Taiwan-based Ta Chong Bank where he served as President and Director from 2008 to 2011. From 2001 to 2008, he was Managing Director and Regional Head, Consumer Banking of DBS Bank in Singapore. In 2001, he became CEO of Alverdine Bank; two years earlier he held the same position for Prudential Assurance, both companies based in Singapore. He was also named Distinguished Fellow by The Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore in 2017.

Edmund holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Toronto, Canada.

Ms Foo Mee Har

Chief Executive Officer

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Ms Foo Mee Har

Ms Foo Mee Har is the CEO of the Wealth Management Institute (WMI) as well as a member of WMI’s Board of Trustees. Founded by GIC and Temasek, WMI is Asia’s Centre of Excellence for wealth and asset management education and research. Under Ms Foo’s leadership, WMI has grown to become a leading training provider delivering over 18,000 training places annually, serving wealth managers, asset managers, investment advisors, lawyers, trust professionals, wealth planners, high net-worth families and financial regulators across Asia.

Ms Foo also holds public office, elected as a Member of Parliament in Singapore since 2011. She is currently the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, a Select Committee of the Singapore Parliament. She is also the Vice Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee of Finance and Trade and Industry, and also serves as a member of the Government Parliamentary Committee of Education.

Ms Foo started her career in management consulting. Her private sector experience includes a two-decade stint with Standard Chartered Bank, during which she held a number of senior positions including Global Head for Priority Banking & International Banking covering 30 markets in Asia, Middle East and Africa; President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Thailand; as well as Country Head of Consumer Banking China.

Ms Foo graduated with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a major in Occupational Psychology. She has attended executive management programmes at the London Business School, Templeton College (Oxford University) and INSEAD.

Ms Jacqueline Loh

Deputy Managing Director

(Corporate Development)

Monetary Authority of Singapore

Ms Jacqueline Loh

Ms Jacqueline Loh is Deputy Managing Director for Corporate Development in MAS. She oversees the Organisation & People Development, Technology, and Finance, Risk & Currency Groups.

Prior to this appointment, Ms Loh served as Deputy Managing Director for Markets & Development, and Assistant Managing Director for Policy, Risk and Surveillance. Ms Loh has also had experience working in MAS’ New York Office, between 1990 and 1994. Ms Loh joined MAS in 1987, after graduating with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Washington. She was awarded the Public Administration (Gold) Medal in 2018.

Mr Lee Yuan Siong

Group Chief Executive and President

AIA Group Limited

Mr Lee Yuan Siong

Lee Yuan Siong became Group Chief Executive and President of AIA Group on 1 June 2020.

Prior to joining AIA, he was an executive director of Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. from June 2013, and served as the company’s co-CEO and Chief Insurance Business Officer. During his more than 15 years with Ping An, he held several senior management positions including Chairman and CEO of Ping An Life.

Before that he has held a number of senior leadership positions with Prudential plc of the United Kingdom, including President of CITIC-Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, a life insurance joint venture in Mainland China, and he has significant experience across a number of other Asian markets. He began his career at the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Lee Yuan Siong has more than 30 years of experience in Asian insurance, having spent his entire professional career in the industry. He served as an Infantry Company Commander in the Singapore Armed Forces from 1983 to 1986.

Lee Yuan Siong is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (US) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (US). He holds a Master of Finance degree from the University of Cambridge (1993) and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Actuarial Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (1989).

He has received multiple awards and honors for his contributions to the development of the Chinese insurance industry, including the prestigious Chinese Government Friendship Award and recognition as one of the 40 Most Influential Foreign Experts in 40 Years of China’s Reform and Opening-up.

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Former CANON Endowed Chair Professor and Dean

Nanyang Technological University

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Dr Neo Boon Siong retired from the Nanyang Technological University as the CANON Endowed Chair Professor and twice served as Dean of the Nanyang Business School. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Singapore Navigators and is an independent Director of Chip Eng Seng Ltd. He was previously Chairman of k1 Ventures Ltd and Director on the Boards of OCBC, Great Eastern, OUE Hospitality Trust and other listed companies.

Dr Neo received a Public Administration Medal (Silver) from the President of the Republic of Singapore in the 1999 National Day Honours Awards and is the lead author of the best-selling book on Dynamic Governance: Embedding Culture, Capabilities and Change that was launched by Singapore’s President SR Nathan in July 2007. He is an excellent instructor and facilitator and has won Best Teacher Awards and the Nanyang Education Award in NTU.

With 40 years of professional experience, Dr Neo is a leading expert in public sector governance, business strategy, process management and organizational change. His paper on Business Process Innovation won the Best Overall Paper Award in the 1993 IT Works conference and his book on Exploiting IT for Business Competitiveness (published by Addison-Wesley) was a recipient of the Highly Commended Award in the 1996 Singapore Book Awards. He has advised and led executive development seminars for the leaders of many MNCs and governments around the world.

Dr Neo is a Chartered Accountant (Singapore) and holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) from the National University of Singapore, and MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Ms Png Chin Yee

Chief Financial Officer

Temasek

Ms Png Chin Yee

Ms Png Chin Yee joined Temasek in July 2011 and is currently Deputy Chief Financial Officer. Her prior roles in Temasek include Head, Financial services, Senior Managing Director, China and Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Strategy and Risk Group.

Prior to joining Temasek, Ms. Png was Managing Director with UBS AG where she was Joint Head of the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Bank for Asia.

Ms. Png holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with 1st class honours from the Nanyang Technological University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Former Chief Executive Officer

Avanda Investment Management

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Cheng Chih joined the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) in 1993 and retired as Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer in 2011. In late 2014, Cheng Chih co- founded Avanda Investment Management, a global asset management company based in Singapore, along with long-time GIC colleagues Ng Kok Song and Quah Wee Ghee. With assets under management of over US$7 billion, Avanda strives to serve the investment needs of long-term asset owners by providing global multi-asset investment solutions and Asia-centric investment strategies.

Outside of Avanda, Cheng Chih is currently serving as investment advisor to the Singapore Ministry of Finance, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Ministry of Finance in Norway and the Bank of Thailand and as board member of the MIT Investment Management Company, the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy, and the Wealth Management Institute Limited. In addition, he is serving on the CareShield Life Council in Singapore. Cheng Chih studied mathematics at the University of Waterloo where he received his BMath and MMath degrees. He obtained his PhD in mathematics from the University of Minnesota.

Ms Susan Soh

Senior Advisor

Schroder Investment Management

Ms Susan Soh

Susan Soh is Co-Head of Asia Pacific for Schroders. She is also a member of Schroders’ Group Management Committee (GMC).

Susan has almost 30 years of financial industry experience, spanning across different areas of investment banking before specialising in asset management. She has been instrumental in driving Schroders’ success with central banks, national pensions and national institutions in Southeast Asia. In the retail mutual fund distribution industry, she has led Schroders to become one of the market leaders in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. She was appointed Co-Head of Asia Pacific for Schroders in April 2020.

Schroders is one of the founding members of the Singapore Green Finance Centre and Susan currently serves as a Member of its Advisory Board.

Susan was conferred the Institute of Banking & Finance (IBF) Distinguished Fellow (Fund Management) award in 2015. She currently sits on the Executive Committee of Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS) , serving as a Vice Chair from November 2016 before being appointed to be the Chair from April 2019.

Susan has also been a passionate advocate of raising industry standards and driving professional excellence. She has served as Council Member of IBF since April 2019, was previously a member of the IBF Standards Committee and chaired the IBF Fund Management Working Group from August 2013 to December 2019.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Accountancy from National University of Singapore.

Board of Trustees

Chairman

Mr Lim Chow Kiat

Members

Mrs Deborah Ong

Mr Edmund Koh

Ms Foo Mee Har

Ms Jacqueline Loh

Mr Lee Yuan Siong

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Ms Png Chin Yee

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Ms Susan Soh

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