WMI International (PEI)

Board of Directors

Chairman

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 Deanna Ong

Member

Chief People Officer

GIC Private Limited

Ms Deanna Ong

Ms Foo Mee Har

Member

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.

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Member

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.

Academic and Examination Board

Ms Foo Mee Har

Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Dr Peter Looker

Member

Chief Academic and Learning Officer

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Member

Former CANON ENDOWED Chair Professor

Nanyang Technological University

PEI Managers

Ms Deanna Ong

Chief People Officer

GIC Private Limited

Ms Foo Mee Har

Chief Executive Officer

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Ms Low Nengduan

Head, Finance

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Former CANON Endowed Chair Professor and Dean

Nanyang Technological University

Dr Peter Looker

Chief Academic and Learning Officer

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Former Chief Executive Officer

Avanda Investment Management

WMI International (PEI)

Board of Directors

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Ms Deanna Ong

Ms Foo Mee Har

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Academic and Examination Board

PEI Managers

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