WMI International (PEI)

Board of Directors

Chairman

Senior Advisor

Seraya Partners

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Dr Sung Cheng Chih started his investment career at GIC in 1993 and retired as Chief Risk Officer in 2011. Subsequently, he served in advisory or board capacity with government, financial and research institutions including the central banks and finance ministries in Norway, Singapore and Thailand, the MIT endowment and the national pension fund in Saudi Arabia.

In 2015, Dr Sung co-founded Avanda Investment Management, a Singapore-based global asset manager. Since retiring in 2021, Dr Sung has been working with start-ups in diverse fields including finance, sustainable investing, digital infrastructure, renewable energy, asset digitalisation and long/short equity investing.

Dr Sung studied mathematics first at the University of Waterloo and later at 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

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 20,000 training places annually, serving wealth managers, asset managers, investment advisors, lawyers, trust professionals, wealth planners, high net-worth families, and financial regulators across Asia. WMI helms the Global-Asia Family Office Circle, a network platform that fosters a trusted environment to build capabilities and community in the family office sector. The GFO Circle is supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). WMI is also host of the Asia Centre for Changemakers, supported by Temasek Trust and the Philanthropy Asia Alliance.

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.

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 was a recipient of the Highly Commended Award in the 1996 Singapore Book Awards.

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

Former 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

Mr Isaac Lin

Head, Finance

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Mr Jason Wong

Director, Learning and Technology

Wealth Management Institute Limited

Dr Neo Boon Siong

Former CANON Endowed Chair Professor and Dean

Nanyang Technological University

Dr Sung Cheng Chih

Senior Advisor

Seraya Partners

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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