Francis Koh Cher Chiew

Professor Francis Koh is Emeritus Professor of Finance (Practice) in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, at the Singapore Management University (SMU). From 2002 to 2020, he taught at SMU, where he held various academic and administrative appointment. He was the Founding Director of the MSc in Wealth Management Programme at SMU from 2004 to 2019, Vice-Provost (Special Projects) from 2012 to 2017 and Inaugural Mapletree Professor of Real Estate from 2017 to 2019. From July 2017 to June 2020, he was also appointed Special Advisor, Office of the President, to oversee the Office of Investments, which manages the university’s endowment funds.

Prior to joining SMU in 2002, he was a tenured faculty at the National University of Singapore (NUS). While at NUS, he held several administrative positions, including Vice-Dean, Faculty of Business Administration and Director, Financial Management Program for Executives.

Professor Koh obtained the degree of BBA (Hons) from the University of Singapore, MBA from the University of British Columbia, and Ph.D from University of New South Wales. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Public Accountant of Singapore and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).