Wong Kan Seng

Mr Wong was appointed to the Board of United Overseas Bank on 27 July 2017 and assumed the role of Chairman on 15 February 2018. He was last re-elected as a Director on 20 April 2018. He is the chairman of the Executive Committee and a member of the Board Risk Management Committee, Nominating Committee and Remuneration and Human Capital Committee.

Mr Wong served 26 years in the Singapore Government where he held various ministerial appointments in the Communications and Information, Community Development, Foreign Affairs and Home Affairs Ministries, and at the National Population and Talent Division (Prime Minister’s Office). He retired as Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security in 2011 but remained as a Member of Parliament till 2015. He joined the private sector in 2011 and served as Chairman on the boards of Singapore Sichuan Investment Holdings, Singbridge Holdings and Singbridge International Singapore.

Mr Wong is the Chairman of CLA Real Estate Holdings, a company that focuses on urbanisation projects spanning townships, mixed-use developments and business parks. He is also a director of Bo’ao Forum for Asia and patron of Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital.

Mr Wong has a Master of Science in Business Studies from the London Business School, University of London and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Singapore.

He was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1976 and the Medal of Honour by National Trade Union Congress in 1998.