Koh Boon Hwee

Koh Boon Hwee, DUBC (Chinese: 许文辉; born 1950) is a Singaporean businessman.

Koh Boon Hwee
Born (1950-11-17) 17 November 1950[1]
NationalitySingaporean
Alma materImperial College of Science and Technology, University of London
Harvard Business School
OccupationChairman, Yeo Hiap Seng
Chairman, Far East Orchard
Chairman, AAC Technologies[2]

Education

Koh was educated at Saint Andrew's School, Singapore. He went on to receive a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and an MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School.[2]

Career

Koh was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Telecom Group in 1986 and then joined the Singapore Airlines board in March 2001.[2]

He served as Chairman of the SIA Engineering Company; a Director of Agilent Technologies Inc, [Four Soft Ltd] and Norelco UMS Holdings Limited; Executive Director of MediaRing Limited and Tech Group Asia Limited. He serves on the boards of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited as a Director; AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Ltd and Infiniti Solutions Private Limited. He is also a Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation.[2]

On 1 January 2006, Koh became chairman of DBS Bank. He joined DBS as a director on 15 June 2005. He stepped down on 30 April 2010, replaced by Peter Seah.[2]

At the 2008 National Day Awards, Koh was awarded the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Distinguished Service Order).[3]

References
  1. "Form 6-K: Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 – Pacific Internet Limited". Commission File Number 000-29938. 16 October 2006.
  2. "Nanyang Technological University Profile". Nanyang Technological University. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  3. National Day Awards 2008, Koh Boon Hwee, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Nanyang Technological University


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