Ng Kok Song: From growing up in Sengkang fishing village to GIC chief investment officer and presidential hopeful
SINGAPORE — Mr Ng Kok Song, 75, who on Wednesday (July 19) announced his intention to contest the upcoming Presidential Election, is best known for his previous role as chief investment officer at Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.
After retiring from GIC in 2013, he co-founded Avanda Investment Management in 2015 and currently serves as the chairman of the private hedge fund.
The fund’s assets more than doubled to around US$10 billion (S$13.22 billion) since its founding, reported Bloomberg news agency in 2022.
Presently, Mr Ng is the Chairman Emeritus of the Wealth Management Institute, which was established in 2003 by GIC and state investment firm Temasek Holdings and is a training provider at Nanyang Technological University.
He also sits on the board of directors of Temasek Holdings-linked investment platform 65 Entity Partners, as well as the board of governors of the Asia School of Business in Malaysia and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
In addition, he is a member of the Global Advisory board of American investment firm Pimco, alongside other notables such as former United States Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke and former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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TMJ 22/07/2023
So old already , dream of becoming President ? better early retired and looking after grandchildren better still .
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