Professor Tan Kong Yam, 59
Non-Executive Independent Director
Bachelor in Economics, Princeton University
PhD in Economics, Stanford University
Date of first appointment as a director:
31 October 2014
Length of service as a director (as at 31 December 2014):
2 months
Board committee served on
• Audit Committee (Member)
Present principal commitments
• APS Asset Management Pte Ltd (Director)
• Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Director)
• Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (Professor of Economics)
• Surbana International Consultants Holdings Pte. Ltd. (Director)
Background and working experience
• Senior Economist, Beijing Office of World Bank (From July 2002 to July 2005)
• Member, Expert Group on the 11th Five Year Plan of World Bank (2004)
• Chief Economist of The Ministry of Trade and Industry (From July 1999 to June 2002)
• Head, Department of Business Policy at NUS Business School of National University of
Singapore (From 1988 to 1999)
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