Advisory Board Chairman
Mr. ER Kwong Wah
Singaporean
BBM, PBM, PPA (E), PBS
Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques,
BA Sc (Hons), MBA, Hon Fellow (UWIC), FCIM, FIES, MIPS
Mr. Er Kwong Wah has 27 years in the service of the Singapore Government including various ministries such as the Ministry of Defence, the Public Service Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Community Development.
Besides, he was the Permanent Secretary with the Ministry of Education from 1987-1994 and then with the Ministry of Community Development until his retirement in 1998.
Executive Chairman of Sembawang Maritime and Logistic Ltd till 2001 after his retirement from the civil service.
Governor of United World College of Southeast Asia, and a Member, Board of Trustee of the then SIM University. He was a Member of the Board of Governor of Raffles Institution in Singapore. Development.
Furthermore, he is independent director of several public companies listed in Singapore including COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) Ltd, The Place Holdings Ltd, ecoWise Holdings Ltd, and Luxking Group Holdings Ltd.
The Public Administration Medal (Gold) was conferred in 1990.
The Government of France conferred the Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques in 1990.
The Government of Singapore conferred the Public Service Medal (2004) and the Public Service Star (2009).
Additionally, a recipient of the Service to Education Award from the Ministry of Education, Singapore in 2013.
A Colombo Plan and Bank of Tokyo Scholar, Mr Er Kwong Wah obtained the Bachelor of Applied Science degree (BA Sc) with Honors in Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada in 1970, and the Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Manchester Business School, University of Manchester in 1978.