Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Chairman, Ascendas-Singbridge Pte Ltd Chairman, United Overseas Bank Ltd (UOB)

Mr. Wong Kan Seng is Chairman of Ascendas-Singbridge Pte Ltd, Chairman of United Overseas Bank (UOB) and Chairman of the Advisory Council of Temasek Foundation Connects. Mr. Wong retired as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore in May 2011 after serving the Singaporean Government for 26 years. His last position was Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister-in-charge of the Population and Talent Division in the Prime Minister’s Office. He was first elected as Member of Parliament in 1984 and was re-elected in six successive general elections. He retired from politics as a Member of Parliament in 2015. Mr. Wong held ministerial positions in the Ministry of Communications and Information, Ministry of Community Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs. When he was in office, he chaired a number of ministerial-level committees and coordinated work across several ministries, for example, on national security, Singaporean population and talent policies, crisis management such as SARS, and community engagement. During his tenure as Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Wong co-chaired the China-Singapore Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC), China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Joint Steering Council and the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Joint Steering Council with the then-Chinese Vice Premier.Mr. Wong served as Leader of the Singapore Parliament from 1987 to 2007, and Deputy Chairman  of People’s Association from 1992 to 2006. Apart from positions in the Government, Mr. Wong was Chairman of the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) from 1992 to 2004, and then a member of its Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2012. He was the adviser to the National Transport Workers’ Union from 1985 to 2012.