Deloitte Singapore Board Symposium 2026

Ho Kwon Ping

Founder & Executive Chairman
Banyan Group

Mr Ho Kwon Ping is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Group and Laguna Resorts and Hotels, and Executive Chairman of Thai Wah Public Company. All three family-owned companies are listed in Singapore and Thailand.

He was the founding Chairman of Singapore Management University (SMU) and has chaired Singapore Power and MediaCorp Singapore. He has also served on the boards of Standard Chartered Bank, Diageo, Singapore Airlines, and GIC.

Among various awards, Mr Ho has received the London Business School Entrepreneurship Award; CEO of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards; CNBC Travel Business Leader Award; Distinguished Alumnus Award from the National University of Singapore; and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Creativity Association, China Hotel Investment Summit and Australia Hotel Investment Summit. Honoured for his contributions and accomplishments in the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific region and globally, Mr Ho is the only two-time recipient of Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific HICAP’s Innovation Award (2003) and Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) in its 30-year existence. Most recently, Mr Ho received the prestigious Outstanding Contribution award at AHEAD Asia 2024.

For his services to the country, he has received the Meritorious Service Medal and Distinguished Service Order from the Singapore Government. Mr Ho has also been conferred honorary doctorates by Johnson & Wales University, Hong Kong Poly University, and Singapore Management University.

Manu Bhaskaran

Council Member, Singapore Institute of International Affairs & CEO, Centennial Asia Advisors

Mr Bhaskaran is the Founding CEO of Centennial Asia Advisors, which provides independent economic research on Asian political and macroeconomic trends for investment institutions, government agencies, multilateral institutions and companies with interests in Asia, leveraging off 40 years of studying Asia.

Mr Bhaskaran is also Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies in Singapore where his main interests are in analysing macroeconomic policy frameworks in Singapore.

Prior to Centennial, Mr Bhaskaran held senior positions at Société Générale’s Asian investment banking division where he supervised Asian economic and investment strategy analysis and was a member of the Executive Committee, in charge of Asian equity research. In 12 years with the firm, Mr Bhaskaran helped to establish its business presence in Southeast Asia and in South Asia, while also helping to develop the firm’s highly-rated equity and economic research. Prior to that, Mr Bhaskaran worked for the Singapore government, supervising a team that prepared strategic political and economic assessments of Asia for senior Singapore government officials.

In terms of public service, Mr Bhaskaran has served as Chairman of a high-level government committee reviewing the regulation of moneylenders in Singapore in 2014–2015. He also served as a Member of the Competition Appeals Board, Singapore for several years until August 2023. In addition, he is Council Member of both the Economic Society of Singapore and the Singapore Institute of International Affairs (SIIA).

Mr Bhaskaran also serves on the boards of several companies whose businesses span the ASEAN region including SembCorp Industries as well as Luminor Capital.

Mr Bhaskaran was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge University where he earned an MA (Cantab) and at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he obtained a Masters in Public Administration. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Prof. Annie Koh

Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Professor Annie Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. She chaired the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee for the Monetary Authority of Singapore from 2005 - 2023 and is currently a board member of Singapore Food Agency.

Professor Koh is currently an independent director of AMTD IDEA Group, JustCo Holdings Ltd, Mewah International Limited, Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd and Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd. She serves as board member on non-profit organisations World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore) and EtonHouse Community Fund. 

Additionally, she has been appointed as an Advisory Council member of the Center for Sustainable Finance & Private Wealth, and an Advisor for YouthTechSG. Previous boards served on as Independent Director include Prime US REIT from 2019 – 2025, GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, K1 Ventures boards, and was a member of Singapore’s Customs Advisory Council from 2019 - 2025, the World Economic Forum Global Future Council from 2019 – 2022, and the HR Industry Transformation Advisory Panel from 2018– March 2023.

Professor Koh also advises selected single-family offices and privately owned enterprises such as Flexxon Pte Ltd., HMI Group and TOP International, and startup company Pyxis Maritime Pte Ltd. She has been an investment committee member of iGlobe Partners since July 2010. Previously held leadership positions at SMU before January 2021 include Vice President for Business Development; V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Academic Director of Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute; Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business; and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education.

Professor Koh received her Ph.D. degree in International Finance as a Fulbright scholar from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternative Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, 2nd edition (2021), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), co-editor of Asian Family Business: Succession, Governance and Innovation (2020), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports. 

In recognition of her contribution to education and the public sector, she was awarded the bronze and silver Singapore Public Administration medal in 2010 and 2016 respectively, the Adult Education Prism Award in 2017 and the Tripartite Alliance Award in 2023x.

Dr Ming Tan

Senior Fellow and Founding Executive Director
Tech for Good Institute

Dr. Ming Tan's interests include technology governance, multi-stakeholder approaches to digital development, public-private-philanthropic partnerships and institution-building in the public and social sectors. Her current advisory portfolio spans philanthropy, social impact, sustainability and innovation. She is Senior Fellow and was Founding Executive Director of the Tech for Good Institute, Southeast Asia's first technology policy think tank. Concurrently, she is Senior Advisor to commercial diplomacy firm DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group, teaches at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and serves as Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at NUS Business School.  

Ming also serves on the board of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, International Advisory Board of EHL Group, and on the Digital and Technology Advisory Panel for Esplanade–Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre.

Russell Tham

Head, Emerging Technologies, Temasek Global Investments & Chair, Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore

Mr Russell Tham is Head of Emerging Technologies at Temasek Global Investments, focused on investing globally in deep tech ventures grounded in STEM innovation. Prior to joining Temasek in 2020, Mr Tham was President of New Enterprises and Ventures at ST Engineering.

Mr Tham has over two decades of experience building and scaling new markets for Applied Materials, a Silicon Valley headquartered technology MNC, where he was President, Applied Materials Southeast Asia and concurrently held global corporate-level business development responsibilities for new markets. Mr Tham oversaw the company’s Singapore infrastructure expansion into manufacturing, supply chain, R&D and product development for global markets.

In addition, Mr Tham sits on multiple public and private boards, including as Chairman of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) Board.

Mr Tham holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Philip Yuen

Chair
Deloitte Southeast Asia

Mr Philip Yuen is the Chair of Deloitte Southeast Asia, and he is a Deloitte Audit & Assurance Partner, based in Singapore. Additionally, he is a member of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Board and the Chair of the Deloitte Asia Pacific Finance and Audit Committee. 

He has also been appointed by Deloitte Global as a non-voting advisor to the Deloitte USA Board. 

Mr Yuenhas over 39 years of public accounting experience in the United Kingdom and Singapore. He has extensive experience as a hands-on leader of complex global engagements across all areas of professional services, specialising in audit and assurance advisory. 

He advises listed companies in Singapore and in the Southeast Asia region, and has led teams in special investigation and system audits. In addition, he has performed acquisition and due diligence reviews of companies in Asia Pacific and around the world. 

Prior to his appointment as Chair of Deloitte Southeast Asia on 1 June 2023, he was the Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Southeast Asia, an appointment he held from 1 June 2016 to 31 May 2023. 

Other positions he has held include Deloitte Global Board member, Deloitte Asia Pacific Executive Committee member, Deloitte Singapore Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte Southeast Asia Clients & Markets Leader, and the Talent Partner and Chief-of-Operations for Deloitte Singapore. His natural leadership qualities have earned him wide respect both among his clients and in Deloitte’s global network. 

Mr Yuen has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from the University of Liverpool, England and he is qualified as a Chartered Accountant of Singapore. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a fellow of CPA Australia and a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors. 

Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Board of Governors at NorthLight School and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee established by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. 

Ng Jiak See

Strategy, Risk & Transactions Leader
Consulting Businesses Growth Leader
Deloitte Asia Pacific

Ms Ng Jiak See leads the Deloitte Asia Pacific Strategy, Risk and Transactions (SR&T) business. With over 30 years of experience, she excels in M&A, fundraising, IPOs, and growth strategies. She drives innovation in strategy & business design, M&A, restructuring, cost transformation, infrastructure, sustainability, and risk services. She is committed to helping clients create value, innovate, and grow while maintaining their brand and reputation.

In her role as Asia Pacific Consulting Businesses Growth Leader, Ms Ng helps shape growth across Deloitte’s Consulting businesses in the region. Her focus is on deepening priority client relationships and identifying market opportunities. She also brings together Deloitte’s capabilities across businesses, sectors, industries and markets to help clients address complex challenges and achieve meaningful, sustainable growth.

Passionate about community, Ms Ng serves on the boards of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) and the Yellow Ribbon Fund. She strongly advocates for diversity and inclusion, leading Women in Leadership program and mentoring female professionals across Asia Pacific.

Ms Ng holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce (1st Class Honours) from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is a fellow of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA) and Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ).