Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
He started his foray in banking in investment banking London in 1996 and is currently a director at Cr Suisse Private Bank. Although he is no longer representing the Republic, some of Koh"s national swimming records are still unbroken. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a (Bachelor of Surgery in (Electrical Engineering)) and was subsequently awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, to study at Oxford where he obtained an Master of Philosophy in Management Studies (Finance and Economics).
Desmond is married to Nadya Hutagalung, a well known personality in Asia.
She was one of Music Television"s most recognized VJs in the early 1990s. Terry is a Barclays Capital while Gerald is at PIMCO Asset Management.
Desmond is also an active fundraiser, volunteer and contributor to various non-profit causes and organizations in Singapore and has sat on numerous committees and boards including National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, Remaking Singapore, Committee on Sporting Singapore, Singapore Sports School Limited, Singapore Amateur Swimming Association. Koh broke four national records, including:
200m Breaststroke - 2:21.87, 29 July 1992 (Current record: 2:2106, 21 June 2007)
400m Individual Medley - 4:28.95, 27 July 1992 ( Broken by QUAH Zheng Wen with a timing of 4:21.70 on 16 March 2012 43rd South"pore National Age Gp (Senior) Swimming
C"ships 2012 SINGAPORE ).