Education
Doctor of Business Administration in Hospitality (honorary), Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island, 1998. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Oxford Brookes University, England, 2000.
Doctor of Business Administration in Hospitality (honorary), Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island, 1998. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Oxford Brookes University, England, 2000.
Chairman Hong Leong Asia Ltd., Singapore. Chairman, managing director Hong Leong Finance Ltd., Singapore, City e-Solutions Ltd., Singapore. Board directors City Developments Ltd., Singapore, since 1969, executive chairman, since 1995.
Chairman Millennium & Copthorne Hotels plc, since 1996. Member Action Committee of Entrepreneurship. Member, advisory board Cornell Nanyang Institute Hospitality Management.
Member, East Asia Council European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires). Member Singapore-United States Business Council, since 1995. Patron Real Estate Development Association Singapore, since 1995.
Member, international advisory board National Westminster Bank, 1996—1998. Member Committee Singapore Competitiveness, Singapore Government, since 1997.
Married; 2 children.