Our Leadership

Dilhan joined Temasek in September 2010. He was appointed Executive Director and CEO of Temasek Holdings on 1 October 2021 and is concurrently the Executive Director and CEO of Temasek International, which are positions he has held since April 2019.

Dilhan has held various leadership roles in Temasek, including Head of the Investment, the Portfolio Management and the Enterprise Development Groups. He has also led the Temasek market teams in Singapore and the Americas.

Prior to Temasek, Dilhan was the Managing Partner of WongPartnership LLP. He has over 20 years of legal experience, mainly focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate law. 

Song Hwee joined Temasek in October 2011.

Prior to Temasek, Song Hwee was the Chief Operating Officer at GLOBALFOUNDRIES which has integrated with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing.

Before the integration, Song Hwee served as Director of the Board, and President and CEO of Chartered from 2002 to 2009. He has also held various senior management positions at Chartered, which he joined in 1996.

Prior to Temasek, Fidah was a Partner at Innosight Ventures Pte Ltd, a Venture Capital Fund investing in disruptive innovation. He was Director, Strategy, Policy & Communications at Singapore Health Services Pte Ltd and thereafter appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of Health Holdings Pte Ltd. His career also included nearly a decade in social entrepreneurship where he started up several programmes and enterprises catering to hitherto unmet healthcare needs of patients.

Prior to joining Temasek, Michael spent over 12 years in Goldman Sachs. His last held position was Chief Asia-Pacific Economist based in Hong Kong, where he was responsible for the firm’s economic, forex and rates views on the region. Before Goldman Sachs, Michael was an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 

Wai Ching joined Temasek in 2006 and oversees the Human Resources function of the firm. She also supports the Remuneration and Nominating Committees of our portfolio companies with regard to management incentive plans design, non-executive and executive directors compensation, as well as appointments to the boards of these companies.

Wai Ching’s career in human resources spans 28 years and includes appointments at Fullerton Financial Holdings, Citibank N.A., Singapore Technologies, United Overseas Bank and Overseas Union Bank.

Nicolas joined Temasek in October 2016.

Before joining Temasek, Nicolas was a Managing Director at Highbridge Principal Strategies (HPS). Prior to HPS, he was a Principal and founding member of Carlyle Infrastructure Partners. He was also a Director at Citigroup / Salomon Smith Barney in New York.

Nagi joined Temasek in 2005.

Prior to Temasek, Nagi had over 15 years of experience in senior management positions in companies including Concord Energy, Asia Pacific Resources Group, Credit Suisse and Bain & Company.

Uwe joined Temasek in January 2018.

Prior to joining Temasek, Uwe was Chief Executive Officer of WS Atkins plc. He started his career as a Project Manager with A.T. Kearney. Uwe has also held senior appointments in Hochtief AG, OC Oerlikon Management AG and TPG Capital before joining Cleantech Switzerland as its President.

Ravi joined Temasek in April 2012.

Prior to Temasek, Ravi was the Chief Operating Officer of ST Telemedia. Ravi has over 20 years of financial and investment banking industry experience, 15 of which were with Citigroup, Credit Suisse and Jardine Fleming across the Asia-Pacific region.

Wai Leng joined Temasek in March 2006.

Prior to this, Wai Leng was Deputy CEO of Raffles Holdings and concurrently CEO of Raffles International. Wai Leng has over 24 years of experience in senior management positions before joining Temasek.

Anuj joined Temasek in September 2006.

Prior to joining Temasek, Anuj was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Bob joined Temasek in January 2017.

Prior to joining Temasek, Bob was Chief Risk Officer, Asia Pacific of Barclays Bank PLC, from 2000 to 2016. He has also held various senior management positions in the banking, trading and risk management areas of Barclays, including Global Head of Sovereign and Financial Institution and Contingent Risk Management for Barclays in London, and Chief Executive of the Barclays Metals Group. 

John joined Temasek in November 2017.

Before joining Temasek, John was a Partner of TPG Capital (“TPG”), where he led the firm’s Technology Buyout Team for 17 years. Prior to TPG, he was a Managing Director and Co-Head, Technology Investment Banking Group at Morgan Stanley. He was also a Managing Director and Senior Semiconductor Analyst at Alex Brown & Sons.

Ashok joined Temasek in September 2023.

Prior to Temasek, Ashok held various senior roles with the Singapore foreign service for over three decades. He was Singapore’s Ambassador to the United States for more than 10 years and his previous Ambassadorial roles were in Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.

Siok Lan joined Temasek in April 2012.

Before joining Temasek, Siok Lan was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at ST Telemedia, responsible for the company's legal, regulatory and corporate secretarial affairs.  She has over 25 years of experience in the legal services sector and has executed various complex merger and acquisition transactions.

Chin Yee joined Temasek in July 2011.

Prior to Temasek, Chin Yee was Managing Director with UBS AG where she was the Joint Head of the Financial Institutions Group for Asia Investment Banking.

Rohit joined Temasek in 2008.

Prior to Temasek, Rohit spent 11 years with Morgan Stanley holding senior positions across its Mumbai and Hong Kong offices before his appointment as Managing Director & Head of South East Asia Investment Banking in Singapore. Rohit started his initial career with Citibank, India and McKinsey & Co in India.

Juliet joined Temasek in April 1996.

Prior to joining Temasek, Juliet was with Singapore Press Holdings as a Management Executive.

Russell joined Temasek in May 2020.

Prior to Temasek, Russell spent two years at ST Engineering and 24 years at Applied Materials where he held various regional and global leadership positions across numerous core business functions.

Benoit joined Temasek in September 2014.

Prior to Temasek, Benoit was Partner and Head of Paris office, as well as Co-Head of Industrials sector at Cinven. Benoit has over 20 years of investment banking and private equity investment experience, 12 of which were with Goldman Sachs in London and Singapore.

Yibing joined Temasek in October 2013.

Prior to Temasek, Yibing was Chairman and CEO of CITIC Goldstone Investment and President of CITIC Private Equity Funds Management. He has over 17 years of investment and management experience, and held various senior management positions in major firms including McKinsey & Co, Lenovo Group, and Legend Holdings.

Michael Zeller joined Temasek in July 2020.

Prior to Temasek, Michael was the CEO of Dynam.AI, an AI consultancy and solutions firm. He has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive and advisor of technology-centric organisations.