Our Leadership

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.

Jonathon joined Temasek in January 2018.

Prior to Temasek, Jonathon was Accenture’s Group Technology Officer for Financial Services and Senior Managing Director for the Financial Services business in Asia. He started his career with Accenture, and has also held various leadership roles in the financial services industry, including ANZ Bank, Allaway Management Consulting and Saltbush Capital Markets.

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.

Mukul Chawla joined Temasek in 2010.

Before joining Temasek, Mukul was a private equity investor at Warburg Pincus in New York and held executive roles at Cisco Systems in Silicon Valley; besides also serving a term appointment at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C.

Gregory joined Temasek in September 2010.

He retired from the Bank of America in March 2010 after a banking career of over 35 years during which he served in a number of senior executive capacities including Vice Chairman of Corporate Development, and last held the position of Chief Risk Officer.

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.

Steve joined Temasek in January 2021.

Prior to Temasek, Steve was advising a range of businesses and financial institutions on transformational approaches to sustainability. He was also previously Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA Group and served on IKEA’s Executive Group Management from 2011 to 2017.  Steve is Co-chair and co-founder of the We Mean Business Coalition and was previously founder and CEO of The Climate Group.

Robin joined Temasek in December 2016.

Prior to Temasek, Robin was CEO of the South China Morning Post (SCMP) Group. He held various senior positions in a career that spanned the information technology, media, internet and government sectors with focus on Greater China and South East Asia.

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.

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.

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.

Chong Lee joined Temasek in October 2011.

Prior to Temasek, he was the Country Executive of South East Asia and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, South East Asia at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Chong Lee was also previously the co-head of Investment Banking, South East Asia with Goldman Sachs and Head of Investment Banking, South East Asia at BNP Paribas.

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.

Alan joined Temasek in January 2004.

Prior to joining Temasek, Alan was a Partner at Stern Stewart & Co, where he led numerous client engagements on managing for shareholder value across a wide range of industries in Southeast Asia, Australia and South Africa. Alan previously worked in the private equity fund of a large banking group in South Africa. He also has 10 years of operational experience in the high-tech sector in South Africa, spanning software engineering, systems engineering and executive management roles.

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.

John joined Temasek in January 2017.

Prior to Temasek, John was Co-Chairman of Global Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs. He joined Goldman in 1988 as an Analyst with the M&A team in New York and had spent his career with Goldman.

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.

Keat Chuan (KC) joined Temasek in October 2017. He was interim CEO of Ensign Infosecurity, a cybersecurity company set up by Temasek in 2018.

Prior to Temasek, KC was Managing Director of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). He was with the EDB for over 23 years, overseeing divisions including Biomedical Sciences, Infocommunications & Media, Electronics and Americas.

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.