Board Appointment at the Singapore Land Authority

1.             The Minister for Law has appointed a member to the Board of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA).

New Member

2.             Ms Chong Siak Ching, Chief Executive Officer of the National Gallery Singapore, will be appointed for a term commencing on 1 January 2024 and ending on 31 July 2025.

Existing Members

3.             Ms Chong joins the following members on the SLA Board:

·         Chairman – Mr Yeoh Oon Jin (Former Executive Chairman, PwC LLP Singapore)

·         Deputy Chairman – Mr Loh Lik Peng (Founder & Owner, Unlisted Collection)

·         Ms Jaelle Ang (Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, The Great Room)

·         Ms Angelene Chan (Chairman, DP Architects)

·         Mr Cheung Pui Yuen (Reputation and Risk Leader, Deloitte SEA)

·         Ms Marina Chin (Joint Managing Partner, Tan Kok Quan Partnership)

·         Mr Jerry Koh (Managing Partner, Allen & Gledhill)

·         Mr Lien Choong Luen (General Manager, Gojek Singapore)

·         Mr Lim Soon Chong (Group Head, Global Transaction Services, Institutional Banking Group, DBS)

·         Mr Colin Low (Chief Executive, SLA)

·         Mr Calvin Phua (Deputy Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Law)

·         Ms Angeline Poh (Chief Customer and Corporate Development Officer, Mediacorp)

·         Mr Kenny Tan (Deputy Secretary (Workforce), Ministry of Manpower)

·         Mr Melvyn Yeo (Founder and Managing Partner, TRIREC)

Issued by:

MINISTRY OF LAW

18 DECEMBER 2023

New member

Ms Chong Siak Ching is Chief Executive Officer at the National Gallery Singapore, and concurrently Head of the Visual Arts Cluster Singapore.

Prior to the National Gallery appointment, Ms Chong was Assistant Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of JTC Corporation, and Chief Executive Officer of Ascendas.

She currently sits on the Boards of Mandai Park Holdings Pte Ltd, Yale-NUS College, and chairs the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music. She is also Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chile. 

Ms Chong has received awards such as ‘Outstanding CEO of the Year’ in the Singapore Business Awards 2009, Gold Medal by the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers in 1981, and the NUS Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 2009. She was also conferred Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2020.

Ms Chong graduated with a Bachelor of Estate Management and a Master in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. She also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.