Chong siak ching
Independent Non-Executive Director
Ms Chong Siak Ching was the Chief Executive Officer of National Gallery Singapore and Head of the Visual Arts Cluster Singapore from April 2013 to March 2024. Prior to that, she was the President and CEO of Ascendas Group from 2001 to 2013, the Deputy CEO of JTC Corporation from 2000 to 2001, and the Deputy Chairman of SPRING Singapore from 2008 to 2014. Ms Chong represented Singapore in the APEC Business Advisory Council from 2004 to 2010 and chaired the APEC CEO Summit in Singapore in 2009. Ms Chong was awarded the Outstanding CEO of the Year in the Singapore Business Awards 2009.
Currently, Ms Chong is a Member of the University of the Arts Singapore Ltd Board of Trustees, a Member of the Yale-NUS College Governing Board, and the Chairperson of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Governing Board, National University of Singapore. She also serves as a Member of the Singapore Land Authority Board, and a Director of Mandai Parks Holdings Pte Ltd.
She was appointed Justice of the Peace in 2013 and is currently Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chile. She was also conferred the rank of 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.
