Philip Yeo

Philip Yeo

Philip Yeo Liat Kok (Chinese: 杨烈国; born 1946), is the Chairman of SPRING Singapore the Singapore Government’s development agency with the mission of helping Singapore enterprises grow and building trust in Singapore products and services.

Mr. Yeo is a member of the United Nations Committee of Experts in Public Administration (CEPA), established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) from 2010 to 2013 for the promotion and development of public administration and governance among Member States, in connection with the United Nations Development Agenda. He is also Chairman of Economic Development Innovations Singapore Pte Ltd (EDIS) which is focused on developing and managing integrated cities and providing industrial development advice to overseas governments and government-related entities. He was formerly the Special Adviser for Economic Development in the Prime Minister's Office from April 2007 to August 2011.

Until 2007, he was the chairman of A*STAR, a government agency in Singapore focused on conducting scientific research. Yeo was also the first chairman of the National Computer Board — which he formed — as well as chairman of the Economic Development Board(EDB) from January 1986 to January 2001 and then Co-Chairman of the EDB until 2006.

In the private sector Yeo has chaired numerous company boards, including: Singapore Technologies Holdings, Sembawang Corporation, and CapitaLand. Yeo is currently the Chairman of a-iTrust (Ascendas India Trust — Asia's first listed India property trust) and Accuron Technologies. In addition, he is a non-executive director on the Board of Directors of City Developments Limited, and was appointed as one of the first non-Japanese outside directors of Hitachi alongside George Buckley, the former Chief Executive Officer of 3M. Mr. Yeo is married and has a son and a daughter.

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