Ang Kong Hua

Ang Kong Hua is the Chairman of Sembcorp Industries. He chairs the GIC Investment Board and is a member of the Investment Strategies Committee. He has helmed several of Singapore’s biggest companies, bringing years of experience spanning the manufacturing, services and financial sectors.

Kong Hua started his career at the Economic Development Board. He then joined DBS Bank at its inception in 1968 and pioneered its investment banking division. From 1974, Kong Hua was CEO of NSL (formerly NatSteel) until he retired in 2003, and stayed as its Executive Director until 2010. Kong Hua’s past appointments include Chairman of GLP, Singapore Telecommunications and Singapore Post, Vice-Chairman of Neptune Orient Lines, and a Director of DBS Bank, CIMC Raffles Offshore (Singapore) and k1 Ventures.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Economics from the University of Hull.