Biography
George Yeo is the Chairman of Kerry Logistics Network Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code 636). He is also a director of Kerry Holdings Limited (a subsidiary of Kerry Group Limited).
From 1988 to 2011, Mr Yeo served for 23 years in the Singapore Government, as Minister of State for Finance, then as Minister for Information and the Arts, Health, Trade and Industry, and Foreign Affairs. Prior to 1988, Mr Yeo served in various capacities in the Singapore Army, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Defence Ministry, including Chief-of-Staff of the Air Staff and Director of Joint Operations and Planning in the Defence Ministry, attaining the rank of Brigadier-General.
Mr Yeo was a member of the Mentor Group and Governing Board of Nalanda University and its Second Chancellor. Mr Yeo is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, the Berggruen Institute on Governance, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School, the International Advisory Panel of Peking University, the International Advisory Council of Eco Forum Global Guiyang, the Economic Development Commission of Hong Kong, the International Advisory Committee of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and the International Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Corporation (a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with stock code 80580).
Mr Yeo was a member of the Vatican Council Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See and became a member of the Vatican Council for the Economy from February 2014.
Mr Yeo is an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code 1299) and a non-independent non-executive director of Wilmar International Limited (a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange with stock code F34).
Mr Yeo was awarded Philippines’ Order of Sikatuna, India’s Padma Bhushan and Australia’s Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.
Mr Yeo graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in engineering and also obtained a master of business administration degree (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School. Mr Yeo is a visiting scholar at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of National University of Singapore.
From 1988 to 2011, Mr Yeo served for 23 years in the Singapore Government, as Minister of State for Finance, then as Minister for Information and the Arts, Health, Trade and Industry, and Foreign Affairs. Prior to 1988, Mr Yeo served in various capacities in the Singapore Army, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Defence Ministry, including Chief-of-Staff of the Air Staff and Director of Joint Operations and Planning in the Defence Ministry, attaining the rank of Brigadier-General.
Mr Yeo was a member of the Mentor Group and Governing Board of Nalanda University and its Second Chancellor. Mr Yeo is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, the Berggruen Institute on Governance, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School, the International Advisory Panel of Peking University, the International Advisory Council of Eco Forum Global Guiyang, the Economic Development Commission of Hong Kong, the International Advisory Committee of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and the International Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Corporation (a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with stock code 80580).
Mr Yeo was a member of the Vatican Council Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See and became a member of the Vatican Council for the Economy from February 2014.
Mr Yeo is an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code 1299) and a non-independent non-executive director of Wilmar International Limited (a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange with stock code F34).
Mr Yeo was awarded Philippines’ Order of Sikatuna, India’s Padma Bhushan and Australia’s Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.
Mr Yeo graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in engineering and also obtained a master of business administration degree (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School. Mr Yeo is a visiting scholar at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of National University of Singapore.
