Ng Kok Song

Peter Ng Kok Song (Chinese: 黄国松; pinyin: Huáng Guósōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Kok-sông; Teochew pronunciation: [ŋ˥˥ kok̚˨ soŋ˥˥]; born 11 February 1948), better known as Ng Kok Song, is a Singaporean financier, fund manager and entrepreneur who served as the chief investment officer of GIC between 2007 and 2013, and director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore between 1985 and 1986.

He grew up in an attap house with a thatched roof, mud floor and two bedrooms in Kangkar, near modern-day Sengkang, close to the Serangoon River.

Instead, he took up a scholarship from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to study physics at the University of Singapore and graduated in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science with honours degree.

The Singapore Government awarded Ng the Meritorious Service Medal in 2012, in recognition of his contributions to building and managing the nation's reserves.

[8] He is on the CFA Institute's Advisory Council for the "Future of Finance" project, a long-term global effort to shape a trustworthy financial industry that better serves society.

[9] In 2015, Ng founded Avanda Investment Management with two former GIC colleagues, Quah Wee Ghee and Sung Cheng Chih.

[10] Avanda Investment Management received support from leading institutional investors whose contributions helped launch the firm with around US$4 billion in assets.

[15] From 2017 to 2023, he served on the governing board for the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

[16] On 19 July 2023, Ng turned up at the offices of Elections Department while accompanied by his family to collect the eligibility forms required to be nominated as a presidential candidate.

Ng intends to submit himself for considerations under the requirements of the public service deliberative track, based on his tenure as Chief Investment Officer of GIC.