About

Ng Boon Heong is the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Trust and Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Foundation; the two key philanthropic entities of Temasek that are responsible for financial management and programme delivery respectively. He also holds a concurrent role as Managing Director, Institutional Relations at Temasek International.
 
Boon Heong joined Temasek as Managing Director Sustainability and was also Head Community Stewardship. During this time, he led the pioneering efforts to set up both the sustainability and community stewardship teams at Temasek and developed strategies to deploy Temasek’s community funds in support of Temasek’s role as a Trusted Steward - to connect people, uplift communities, protect planet and advance capabilities in Singapore and beyond. 

In his early years, Boon Heong served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and was intimately involved in technology development to build advanced warfighting capabilities in advanced sensors, autonomous vehicles and sense-making. He has also worked with different stakeholders to deliver integrated and multi-source information fusion and analysis products, scenario development and contingency planning; including providing support to various SAF Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations. 

Boon Heong graduated with a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Honours) from the Nanyang Technological University Singapore, holds a Masters in Business Administration from Singapore Management University and Masters in Systems Integration (Information Systems) from Naval Postgraduate School USA. He was top Army graduate of the SAF Command and Staff College, graduated from the Indonesian Military's Joint Command and Staff College (SESKO TNI) and was awarded Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military).