Ms Chong Siak Ching

Chairperson, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Governing Board, National University of Singapore

Ms Chong Siak Ching was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Gallery Singapore and Head of the Visual Arts Cluster (VAC) Singapore from April 2013 to March 2024. National Gallery Singapore which oversees the world’s largest public collection of Singapore and Southeast Asian art, opened in November 2015 under Ms Chong’s leadership.

She was the President and CEO of Ascendas Group from 2001 to 2013 and was recognised as Outstanding CEO of the Year in the Singapore Business Awards 2009 for her leadership and dynamism in establishing Ascendas as Asia’s leading provider of business space.

Currently, Ms Chong is a Member of the University of the Arts Singapore Ltd Board of Trustees, a Member of the Yale-NUS College Governing Board, and the Chairperson of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST) Governing Board, National University of Singapore (NUS). She also serves as a member of the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) Board and is the Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Mandai Parks Holdings Pte Ltd, as well as a board member of Singapore-listed Venture Corp Ltd and Tokyo-listed Sankyo Frontier Co. Ltd.

She was appointed Justice of the Peace in 2013 and is currently Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chile. She was also conferred the rank of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 2020.