Dr Kok Peng TEH is the current Chairman of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS), succeeding Professor Wang Gungwu in 2018.

Before his retirement in 2011, Dr Teh served as President of GIC Special Investments from April 1999 to June 2011, and oversaw investments in private equity, infrastructure and international venture funds. Prior to this, he was concurrently Deputy Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Deputy Managing Director of GIC. He began his career with the World Bank, joining its Young Professionals Programme in 1975.

Dr Teh was formerly Chairman of Ascendas Pte Ltd and Azalea Asset Management Pte Ltd. He was a member on various boards, including China International Capital Corporation, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Taikang Life Insurance, Sembcorp Industries, Singapore Life Ltd, Seviora Holdings and the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Dr Teh’s contributions also encompassed the higher education sector, where he served on the boards of the NUS, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Institute of Policy Studies. Additionally, he was President of the Economic Society of Singapore from 1992 to 1997, succeeding the late Professor Lim Chong Yah.

Dr Teh currently chairs the Advisory Boards of Granite Asia and Seraya Partners. He is also on the boards of Fullerton Health and CM Capital Corporation.

Dr Teh obtained First Class Honours in Economics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and a Doctorate in Economics at Nuffield College, Oxford University, England. He attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in the fall of 1989.