Siong Guan has been instructing on leadership and change management as an Adjunct Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore since 2005. He has also been instructing emerging public sector leaders on issues of governance and policy development as a Senior Fellow of the Civil Service College since 2006.

In every appointment, Siong Guan introduced innovative policies and practices that enhanced the drive, capacity, capability, and performance of the organization. He spearheaded the PS21 movement in the Singapore Public Service to re-orientate it for excellence in the execution of government policies and the delivery of public services; he also steered e-government efforts to cut bureaucracy and promote economy by pursuing organizational excellence and harnessing Information Technology in the public sector.

Siong Guan has chaired the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (2004-2006), the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (2004-2006), and the Central Provident Fund Board (1986-1994). He has been a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Institute of Policy Studies, and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. He has also been a Director of DBS Bank, a Director of Neptune Orient Lines, a Director of Temasek Holdings, and variously Chairman or Director of a number of companies that are now part of the Singapore Technologies Engineering group of companies.

Siong Guan was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore. He was awarded the President’s Scholarship to study at the University of Adelaide, Australia, where he graduated with First Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering in 1969.

He is the recipient of various National Day Awards in Singapore: the Order of Nila Utama (First Class) in 2006, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1991, and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1982.

After graduating from Princeton, Joanne worked at PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA), one of the world’s leading port operators, for six years. At PSA, Joanne worked closely with Senior Management on strategic projects, and honed her skills in external and internal communications, branding, strategic events management, as well as collateral design and production.

Following PSA, Joanne was awarded a merit scholarship to pursue a Masters in Wealth Management at the Singapore Management University, where she graduated among the top five of her class and was awarded the Portcullis Wealth Management Prize. After attaining her Masters, Joanne worked at Goldman Sachs and UBS AG, before joining the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB).

At EDB, Joanne worked extensively with leading companies in the areas of luxury fashion, luxury watches, fashion accessories, furniture, and toys. She solely helmed the logo design as well as the development of seven different types of promotional collateral for a national visual arts project, Gillman Barracks.