TEO Chee Hean
Chairman, Temasek; Former Senior Minister of Singapore, Singapore
Mr Teo Chee Hean was appointed Chairman of Temasek Holdings on 9 October 2025, after joining the Board as Deputy Chairman in July 2025. He also serves as Senior Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) of the Republic of Singapore.
Mr Teo was appointed Singapore’s Senior Minister from 2019 to 2025 and served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2009 to 2019. He also concurrently served as Coordinating Minister for National Security from 2011. In these roles, he oversaw the National Security Coordination Secretariat, the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group, the National Population and Talent Division and the National Climate Change Secretariat under the Prime Minister's Office.
Mr Teo's career spans political office and the defence sector. He had served as Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Defence, Minister for Education, and Minister for the Environment, as well as Minister of State in the Ministries of Finance, Communications and Defence. He entered politics in 1992 as a Member of Parliament in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and was subsequently re-elected six times in Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC. Before being elected to political office, he served in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) where he held various command and staff appointments in the Republic of Singapore Navy and the Joint Staff, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral as Chief of Navy in 1991.
Mr Teo had previously served on the GIC Board where he also chaired the GIC International Advisory Board. He has also served on the boards of IRAS, PSA, Nanyang Technological University and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Mr Teo holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) in Electrical Engineering and Management Science from the University of Manchester, a Master of Science degree (with distinction) in Computing Science from Imperial College London, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he was named a Littauer Fellow. He was conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters by Nanyang Technological University in 2026
John R. ALLEN (tbc)
Strategic Advisor, Microsoft; Four-Star General (Ret.), United States Marine Corps; Member, stars Global Advisory Panel, Washington DC, United States
General John R. Allen, USMC (Ret.) is a four-star Marine Corps General and a global leader in defense strategy, emerging technologies, and international security. He commanded U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and served as Special Presidential Envoy to the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL. A Strategic Advisor to Microsoft and Senior Fellow at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, he is also co-author of Turning Point: Policymaking in the Era of Artificial Intelligence and Future War and the Defence of Europe. He previously led the Brookings Institution and served as Director of Asia-Pacific Policy for the Pentagon, where he led regional initiatives involving China, Taiwan, and Korea. He advises on securing U.S. innovation and supply chains against geopolitical risk and helps align technology investment with national security priorities.
LIM Siong Guan
Former Group President, GIC; Former Head of Singapore Civil Service; Member, stars International Board, Singapore
Siong Guan Lim was Group President of GIC from 2007 until the end of 2016, after which he was Advisor to GIC's Group Executive Committee until March 2019. The GIC manages the financial reserves of the Singapore Government. He was Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board from October 2006 to June 2009. The Board is the Singapore government’s lead agency for planning and executing strategies to enhance Singapore’s position as a global business centre. Much of its work is attracting international corporations to set up manufacturing and services activities in Singapore as critical links in the global supply chain.
Siong Guan was Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore from 2005–2023, instructing on leadership and change management, as well as a Senior Fellow of the Civil Service College from 2006–2023.
He was the Head of the Singapore Civil Service from September 1999 to March 2005. Siong Guan was the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defense (1981-1994), the Prime Minister’s Office (1994-1998), the Ministry of Education (1997-1999) and the Ministry of Finance (1999-2006). In every appointment he introduced innovative policies and practices which enhanced the drive, capacity, capability and performance of the organization. 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), and was a board member of many companies including Temasek, the other sovereign wealth fund manager of Singapore.
Toni SCHOENENBERGER
Founder and Executive Chairman, stars Foundation, Weinfelden, Switzerland
- 2014 – present: Executive Chairman and Founder of the stars Foundation Board, Weinfelden, Switzerland
- 2008 – 2014: Chairman and Co-Founder of the stars Foundation Board, Weinfelden, Switzerland
- 1994 – 2016: Member of the Board of UBS Wolfsberg and Congress Hotel Seepark AG
- 1994 – 2014: CEO, UBS Wolfsberg. Emphasis on Business Development, i.e. initiating, supervising, and conducting UBS Briefings, UBS Health Forum, UBS Arts Forum, UBS Study Trips, UBS Think Tanks, Wolfsberg Podium (www.wolfsberg.com)
- 1981 – 1994: Various responsibilities for UBS Management and Executive Development, Member and Chairman of the Board of UBS Art Collection
- Concurrently: Member of the Board of various companies and foundations in Switzerland
Kelvin YU
Director, MBA Center, National School of Development at Peking University; stars Alumnus, Beijing, China
MBA Center Director 2022 Mar. - Now
MBA Center Acting Director 2020 Dec. -2022 Mar.
Career Development Cetner Director 2020 Apr. - Now, 2015-Now, Assistant Dean of BiMBA, MBA Center Director, NSD, Peking University, China
2010-2013, PR Manager，ZTE Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
2007-2010, Subcontract Manager, Sinopec Middle East, Saudi Arabia
2006-2007, Key Account Officer, UPS Dalian, China