Koh Boon Hwee | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 November 1950[1] |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Alma mater | Saint Andrew's SchoolImperial College of Science and TechnologyUniversity of LondonHarvard Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman, Yeo Hiap Seng Chairman, Far East Orchard Chairman, AAC Technologies[2] |
Koh Boon Hwee, DUBC (Chinese: 许文辉; born 1950) is a Singaporean businessman.
Koh was educated at Saint Andrew's School, Singapore. He went on to receive a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and an MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School.[2]
Koh was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Telecom Group in 1986 and then joined the Singapore Airlines board in March 2001.[2]
He served as Chairman of the SIA Engineering Company; a Director of Agilent Technologies Inc, Four Soft Ltd and Norelco UMS Holdings Limited; Executive Director of MediaRing Limited and Tech Group Asia Limited. He serves on the boards of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited as a Director; AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Ltd and Infiniti Solutions Private Limited. He is also a Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation.[2]
On 1 January 2006, Koh became chairman of DBS Bank. He joined DBS as a director on 15 June 2005. He stepped down on 30 April 2010, replaced by Peter Seah.[2]
At the 2008 National Day Awards, Koh was awarded the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Distinguished Service Order).[3]