To be succeeded by business leader Piyush Gupta from January 2023 SINGAPORE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Mr Ho Kwon Ping (何光平), Chairman of the Singapore Management University (SMU) Board of Trustees (BOT), will step down on 11 January 2023 after an illustrious 25 years of distinguished leadership. Mr Piyush Gupta (高博德), currently a member of the SMU.
To be succeeded by business leader Piyush Gupta from January 2023 SINGAPORE, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Mr Ho Kwon Ping (), Chairman of the Singapore Management University (SMU) Board of Trustees (BOT), will step down on 11 January 2023 after an illustrious 25 years of distinguished leadership. Mr Piyush Gupta (), currently a member of the SMU BOT, will succeed Mr Ho as the new Chairman of SMU from 12 January 2023. Mr Ho's visionary leadership redefined Singapore's university landscape Mr Ho Kwon Ping has made long lasting contributions to SMU in laying a strong foundation and steering SMU to become the distinctive and world-renowned university that it is today, redefining the landscape of higher education in Singapore in the process. Mr Ho had accepted the Government's invitation in 1997 to create Singapore's third university as the Chairman of the SMU BOT. Mr Ho, together with former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan, defined the first principles of the University -