SINGAPORE: Singapore Management University’s founding chairman Ho Kwon Ping will step down on Jan 11 next year after 25 years of leadership, the institution announced on Wednesday .
Mr Ho said: “It has been one of the most significant journeys of my life to have been part of the team of visionary people from faculty to students, management to trustees, who believed that we could make a difference for young Singaporeans. “In these fast-changing, disruptive times, universities play a key role, not just in leading and shaping thinking through cutting-edge research, but also in training our young people in multi-disciplinary ways of problem-solving,” he said.
Named as one of the world’s top 100 best-performing chief executives in the Harvard Business Review in 2019, Mr Gupta was awarded the Public Service Star by President Halimah Yacob in 2020 for his meritorious service to the nation. He took up the post as chairman of its board of trustees after accepting the Government’s invitation to create Singapore’s third university in 1997.
Mr Ho was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 2009 for his contributions in founding and establishing SMU. At the 2017 National Day Awards, he was presented with one of Singapore's highest honours – the prestigious Distinguished Service Order .
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