Dr. Kenneth Ng Kien Ann
Dr. Kenneth Ng is Senior Financial Investor professional who has been engaged in financial investment in China, Southeast Asia and Middle East Region for over 30 years.
Dr Kenneth Ng was the Chief Financial Officer for Temasek linked companies in China, overseeing the Finance, Tax, Treasury, Investment, Legal, Information Systems & Technology and Private Funds Management functions of the Group in China. He held the Directorship for more than 50 companies for the Group in China.
Prior to the above appointment, he was the Vice Chairman & CFO for Evonik Industries China, a world leading specialty chemical group from Germany, where he was the key member of the management team to execute the group’s aggressive Merger & Acquisition and setting up Shared Services Platform for all the 21 Business Units in Greater China region.
Before Evonik Industries, Dr. Kenneth Ng was the CFO, concurrently serving as Chief Investment Officer of IKEA China, where he was the key member of the management team to start up IKEA’s retail, wholesale & Investment businesses in China back to 1997-2003. He was involved and focused on driving the Group’s strategic initiatives including expanding and directing the IKEA Group’s retail property investments and developments,
Dr. Kenneth Ng also was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Indonesia’s Lippo Group (Meikarta City). And, he also led a leading US mattress brand Simmons for the pre-IPO in Hong Kong, when he was the Regional General Manager for the company.
Dr. Kenneth Ng holds a Doctorate of Business Administration from Peking University and Master of Business Administration from Western Michigan University.