SUTD Annual Report 2023-2024

SUTD SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFILES PROFESSOR YOW WEI QUIN Head of Cluster, Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Professor Yow Wei Quin is the Head of the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) cluster at SUTD. Prior to this, she served as the Acting Head for HASS, and as the Associate Head for HASS (Research). She obtained her PhD in Psychology, Master of Arts in Psychology, and MSc in Statistics from Stanford University, USA. Prof Yow has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters in top-tier journals and conferences such as Developmental Science, Child Development, Journal of Gerontology Series B, Innovation in Aging, Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, Frontiers in Psychology, Cognitive Science Society, Society of Research in Child Development and the Gerontological Society of America. Her research areas include social cognition, bilingualism, technology, and aging. Prof Yow is currently the Associate Editor for Innovation in Aging, Associate Editor for Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, and the Consulting Editor for Child Development. She co-chairs the Publications Committee of the Society of Research in Child Development, and the international search committee for the Editor-in-Chief for Child Development. She is also the chair of the MOE Humanities and Social Science Research Programme, member of the Research Advisory Board, Lee Kuan Yew Fund for Bilingualism, Visiting Lead Senior Academician, Changi General Hospital, and Principal Research Scientist, Centre for Population Health Research and Implementation, SingHealth. She has received numerous awards, such as the Public Administration Medal (Bronze), GSA Diversity, Mentoring & Career Development Fellowship, SUTD Outstanding Education Award - Excellence in University Service, Society of Personality and Social Psychology Teacher/Scholar Award, etc. Senior Administrative Leadership MRS JUNE CHO Chief Human Resources Officer June Cho is the Chief Human Resources Officer at SUTD. She is a multidisciplinary human resource (HR) leader, strategic business partner, advisor, and practitioner with over 30 years of HR expertise. Prior to joining SUTD, she served as the HR Leader for Asia Pacific and Japan at OpenText, a global software company. June has spent most of her career in the high-tech sector, leading HR in global companies such as Intel Asia Pacific, Hewlett Packard, Micro Focus, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, and City Developments Ltd. These companies are recognised as leading employers of choice and trailblazers in their respective fields and industries. Her HR domain expertise spans the Asia Pacific region, where she has collaborated with global, international, and local stakeholders to ensure the success of the APJ region. Her professional experience encompasses a full spectrum of HR expertise across international, regional, and local domains, helping organisations build high-performing teams and providing agile HR solutions to fulfil their mission, vision, and values. June holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from NUS. She is a certified solutionfocused coach with the Canadian Council of Professional Certification (CCPC) and a Clifton Strengths (formerly known as Gallup StrengthsFinder) Coach. Additionally, June sits on the HR Board and serves as a Confidence Curriculum trainer for Daughters of Tomorrow, an NGO that facilitates livelihood for economically challenged women, supporting them towards social mobility. p. 24 SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

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