MR LIM KING BOON Director, Partnership, Innovation and Enterprise With over 25 years of distinctive service in the public sector, Lim King Boon’s career spans across the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and Jurong Town Corporation (JTC). Prior to joining SUTD, King Boon was the Deputy CEO of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Group (CSSD), a Shanghai A-share listed joint venture between China and Singapore responsible for the master planning, construction, and development of Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP). As Director of Partnership, Innovation and Enterprise, he helps to drive new collaborative initiatives to accelerate SUTD’s strategic transition from the SUTD Growth Plan to SUTD Leap. King Boon has graduated from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Information Science) under the Singapore Government Public Service Commission Scholarship. MS CELESTINE KHOO Senior Director, Venture, Innovation and Entrepreneurship As Senior Director, Venture, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at SUTD, Celestine Khoo and her team collaborate with students, alumni, faculty, and external partners to support aspiring entrepreneurs within the University and in the community to incubate their ideas, build ventures and connect with a wide range of players in the start-up ecosystem. She has more than 25 years of business development, investment, policy and intrapreneurial commercial experience. She first qualified as a chartered accountant before working with corporates to tap the capital markets as an investment banker at DBS and UBS. She subsequently joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore when it set up a dedicated promotion arm as a strategic initiative to develop Singapore as a global financial centre. After spearheading the capital markets and treasury development policy and promotion initiatives, she moved internally to manage the official foreign reserves by investing across a range of asset classes. She then ran the Asia business of a Fortune 500 financial services group and was concurrently the country head of the Singapore office. Celestine graduated from NUS with a Bachelor of Accountancy (First Class Honours) and holds a Master of Business Administration degree (Distinction) from Cass Business School, London, under the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Scholarship. p. 27 ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24
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