Ms Kay Kuok

Chairman, Yale-NUS College Governing Board; and other directorships

Ms Kay Kuok Oon Kwong, is a Director of Shangri-La Hotel Limited (Singapore). She also sits on the Boards of Kuok Group Singapore (and its various subsidiaries), Kuok Brothers Sdn Bhd and Venture Corporation Limited.

Ms Kuok is currently the Chairman of the Yale-NUS College Governing Board. She has made notable contributions to education, tourism, healthcare, the arts and the environment, having also chaired and served on several other educational and community service organisations, industry groups and government bodies, including Singapore Business Federation, SymAsia Singapore Fund, Singapore Hotels Association, Resilience Collective Limited, Advisory Council – Centre of Excellence for Social Good, National Healthcare Group Pte Ltd, MOH Holdings Pte Ltd, The Courage Fund Limited,  Singapore Tourism Board, NUS Board of Trustees, National Arts Council, South West CDC, Singapore Environment Council, National Environment Agency, and Northlight School.

Ms Kuok has received the Distinguished Service Order, Meritorious Service Medal, the Public Service Star (BBM) and the Public Service Medal (PSM) from the President of Singapore in 2023, 2015, 2005 and 1998 respectively. The Singapore Tourism Board honoured her with its Inaugural Award for Lifetime Achievement for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism in 2009 and its Special Recognition Award in 2004.