Jardine Cycle & Carriage Professorship in Business Administration

In conjunction with its 85th anniversary celebrations, Cycle & Carriage made a gift of $1.5 million to NUS in 1983 to endow a Cycle & Carriage Professorship at the NUS Business School. Cycle & Carriage is one of the premier automotive groups in Singapore. It is involved in the retail, distribution and provision of after-sales service for Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Kia and Citroën passenger and commercial motor vehicles. In 2004, Cycle & Carriage was renamed Jardine Cycle & Carriage following the integration into the Jardine Matheson Group in 2002. The name change recognises Cycle & Carriage’s distinguished 104-year operating history and firmly establishes Jardine Cycle & Carriage as part of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Professor Sam Yam has been appointed to this professorship in March 2024.

James Riady Distinguished Professorship

James Riady Distinguished Professorship was established with a generous gift of $3 million from the Lippo Group in 2007. This Professorship is named in honour of Dr James Riady, Chief Executive Officer of Lippo Group of Companies. The Lippo Group represents an established Asian business conglomerate with diversified interests in financial investment, property and urban development, retail business, healthcare, education, information technology and other industries.

Professor Andrew K Rose Dean of NUS Business School, has been appointed to this professorship in June 2019.

Lim Kim San Professorship in Business Policy

The Lim Kim San Professorship in Business Policy at the NUS Business School was launched in October 2000 to honour Mr Lim Kim San, eminent alumnus ’39 and the then the Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings, for his outstanding contributions to Singapore. The fund was made possible by several benefactors with the Singapore Press Holdings Ltd taking the initiative. The fundraising initiative was led by Dr Wee Cho Yaw, the present Chairman of United Overseas Bank Limited

Professor Chang Sea Jin has been appointed to this professorship in January 2022.

Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professorship

Donated by Dato’ Low Tuck Kwong, Founder and Chairman of PT Bayan Resources in 2011, the endowed Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professorship was established with a generous gift of $3 million. This professorship will enable the School to appoint a leading academic who has demonstrated excellence and international recognition in the field of Finance, Accounting or Business Strategy.

Professor Sumit Agarwal has been appointed to this professorship in 2018.

Mr & Mrs Lin Jo Yan Professorship in Banking and Finance

The Mr & Mrs Lin Jo Yan Professorship in Banking and Finance is made possible by an anonymous donor with an endowed gift of $2 million in 2014. The Professorship enables the School to attract world-class faculty member who will not only conduct impactful research, but also provide excellent finance education to our students and groom them to meet the demands of the financial industry in Singapore and the region.

Professor David Reeb has been appointed to this professorship in July 2014.

OSIM Professorship in Branding and Strategic Marketing

In 2003, Mr Ron Sim, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of OSIM International Limited was awarded the Businessman of the Year. He was commended for his outstanding entrepreneurial drive and vision, which has successfully built OSIM’s own label of healthy products into a leading international brand with businesses in over 20 countries. Recognising the importance of branding, Mr Sim made a gift of$1.5 million in the same year to set up the OSIM Professorship in Branding and Strategic Marketing.

Stephen Riady Distinguished Professorship

Stephen Riady Distinguished Professorship was established with a generous gift of $3 million from the Lippo Group in 2007. This Professorship is named in honour of Dr Stephen Riady, President of Lippo Group of Companies. The Lippo Group represents an established Asian business conglomerate with diversified interests in financial investment, property and urban development, retail business, healthcare, education, information technology and other industries.

Professor Teo Chung Piaw and Professor Christopher Barnes have been appointed to this professorship on 1 November 2024.

Tang Peng Yeu Professorship in Accountancy and Finance

In March 1994, at the 10th year anniversary of the passing of Mr Tang Peng Yeu, an accountant who is known for his unstinting service to the community and remembered as a generous champion of education, several family members of the Tang Peng Yeu family made a collective gift of $1 million to the NUS Business School. The gift made possible the establishment of the Tang Peng Yeu Visiting Professorship in Accountancy. In 2018, the scope of the professorship was enlarged to incorporate finance as a reflection of the current convergence of both subjects.

Professor Allaudeen Hameed has been appointed to this professorship (finance) in January 2022.

The S. Dhanabalan Professorship in Quantitative Studies

The S. Dhanabalan Professorship in Quantitative Studies at the NUS Business School was launched in May 2021 to honour Mr S. Dhanabalan, one of Singapore’s notable leaders from its founder generation.

Mr Suppiah Dhanabalan was born in 1937, the third child and eldest son of a construction worker. He graduated with an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Malaya and thereafter began an illustrious career in the civil service.

Mr Dhanabalan was responsible for many firsts in the country’s nation-building. He was part of a small team that worked on the formation of the Economic Development Board in 1961 and became its first industrial economist. As Singapore grew, and along with it the need for industrial capital, Mr Dhanabalan helped establish the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) in 1968, where he was Executive Vice President from 1970 to 1978.

In 1976, Mr Dhanabalan made the move from banking to politics out of a sense of responsibility. Over the next two decades, he went on to serve in the Cabinet as Senior Minister of State for National Development (1978 to 1979), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1980 to 1988), Minister for Culture (1981 to 1984), Minister for Community Development (1984 to 1986), Minister for National Development (1987 to 1992) as well as Minister for Trade and Industry (1992 to 1994). He retired from Parliament in 1996 and his years in office gained him wide respect. He was appreciated not just for his intellect and integrity, but also for his down-to-earth, consultative style of management and concern for the underprivileged.

Mr Dhanabalan was also a valued adviser to three of Singapore’s Presidents for 18 years until 2022—the longest-serving member on the Council of Presidential Advisers – and is a permanent member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights.

Since 1981, Mr Dhanabalan served on the boards of several large corporations, including the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and as Chairman of the boards of Temasek Holdings Limited, Singapore Airlines, DBS, Temasek Trust and Mandai Park Holdings. He also contributed to academia, serving as the inaugural Chairman of the NUS Business Management School Advisory Board from its formation in 2009 to 2017. A staunch advocate of hiring right and developing talent, Mr Dhanabalan also spent considerable effort engaging in fireside chats with senior executives in the Asia Leaders in Financial Institutions (ALFI) programme at the NUS Business School. He stepped down from Parliament in 1996, later becoming a valued adviser to three of Singapore’s Presidents for 18 years until 2022—the longest-serving member on the Council of Presidential Advisers.

A distinguished gentleman with exceptional contributions, Mr Dhanabalan has been awarded the Order of Temasek (First Class in 2015). He is also recipient of the NUS Eminent Alumni Award in 2009, the highest honour award in NUS.

The S. Dhanabalan Professorship in Quantitative Studies is endowed by a group of benefactors in his honour. It seeks to attract an outstanding academic specialising in relevant fields of quantitative studies. Preference will be given to non-tenured candidates and underrepresented groups, such as female academics, of the position of assistant professors and above at the Business School.

Professor Daniel Rabetti has been appointed to this professorship in July 2023.