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Desmond Kuek
Environmental, Social and Governance
Singapore well-positioned to lead Asia sustainability push: UBS's Kuek
According to UBS, 52% of Singaporean investors will have sustainable investments in their portfolios by 2023, up from 35% in 2018.
August 11, 2021
Corporate moves
Former SMRT CEO Desmond Kuek to join UBS as divisional vice chairman
SINGAPORE (Feb 4): UBS Group has appointed Desmond Kuek, SMRT Corporation’s former president and group CEO, as its divisional vice chairman for global wealth management.
February 04, 2019
Neo Kian Hong to take over as SMRT Group CEO from August
SINGAPORE (Apr 18): The torch of leadership at SMRT Corp has been handed from one SAF scholar-general to another.
April 18, 2018
Rail Pain
(Oct 30): Desmond Kuek, CEO of SMRT Corp, worked hard last year to persuade shareholders of the company to accept an offer from Temasek Holdings to take the company private via a scheme of arrangement. SMRT’s business, he said, needed a restructuring th
November 01, 2017
In print this week
Has SMRT gone off the rails?
SINGAPORE (Oct 27): Desmond Kuek, CEO of SMRT Corp, worked hard last year to persuade shareholders of the company to accept an offer from Temasek Holdings to take the company private via a scheme of arrangement.
October 27, 2017
SMRT CEO Kuek has five leadership tenets for a rapidly changing world
Desmond Kuek, president and CEO of transport operator SMRT Corp, spent over three decades in the military and public sector before joining the private sector in 2012. His past four years at SMRT have been tumultuous as he battled negative public sentiment
January 09, 2017