Koh Boon Hwee holds a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and an MBA (Distinction) from the Harvard Business School. He is also an alumnus of St Andrew's School.
Boon Hwee was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Telecom Group in 1986 and then joined the Singapore Airlines board in March 2001.
Among other board appointments, Boon Hwee served as Chairman of the SIA Engineering Company; a Director of Agilent Technologies Inc, [Four Soft Ltd] and Norelco UMS Holdings Limited; Executive Director of MediaRing Limited and Tech Group Asia Limited. He serves on the boards of several private companies, including Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited as a Director; AAC Acoustic Technologies Holdings Ltd and Infiniti Solutions Private Limited. He is also a Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation.
On 1 January 2006, Boon Hwee became chairman of DBS Bank. He joined DBS as a director on 15 June 2005.
He will be stepping down from his current post on 30 April. His replacement is Peter Seah.[1]