My Formal Introduction
I’m Dr. Koh Chaik Ming — educator, business coach, and consultant with over 25 years of experience across Asia’s corporate, investment, and academic landscapes.
Today, I hold multiple concurrent appointments:
- Professor of Operations Management, SMU Lee Kong Chian School of Business
- Senior Research Fellow, NUS Institute of Operations Research & Analytics (IORA)
- Adjunct Professor, NUS Business School and NUS LKY School of Public Policy
- Program Director, NTU Entrepreneurship Centre
- Adjunct Faculty, NTU Food Science & Technology
- Adjunct Faculty, EHL Business School (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- CEO, PIMECO Biotech (Startup by NTU and MIT)
- Chairman, The Food Bank Singapore (NGO)
- Fund Raising Committee Member, St Lukes Hospital (NGO)
- School Advisory Board Member, Dunman High School
In my business career, I’ve held a range of senior leadership roles, including:
- First Shanghai Chief Representative of Temasek Holdings, where I established Temasek’s first Shanghai office
- Director of Investments for Aviation and Logistics at Temasek Holdings
- Regional General Manager – Asia Pacific & Middle East, Shell Marine Products, overseeing a US$2B business
- General Manager – Downstream New Business Development and Commercial Director, Shell China
- CEO of a Chinese platform for cold-chain food imports, managing over 2 million tons of frozen protein annually
- CEO of a Shanghai-headquartered logistics real estate investment company and sponsor of a listed SGX industrial REIT
- Supply Chain Manager and startup team member for M&M/Mars Petfood in China, and earlier, Design Engineer at Hewlett Packard Singapore
Whether I’m teaching future leaders, coaching successors, or advising family businesses, I bring a rare blend of strategic clarity, regional insight, financial acumen, and operational experience to every engagement.
 Beyond the Résumé
Outside of my academic and professional work, I’m an accomplished amateur chef. I was a finalist in the Le Cordon Bleu China Amateur Cooking Competition (2016) and placed in the Top 18 of the inaugural MasterChef Singapore competition. Cooking remains a true passion and creative outlet for me.
I’m also a musician — a guitarist and singer — and I regularly perform live gigs at restaurants across Singapore each month. Music keeps me grounded and helps me connect with people in a different, more personal way.
On the fitness side, I hold a Second Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo and am an avid practitioner of yoga. These disciplines continue to shape how I approach life — with focus, balance, and purpose.
