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Wee Cho Yaw
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Mr Wee Cho Yaw, head of UOB group, has been appointed Pro-Chancellor of NTU. Professor Hong Hai will succeed Professor Neo Boon Siong as the new dean of the Nanyang Business School.
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UOB, under the leadership of its Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wee Cho Yaw, is the flagship company of a banking group that boasts of having the largest network of 81 bank branches in Singapore and 60 overseas offices. It is ... the core company of a group that has diverse interests and investments through its more than 100 subsidiaries and associated companies.
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Wee Cho Yaw joined the Board of Directors of the then United Chinese Bank (the now United Overseas Bank, UOB) in 1958. He was appointed Managing Director of the Bank two years later, and when his father Wee Kheng Chiang, founder of the then United Chinese Bank (UCB), retired in 1974, Wee succeeded him as Chairman of the Bank. His son Wee Ee Chong succeeds him as CEO of UOB
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Wee Cho Yaw firms top en bloc deals. They account for $485m or 25% of $1.9b in collective sales this year. The en bloc sites clinched by companies in Mr Wee's stable include Maryland Park in Katong, Eng Cheong Tower in the Beach Road area, Bo Bo Tan Gardens/Mansion off Kim Tian Rd, Parry Gardens, Oasis Garden in Paya Lebar and a collective sale at Minbu Rd in the Balestier area.
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Mr Wee Cho Yaw was appointed a Director and Deputy Chairman of Singapore Land Limited (the "SingLand") in 1992. He became the Chairman of SingLand with effect from 16 January 1996. He is ... the Chairman and Chief Executive Offcer of the United Overseas Bank Group comprising United Overseas Bank Ltd, Far Eastern Bank Ltd and their subsidiaries. Mr Wee has more than 40 years of experience in the banking industry. He is also the Chairman of UOL Group Limited, Haw Par Corporation Limited, Hotel Plaza Limited, United Industrial Corporation Limited and Marina Centre Holdings Private Limited. He was the former Chairman of Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd.
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With the demise of Mr. Goh Tjioe Kok in 1994, Mr. Wee Cho Yaw was elected Chairman of the School Management Committee. Under his leadership, the school embarked on an ambitious upgrading programme.
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