Board of Advisors

Mr Ben KING

Managing Director, Google Singapore, Malaysia, SEA Agency & Partners
Google

Ben King was appointed as Country Director for Google Singapore in mid-2019, and was subsequently promoted to Country Managing Director in 2021. He is responsible for Google’s sales and business development operations both within the country and as a hub for the region.

Prior to this appointment, Ben ran sales and business development operations for Google Thailand between 2015 and 2019. He has also worked with various Google businesses across a diverse range of countries in South and Southeast Asia including Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Before joining Google in 2012, Ben worked at Microsoft Advertising Australia. Joining the business shortly after its launch in the country, he held a number of roles as the business grew into a significant player within the performance marketing space.

Ben is part of the Sentosa Development Corporation Board, sits on the board of advisors for the School of Computing and Information Systems of the Singapore Management University, and sits on the SGTech Council in the capacity of co-opted councilor.

Ben has a BA in Media and Communications from the University of Sydney, Australia, majoring in Media, History and Ancient History.

Mr Desmond WONG

Managing Director, Accenture Pte Ltd

Desmond Wong is currently a Managing Director with Accenture. He joined the Company in 2008 after graduating from the Singapore Management University with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems.

He has over 11 years of professional technology consulting and business development experience, having led and delivered various digital transformation and modernisation business solutions for clients in the health and public service sector in ASEAN.  Desmond also advocates and spearheads the innovation initiatives in Accenture.

Mr Kelvin CHNG

Co-founder, Carro

Kelvin is a co-founder of Carro, Southeast Asia's largest online used car retailer. Prior to co-founding Carro, he was a key stakeholder in both SAS, the worldwide leader in Business Analytics solutions as well as Experian, one of the largest Credit Bureau in the world.

At both SAS and Experian, he took on roles in both consulting and business development to help further the businesses of clients through the use of decisioning and analytical software. He is experienced with public sector and commercial business verticals and has collaborated with people from diverse backgrounds.

Kelvin is educated in electronics and computer engineering, information systems and information technology. He graduated Valedictorian and Summa-cum-Laude from Singapore Management University and was awarded Singapore’s National Infocomm Scholarship for a Master of Information Technology from Carnegie Mellon University.

Mr LEE Yeong Chee

Managing Director
United Overseas Bank

Mr Philip ONG

Deputy Secretary (Development)
Ministry of Health