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Desmond Kuek is CEO of Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Temasek Holdings. Prior to this, he has held pinnacle leadership roles across sectors: as Divisional Vice Chairman (Global Wealth Management) at UBS and Global Head of its Sustainable Finance Group (2019-2022); President & Group CEO of SMRT Corporation (2012-2018); Permanent Secretary in the Singapore Ministry of Environment & Water Resources (2010-2012); and Chief of Defence Force (2007-2010), Chief of Army (2003-2007) and Director of Joint Intelligence (2000-2003) in the Singapore Armed Forces. Through the years, he also served on the boards of Housing & Development Board, International Enterprise Singapore, Jurong Town Corporation, Defence Science & Technology Agency, Civil Service College, Singapore Technologies Engineering and its subsidiaries. He held senior advisory roles in SAP (Asia Pacific & Japan), Toyota Tsusho (Asia Pacific), Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Nanyang Technological University’s College of Engineering, and Singapore Centre for Green Finance. He was Founder & Chairman of Genium & Co, a leadership and organisational development consultancy in Singapore. Desmond holds a Master of Arts (Engineering Science) from Oxford University, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, and is an alumnus of IMD Switzerland.