Dr Richard Hu
Chairman
Dr Richard Hu has been Chairman of Fullerton Financial Holdings since the inception of our Board. Dr Hu is also presently Chairman of CapitaLand and GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd. He is a Member of the Board of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte Ltd (GIC) and a Director of Buildfolio. Com.Inc. He was previously Chairman of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd.
From 1985 to 2001, Dr Hu was a Cabinet Minister and was Singapore's Minister of Finance. He also held ministerial appointments in the Trade and Industry, Health and National Development ministries. Prior to that, Dr Hu held the posts of Managing Director concurrently in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the GIC. Before his appointments in MAS and GIC, he was with the Shell Group of companies in 1960, and his last position in this global company was as Chairman and Chief Executive of the Shell Group of companies in Singapore.
Dr Hu is a graduate of the University of California, USA with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He also holds a Postgraduate Diploma (Chemical Engineering) and a PhD (Chemical Engineering), both from the University of Birmingham, UK.