Piyush Gupta appointed as alternate member of the Council of Presidential Advisers
His appointment comes just as social work veteran Sudha Nair’s service as alternate member ended in June
[SINGAPORE] Former DBS group chief executive and director Piyush Gupta was on Thursday (Aug 28) sworn in as an alternate member of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA) in Singapore, for a period of four years.
His appointment comes just as social work veteran Sudha Nair’s four-year term as alternate member of the panel ended in June.
Gupta’s fellow alternate member in the CPA is Singapore LNG Corporation chairman Gan Seow Kee.
Alternate members may act in place of members – other than the chairman – if members are temporarily unable to, whether by illness, absence or any other reason, to take part in the proceedings of the council.
When appointing an alternate member, the president acts on the advice of the prime minister, who would have consulted with the chief justice and the chairman of the Public Service Commission. This is provided for under Article 37C(2)(b) of the Constitution.
The CPA is led by the chairman Eddie Teo, who took on the role in January 2019. Also on the panel are:
- Former senior judge of the Supreme Court Chao Hick Tin;
- Chairman of the board of the National University Health System Tan Chong Meng;
- Chancellor at Singapore Management University (SMU) Lim Chee Onn;
- Former chief executive of Singtel Chua Sock Koon;
- Board member of SPH Media Bahren Shaari;
- Non-executive chairman of DBS Group Peter Seah; and
- Former managing director of Ernst & Young Advisory Mildred Tan
Gupta wears many other hats. These include being chairman of the board of trustees of SMU, chairman of the Mandai Park Holdings board, and deputy chairman of the board of Keppel; he also sits on the board of Singapore’s National Research Foundation and is a member of the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s Future Economy Advisory Panel.
He was previously a member of the Emerging Stronger Taskforce, which aims to define Singapore’s future in a post-Covid world; he also used to be on the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and on the board of the Institute of International Finance, and the McKinsey Advisory Council.
In March this year, he officially handed over the reins of DBS Group to current chief executive Tan Su Shan. He had been with the bank for more than 15 years.
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