Date: 27th March 2026 (Friday)

Time: 11:00 – 12:30

Venue: N101 Hall of MUST

Distinguished Speaker: Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Singapore

Visiting Scholar, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National

University of Singapore

Founding Patron, Asia Competitiveness Institute of the National University of

Singapore

Distinguished Nonresident Fellow, Centre on Contemporary China and the World at the Hong Kong University

2026 Honorary Doctor of MUST

Event Language: English

Summary

Geopolitical, geo-economic and social stresses are building up everywhere.  The AI revolution opens a new chapter in human history. Recent conflicts show that many unthinkables have become thinkable. We must expect discontinuities even though we often can’t predict where or when they appear. There are both dangers and opportunities. The lecture will discuss our best response to inevitable uncertainties as countries, corporations and individuals.

Biography

Mr. George Yeo is a Visiting Scholar at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and Founding Patron of its Asia Competitiveness Institute. He previously served the Kerry Group in Hong Kong (2012-2021), including as Chairman and Executive Director of Kerry Logistics Network (2012-2019).

From 1988 to 2011, Mr. Yeo held ministerial office in the Singapore Government for 23 years, serving as Minister for Information and the Arts, Minister for Health, Minister for Trade and Industry, and Minister for Foreign Affairs. He began his career in the Singapore Armed Forces, rising to Brigadier-General as Chief-of-Staff of the Air Staff and Director of Joint Operations and Planning in the Ministry of Defense. He holds a BA in Engineering (Double First) from Cambridge University and an MBA (Baker Scholar) from Harvard University.

Mr. Yeo has contributed extensively to international and academic institutions. He was a Member of the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See (2013–2014) and of the Vatican Council for the Economy (2014–2020).

He serves on numerous boards and advisory councils, including the Board of Trustees of the Berggruen Institute on Governance, the International Advisory Panel of Peking University, the Senior Advisory Council of the Beijing Forum, the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School, the International Advisory Council of China's Eco Forum Global Guiyang, the International Advisory Board of Japan's National Graduate Institute Policy Studies (GRIPS), the Global Advisory Board of MUFG, the External Advisory Board of the European University Institute’s School of Transnational Governance, the Board of Governors of the Singapore Manufacturing Federation, and the Panel of Experts of the Indonesia Business Council. He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the AIA Group listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Pinduoduo listed on NASDAQ, Huawei International Pte Ltd in Singapore, Gurin Energy Group, Salim Group, and Wilmar International Limited.

He was recently appointed Distinguished Nonresident Fellow of the Contemporary China and the World (CCCW) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), and serves as Advisor and Patron of the Singapore Chinese Physicians' Association (SCPA) and its subsidiaries, the Singapore Chung Hwa Medical Institution (SCHMI) and Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SCTCM). Mr. Yeo chaired the Singapore Summit from 2012 to 2016.

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