Ex-GIC investment boss Ng Kok Song mulls bid for Singapore presidency

Ng Kok Song, the former chief investment officer of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, is currently the chairman of Avanda Investment Management. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg): Ng Kok Song, the former chief investment officer of Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte, is considering standing in the city-state’s upcoming presidential election.

"It is an issue of great national importance and there will be immense personal implications,” Ng’s spokesperson cited him as saying. Ng is "still deliberating,” the spokesperson said.