DILHAN PILLAY SANDRASEGARA

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEMASEK HOLDINGS LEADING CORPORATE LAWYER AND CUSTODIAN OF SINGAPORE’S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND

Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara was appointed to the roles of CEO and executive director at Temasek Holdings in October 2021. The lawyer has been with the state sovereign wealth fund for a decade, working in a range of roles, including a two-year New York-based stint as head of the Americas, and as head of the investment, portfolio management, and enterprise development groups.

Sandrasegara was managing partner at Wongpartnership LLP before he joined the state investment firm; his areas of expertise encompassed corporate law, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. In his current role, he is responsible for the investment firm’s stewardship role of Temasek, particularly in respect of its constitutional responsibilities to safeguard its own past reserves. Sandrasegara is concurrently chief executive of Temasek International, overseeing its investment and portfolio activity.

Temasek had its beginnings as a small holding firm with a portfolio of 35 government-linked companies. Today, the entity is a global investor, active in sectors such as real estate, agribusiness and technology.

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Temasek Holdings was established in June 1974 under the Singapore Companies Act to manage the Singapore government’s investments in government-linked companies.