Managing Director / Founder

Mr Chua Hwee Song is the founder and managing director of the Tembusu Group.

As part of the Tembusu Group, Hwee Song established Tembusu Ventures Pte Ltd in 2005, Tembusu Properties Pte Ltd in 2010 and Tembusu Builders Pte Ltd in 2013. He had also co-founded Tembusu Partners Pte Ltd, a fund management company managing a SGD$120 million Tembusu Growth Fund in 2007.

At present, Hwee Song is an Independent Director of Sports Toto Malaysia Trust and Rowsley Ltd, both listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Stock Exchange.

In his various roles, Hwee Song had led various deals such as Solar-Morph-linked S$60 million convertible bonds in 2008, and the reverse take-over of Westech Electronics Ltd in 2009 to 2010. He was also instrumental in the establishment of Harvest Media Pte Ltd. His current deal interests include Education, Healthcare and Real Estate.

Prior to the Tembusu Group, Hwee Song was with the Economic Development Board of Singapore where he was responsible for the promotion of technology entrepreneurship and development of the venture capital and private equity industry in Singapore. From 2000 to 2002, he was with TIF Ventures Pte Ltd, a fund-of-funds investment subsidiary of EDB, as the head of the investment group covering Asia, and subsequently North America. Before he left his military career in 1999, Hwee Song was with the Singapore Armed Forces as the Head of Joint Training.

Hwee Song was a recipient of the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1986.

Hwee Song is a CFA charterholder, a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore and holds a Masters in Business Administration from the National University of Singapore and a First Class Honors degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from King’s College, University of London.

When Hwee Song is not pursuing his entreprenuerial endeavours, he is an avid Ironman and Aikido practitioner.  He is a three-time Ironman finisher, completing Ironman Malaysia 2007 in Langkawi, Ironman Western Australia 2008 in Busselton, and Ironman New Zealand 2009 in Lake Taupo.  He currently practises Aikido as a Sho-dan.