Hong Leong Finance has appointed Mr Clarence Yeo Gek Leong as an independent, non-executive director, effective 1 January 2022.

Mr Yeo is currently a Senior Advisor (Special Duties) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, and has held various senior public sector leadership appointments in the past decade, including Immigration & Checkpoints Authority Commissioner and Home Team Academy Chief Executive. In addition to domain experience relating to these tenures, he also has experience in leading and driving governance, organisational excellence, enterprise risk management, information technology and digital transformation.

He holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the National University of Singapore (now offered under Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) and a BSc (Hons) 2nd Class Upper in Economics from the University of London. He is also an alumnus of INSEAD, having attended a Senior Executive Development Programme at Fontainebleau.