Our Leadership Team

Professor Wei Kwok Kee

Professor Wei Kwok Kee was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (PCEO) of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in April 2025. He brings with him more than 40 years of senior leadership experience, having previously also served as President and Provost of SIM Global Education.

Prior to his current appointments in SIM, Prof Wei was the Founding Dean (2016 – 2020) of the School of Continuing and Lifelong Education (SCALE) at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He was Dean of the College of Business (2007 – 2012) and Head of the Department of Information Systems (2002 – 2007) at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). He was the Founding Head of the Department of Information Systems (1998 – 2002) at NUS.  

During his tenure as Business School Dean in CityU, its international UTD business school research ranking improved by almost 30 places, from 98 to 63; its success with the Hong Kong Government’s research grant awards doubled; SSCI/SCI publications have increased by 25%; and undergraduate admissions scores have climbed by 5%.  

As Head of two major IS Departments in Asia (NUS and CityU), Prof Wei has developed a strong research culture and initiated major research efforts that resulted in both Departments being placed among the top 15 IS departments worldwide. He has also introduced major curriculum reforms that aligned the degree programmes in both Departments to AIS guidelines, thereby raising the international value of these programmes.  

Prof Wei is a Fellow of the Association of Information Systems (AIS) and was President of that Association in 2003/4. He was awarded the AIS LEO Award for Lifetime Exceptional Achievement in Information Systems in 2015.  

Prof Wei has served as Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly and Associate Editor of Information Systems Research. He has also played major roles in ICIS and PACIS. As an excellent educator, his doctoral students have attained placements in good universities worldwide. Prof Wei has published more than 250 journal and conference papers. He has been listed as the Stanford’s top 2% most highly cited scientists 2023 and ranked top 423 world Business and Management scientists by the 1st edition of Research.com. Based on Google Scholar, his works have been cited over 30,831 times and his h-index is 66 (as at 10 Mar 2025). 

Mr Ho Seong Kim

Ho Seong Kim is the Chief Executive Officer at SIM Academy. Seong Kim oversees Professional Development and Enterprise Solutions at SIM Academy, focused on helping individuals enhance their employability, and organisations to improve productivity and outcomes, increasing the value they bring to their customers.

With 25 years of experience in transforming businesses through innovation and digital adoption, Seong Kim was responsible for driving the Digital Solutions, Platform & Infrastructure Cluster which oversees SIM’s digital platforms and campus operations. Under his leadership, SIM strengthened, differentiated, and grew its digital learning and capabilities at scale through the SIM Digital transformation programme.

Prior to joining SIM, Seong Kim led Accenture’s ASEAN Communications, Media and High Tech business group. His responsibilities included defining and executing the group’s growth strategy, developing and maintaining client relationships, orchestrating go-to-market strategies and plans, and acquiring new talent and reskilling existing talent.

Professor Jorg Bley

Professor Jorg Bley is an internationally recognised finance scholar and higher education leader with more than two decades of academic and executive experience. A German native educated in Germany and the United States, he has held senior academic positions in the UAE, China, and beyond.

Since 2019, Professor Bley has served as Dean of the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, the largest Sino-foreign academic joint venture in China. Under his leadership, IBSS achieved the prestigious “triple crown” accreditation from AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA/BGA, making it the youngest institution worldwide to earn this recognition. During his tenure, student enrolment and faculty numbers doubled, while the school was also named a PRME Champion and recognised by the United Nations Global Compact for its pioneering work in sustainability and social responsibility.

Professor Bley’s research focuses on stock market behaviour, valuation anomalies, and market efficiency, with his work widely published in international journals. He has co-authored several influential corporate finance textbooks with a Middle Eastern perspective that are widely used across the MENA region. In addition to his academic career, he brings substantial investment banking expertise and holds leading professional designations including CFA, CAIA, and FRM.

Previously, he served as Dean of the School of Business Administration at the American University of Sharjah and has worked extensively with international accreditation bodies (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA) as well as government higher education agencies in the UAE, the US, and China.

Professor Bley is also an experienced international speaker and panellist on topics ranging from leadership, employability, and entrepreneurship. 

Mr Desmond Tan

Mr Desmond Tan is Chief Financial Officer at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM).

As Chief Financial Officer, Desmond is responsible for all financial and accountancy matters in SIM, including the implementation of financial strategies and effective financial management. He spearheads SIM’s Financial and Corporate Planning and Analysis, Controllership, Investment Office, and Finance Operations clusters.

Desmond holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accountancy) degree and is a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, and is a Senior Accredited Director with the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Desmond has over 30 years of experience across several industries and has held various portfolios in companies listed on the Singapore Exchange and multinational corporations in various sectors: real estate, private equity investment management, audit, consumer products, manufacturing and petroleum. Prior to joining SIM, Desmond was with one of largest real estate investment firms, where he was the Chief Operating Officer for the Asia Pacific region and was responsible for a spectrum of strategic management roles covering business finance.

Ms Sara Yik

Sara Yik is Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM).

Sara leads transformation efforts for SIM’s workforce capabilities, overseeing the Human Resources, Talent Development, Organisation Development and Legal Divisions and is responsible for the Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Prior to joining SIM, Sara led her own business consulting firm focusing on performance transformation and talent development firm. She designed and led leadership team effectiveness and capability training sessions for Fortune 500 companies, including Procter & Gamble, Shell, Singtel, Singapore University of Technology & Design, Genting, STAR Group, Credit Suisse and Bharti Airtel.

She was formerly with McKinsey & Company, where she worked extensively across Asia-Pacific with senior client leaders in multinational and leading Asian corporations, developing and implementing business strategy, large-scale performance transformations, and leadership capacity-building.

With over 20 years’ experience at CEO and Board levels, Sara has a strong and well-established track record in delivering bottom-line results through business transformation, strategy implementation, organisational and culture change, and leading complex, cross-functional change programmes.

Sara is also a lawyer by training and was Senior Legal Counsel for JTC Corporation.

Mr Warren Ong

Warren Ong is Chief Information Officer at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM).

As Chief Information Officer, Warren is responsible for SIM’s digital infrastructure, investments, new assets, and capabilities to keep SIM at the forefront of change and better serve its customers. The Digital Solutions, Platform & Infrastructure (DSPI) cluster that Warren oversees, includes the Information Technology, Platform Build, Digital Service Enablement and Experience Design divisions.

Warren is a qualified PMI Project Management Professional, Microsoft Certified Professional and an experienced IT leader with 25 years of experience across several industries including transport, gaming, hospitality, IT consultancy, aviation, and financial services, as well as the public sector.

Warren has held diverse leadership, managerial, and corporate governance roles, guiding teams to implement technology strategies and solutions that fuel transformation, streamline costs, and enhance processes, to boost productivity.