Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara () (born 1963) is a Singaporean lawyer who has been the executive director and

chief executive officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

(CEO) of

Temasek Holdings Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited ( ) is a Singaporean State ownership, state-owned multinational investment firm. Incorporated on 25 June 1974, Temasek has a net portfolio of US$288 billion (S$389 billion) as of 2024. Headquartered at Orchard ...

since 1 October 2021.

Early life and education

Born in Singapore, Sandrasegara attended

Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACS(I)) is an independent Methodism, Methodist secondary school in Dover, Singapore. Founded in 1886 by Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham, it was recognised as an International Baccalaureate World School in 20 ...

before graduating from the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national university, national Public university, public research university in Singapore. It was officially established in 1980 by the merging of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University ...

in 1988 with a

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(LLB) degree. He subsequently went on to complete a

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(LLM) degree at the

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in 1990.

Career

Sandrasegara, together with Wong Meng Meng and nine other lawyers founded the Singaporean law firm,

WongPartnership WongPartnership is a Singaporean law firm. It is regarded as one of the Big Four law firms in Singapore, alongside Allen & Gledhill, Rajah & Tann, and Drew & Napier. In 2021, it was ranked as the second-largest law firm in Singapore by size, wi ...

in 1992, though it was named Wong Meng Meng & Partners at the time of its founding. He was a

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lawyer. He became the managing partner in 2007, after Wong retired. He then joined Temasek in September 2010 and held several roles such as group head for investment, portfolio management and enterprise development. Before becoming the CEO of Temasek Holdings, he was the CEO and executive director of Temasek International, the investment arm of

, a role he took on in April 2019. In that capacity, he was responsible for the investor role of Temasek Holdings. Prior to that, he also served a stint as Head, Americas for Temasek Holdings, and was based in New York. He succeeded

Ho Ching Ho Ching ( zh, c=何晶, p=Hé Jīng, w=Ho2 Ching1, cy=Hòh Jīng; born 27 March 1954) is a Singaporean businesswoman. Ho had been serving as the chairperson of Temasek Trust since 2022. She is the wife of the 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore, ...

as the CEO of Temasek Holdings in October 2021. He also serves on numerous boards, including the board of National Research Foundation (Singapore) and

Enterprise Singapore Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) is a government board formed on 1 April 2018 to support the development of Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), upgrade their capabilities, foster innovation, support transformation, and pro ...

. He was more recently named to the Future Economy Advisory Panel chaired by Deputy Prime Minister

Heng Swee Keat Heng Swee Keat (; born 15 April 1961) is a Singaporean former politician and former police officer who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore from 2019 until 2025. He was the Parliament of Singapore, Member of Parliament (MP) who rep ...

tasked to provide expert advice to support the next bound of Singapore’s economic growth and transformation.

Personal life

Sandrasegara is married to Chan Su Chan. He is a member of the

International Bar Association The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA in 2018 had a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associati ...

, the

Inter-Pacific Bar Association The Inter-Pacific Bar Association or IPBA is an international association of business and commercial lawyers, founded in 1991. Its members consist of residents of the Asia-Pacific region, or lawyers with a strong interest in that region. It bring ...

, and the Singapore Institute of Directors.

References

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