Ng Ser Miang

Ng Ser Miang, (born 6 April 1949) is a Singaporean entrepreneur, diplomat, and retired sailor.

Ng Ser Miang was born in 1949 in Swatow, China; his family moved to Singapore the same year.

He studied at the Serangoon Garden Government High School (now Serangoon Garden Secondary School and Dunman Government High School (now Dunman High School). While in high school, Ng was a Boy Scout troop leader and head prefect. During this time he also travelled to the United States for nine months with an American Field Service scholarship. While in the US Ng first developed an interest in sailing and learned the sport.

While at university, in 1969, Ng won a silver medal at the Southeast Asian Peninsular Games as a part of the Singapore sailing team.

Following his graduation, he completed his national service.

After high school, Ng studied business administration at the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore) and graduated in 1971 with honours.

In 1973, Ng entered the business world, working as a bank officer at the Chung Khiaw Bank.

Three years later, he became the managing director of Singapore Shuttle Bus, a City Shuttle Service operator.

He founded Trans-Island Bus Services (now known as SMRT Buses) in 1982 and is a board member of Singapore Press Holdings.

To create competition for the Singapore Bus Service, the only bus service in Singapore at the time, Ng started the Trans-Island Bus Services (TIBS) in 1982 and acted as the company's managing director.

He served as President of the Automobile Association of Singapore from 1988 to 1996.

Since 1990, he has been the vice-president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, and since 2009, has served as a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee.

Through his interest in sailing, Ng became involved with several sailing and sports councils, including acting as President of the Singapore Yachting Association in the early 1990s and later being elected as vice-president of the International Sailing Federation in 1994, a role he held for four years.

He was elected as vice-president of the Singapore National Olympic Council in 1990.

From 1991 to 2002, he was chairman of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC).

While serving as the SSC chairman, Ng helped launch the Sports for Life programme to promote sports for Singaporeans of all ages, and the Sports Excellence programme which directed national resources to supporting athletes in competitive sports.

During Ng's tenure, the Singaporean government spent Singapore $500 million in supporting the different programmes.

Ng's involvement with the Olympic Movement began with roles in the local Olympic council.

In 1992, he became a faculty fellow of Business Administration in the School of Postgraduate Management Studies at the National University of Singapore.

The next year, he became a member of the Trade Development Board of the China Business Information Advisory Group as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurship Development Center at Nanyang Technological University.

As a result of his work with TIBS and Singapore Shuttle Bus, Ng was named Singapore's Outstanding Manager of the Year in 1993.

In 1993, Ng became chairman of the Singapore Olympic Academy.

He initiated and acted as chairman of Project 0812, an organisation that provided Singaporean athletes with high-level training and preparation to win medals in the Beijing and London Olympics.

Through his efforts with Project 0812, Singapore received its first Olympic medal in 48 years at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

In 1995, Ng and other former members of The Singapore Scout Association formed the Singapore Scout Guild.

In 2001, TIBS was purchased by SMRT Corporation and later rebranded SMRT Buses.

Ng retired from the company after overseeing the sale.

In 2005, Ng took over as non-executive chairman of NTUC FairPrice, Singapore's largest supermarket chain, which is known for its philanthropy work within Singapore.

In 2005, after being the first Asian elected to the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, Ng served as President of the 117th IOC Session Organising Committee which took place in Singapore.

In addition to these roles, Ng has been a board member of Singapore Press Holdings since 2007 and of WBL Corporation from 2005 to 2012.

Throughout his career, Ng has held a number of leadership and advisory roles in Singapore's business community.

He has also held a seat on the IOC audit and finance commissions, and was on the Coordination Commissions for the 2008 Beijing and the 2012 London Olympics.

In 2009, Ng was elected a vice-president of the IOC, a position which he still held.

That same year, Ng also served as chairman of the inaugural Asian Youth Games Steering Committee.

In 2010, Ng served chairman of the inaugural Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee.

Two years later, he helped organise the Singapore Youth Olympic Festival, an annual event that exposes youth to the Olympic spirit.

He also currently serves as chairman of the Singapore Olympic Foundation.

In 2013, he was a candidate for the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, but eventually lost to Thomas Bach.

Ng declared his candidacy to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee in May 2013 at the Sorbonne in Paris.

In 2014 Ng was named president of the Fundación Valencia CF.