Colin Low

President & CEO, Singapore Investment Development Corporation

Biography

Colin heads a partnership in the Private Equity & Capital sector focusing on investments and funding for high growth companies. Target companies have unique and market relevant patents, with the potential to scale international markets, and leverage knowledge management and skills to create value for shareholders long term. Industry sectors include Infrastructure, Technology, Real Estate and Healthcare. Capital is deployed on a “Buy – Build & Scale” basis. SIDC works with family trusts, PE and sovereign wealth funds for partnering in capital funding for growth.

Colin was previously the President, GE, & Regional Executive – Growth Initiatives in South East Asia Region (2005-2010) and was responsible for developing company-to-country strategies in the region and developing commercial growth initiatives for GE Group, which comprises five core businesses – GE Capital, GE Technology Infrastructure, GE Energy Infrastructure, GE Home & Business Solutions and NBC Universal. He was extensively involved in Leadership and Talent Development across Asia at GE. As President, GE, Colin initiated an investor relations program that successfully enabled Singapore’s Government Investment Corporation (GIC) to be GE’s top 10 largest institutional shareholder to date. He also enabled the creation of a US$2B Joint Venture funding between GE Capi-tal and GIC for acquisition of energy and renewable assets. During his term at GE, he grew GE’s port-folio three times to US$1.6B.

Colin was appointed Board Director for GE Pacific Pte. Ltd., from 2005-2010, the holding company for GE’s multiple investments across Asia Pacific region, which has an annual turnover of US$500 – $700 million. He is currently the Vice-Chairman for the American Chamber of Commerce, the Council Board Member of INSEAD University, and the current Independent Board Director to OSIM International, a global health and well-being company listed on SGX with outlets globally.