Tay Lim Hock was appointed Senior Managing Director in April 2024. In this role, he supports the CEO and Group CIO on large deal approvals and enterprise-level initiatives. He also oversees the Finance Department. He joined GIC’s Asian Private Equity (PE) team in 1995, and was posted to London in 2000 as Head PE Europe and to San Francisco in 2003 as Head PE US. He became PE’s Global Head of the Funds & Co-Investment Group in 2008, and President of PE & Infrastructure in 2011. He returned to London as President (Europe) and Deputy GCIO in 2017. While continuing as Deputy GCIO, he was concurrently appointed Chief Operating Officer in July 2019 to oversee investment services and operations, data and technology, and corporate administration. Prior to GIC, he worked as an Aeronautical Engineer with the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

Mr Tay holds a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering from I’Ecole Nationale de I’Aviation Civile, and completed the Stanford Executive Program.