Choo Yong Cheen is Deputy Group Chief Investment Officer (DGCIO), with a focus on Private Markets, including Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, and the Integrated Strategies Group. He is concurrently Chief Investment Officer for Private Equity, where he oversees the private equity portfolio, which includes investments in buyouts, minority growth, pre-IPOs, venture capital, private credit, and special situations. He joined GIC in 1996 and held various roles in the Economics & Strategy Department. Mr Choo transferred to the Equities department in 2002, where he managed an Asia regional equities portfolio, specialising in China. He transferred to GIC Special Investments to run GIC’s private equity business across Asia in 2011, before being posted to London in 2014 to run the European private equity business. He was appointed CIO for Private Equity in July 2016 and DGCIO in Oct 2026.

Mr Choo holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) and a Master of Science (with Distinction) in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has also completed the Senior Executive Programme from the London Business School.