Board of Trustees
Provides strategic guidance, ensuring growth, good governance, and alignment with the university’s mission. Comprising distinguished leaders from various fields, the Board plays a crucial role in shaping the university’s direction and upholding the highest standards of governance.
Mr Christopher Chong is an equity director in Drew & Napier LLC and he heads the firm's Construction and Engineering practice. He is a Singapore qualified disputes lawyer who has successfully argued cases at all levels of the Singapore Courts, in both international and domestic arbitrations and in adjudications. He specialises in high value commercial disputes. 


Christopher is widely recognised by legal publications as a leading construction lawyer in Singapore. He is a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building & Construction Law under the SAL’s Specialist Accreditation Scheme. He is also an accredited construction adjudicator with the Singapore Mediation Centre, and a member of its Adjudication Training Faculty Committee. In the last two decades, Christopher has worked on a wide spectrum of projects in Singapore and the region, from essential infrastructure such as education, healthcare, housing, power, transport, sewerage and water to the iconic projects such as Marina Bay Sands, Resorts World Sentosa and the Singapore Sports Hub.

He is also a go-to lawyer for banking and natural resources disputes, He has an enviable record of wins against financial institutions in banking disputes, and has successfully represented producers, off-takers, traders and end users in the natural resources sector.