Another Singaporean to fill top academic post in Hong Kong, with ex-NUS law dean Tan Cheng Han tipped to head CityU School of Law
- Tan, an expert in company law, will be second scholar from city state to head law school in city
- He is said to have turned down chance to join HKU, which is also in midst of search for a law dean
Another high-profile Singaporean will be appointed to a top academic post in Hong Kong – this time former National University of Singapore law dean Tan Cheng Han, as the head of City University’s school of law – the Post has learned.
The 53-year-old expert in company law will be the second Singaporean to head a law school in the city after Michael Hor Yew Meng’s appointment at the University of Hong Kong in 2014.
CityU confirmed Tan’s appointment on Thursday, and said details would be announced in due course.
Tan was the dean of the NUS law school from 2001 to 2011. Under his leadership, the faculty first went neck and neck with and later superseded HKU’s law school. He is currently chairman of the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business at NUS.
Specialising in company and commercial law, Tan was appointed senior counsel in 2004, one of the first two academics in Singapore to receive that honour.
He has sat on a number of bodies related to corporate governance or financial regulation, including the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority and Competition Commission. He helped to review the Singapore Companies Act and has chaired the Singapore Exchange Regulation since 2017.
