Biography — Peter Ho
Discover the biography of Mr Peter Ho, Chair of the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Council and former Head of Singapore's Civil Service.
Last updated 1 September 2026
Mr Peter Ho Chair, Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Council Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures Senior Fellow, Civil Service College Singapore
Mr Peter Ho Hak Ean is the Senior Advisor to the Centre for Strategic Futures and a Senior Fellow in the Civil Service College.
He also serves as Chairman of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Chairman of the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) Governing Council, Chairman of the Office for Space Technology & Industry (OSTIn) Board, Chairman of the PRECIsion Health Research, SingaporE (PRECISE) Board Oversight Committee, Chairman of the National Gallery Singapore (NGS), and Chairman of the Institute for Intelligent Functional Materials (I-FIM) Governing Board. He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), and of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP).
When he retired from the Singapore Administrative Service in 2010 after a career in the Public Service stretching more than 34 years, he was Head, Civil Service, concurrent with his other appointments of Permanent Secretary (Foreign Affairs), Permanent Secretary (National Security & Intelligence Coordination), and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) in the Prime Minister’s Office. Before that, he was Permanent Secretary (Defence). He was also the inaugural Chairman of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.