Mr Gerald Woon
Non-Executive Director
Mr Gerald Woon has more than 29 years of communications experience. As a co-founder and director of Cogent Communications Pte Ltd, he has been involved in most of its consulting services for IPO launches, Investor Relations, and Public Relations since its inception. He also has extensive experience in advising public listed companies on their crisis communications. Mr Woon has also worked at Provenance Capital Pte. Ltd., a boutique Corporate Finance firm, where he was involved in deal origination and fund raising.
Mr Woon started his career in the government sector and was formerly Head, Marketing Communications at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), looking after its corporate communication needs as well as the communication needs of its multinational and local company clients in the electronics, chemicals, biomedical sciences, precision engineering, heavy engineering and services industries. At EDB, Mr Woon was also sole media liaison for several ministerial overseas trips and has worked on several multi-government agency initiatives.
Mr Woon holds a Master of Science (Marketing) degree from National University of Singapore and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree from Monash University. In addition, he has also completed the Capital Markets & Financial Advisory Services (CMFAS) Module 4A – Rules and Regulations For Advising On Corporate Finance, and is a member of the EDB Society.