On 25 November 2016, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Mr Lucien Wong will be appointed Attorney-General from 14 January 2017. As part of the transition to his new appointment, Mr Wong will be appointed Deputy Attorney-General from 19 December 2016.  Accordingly, Mr Wong will be stepping down from Temasek Board with effect from 15 December 2016.

Mr Wong was appointed to the Temasek Board on 1 March 2013.

“On behalf of the Temasek Board and Management team, we would like to express our appreciation to Lucien for his contributions as Director in the past years. We congratulate him and wish him success in his new appointment,” said Temasek Chairman, Mr Lim Boon Heng.