Tan Teck Meng
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tan. Tan Teck Meng was a professor of Accounting from Singapore Management University (SMU), member of the board of directors of four public companies in Singapore, serving as chairman of the audit committees of two of the companies, and honorary professor of Finance and Economics of Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China. He was the first appointee of SMU, being its first deputy president and provost respectively, and former dean of the School of Accountancy and Business (now Nanyang Business School) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) where he was instrumental in the development of the school and the establishment of a number undergraduate degrees and MBA programmes. Biography Education and academic career Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from University of Singapore, now National University of Singapore (NUS), and a Master of Commerce with Honours from the University of New South Wales. Upon graduation in 1970, he worked in Charted Industries Pte Ltd, now ST Kinetics, and General Electric (USA) Television and Appliance Pte Ltd before joining the faculty of University of Singapore in 1972. He subsequently worked at Nanyang Technological University, serving as dean of its School of