Editing Ho Ching (section)

== Career ==
Ho started her career as an engineer with the [[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Ministry of Defence]] of Singapore in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.temasek.com.sg/Documents/userfiles/files/Biography.pdf|title = Temasek: Ho Ching Biography|access-date = 17 March 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317110026/http://www.temasek.com.sg/Documents/userfiles/files/Biography.pdf|archive-date = 17 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1983, she became the Director of Defence Materials Organisation, the procurement agency of the ministry and concurrently held the position of deputy director of Defence Science Organisation.

Ho joined Singapore Technologies in 1987 as deputy director of engineering and took on various senior responsibilities before becoming its president and chief executive officer in 1997.<ref name="swhf.sg" /> She joined Temasek Holdings as a director in January 2002 and became its executive director in May 2002 before assuming the role of chief executive officer of the company on 1 January 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.temasek.com.sg/Documents/userfiles/files/Biography.pdf|title = Temasek: Ho Ching's Biography|access-date = 17 March 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140317110026/http://www.temasek.com.sg/Documents/userfiles/files/Biography.pdf|archive-date = 17 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ho has served as chairperson of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, and as deputy chairperson of the Productivity and Standards Board, and the [[Economic Development Board]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://sgebooks.nl.sg/image.aspx?id=165f75c9-db3c-4c1d-b435-7cbe911a81f1|title = Book SG: Portrait of Madam Ho Ching, circa 1994|url-status=dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140323164319/http://sgebooks.nl.sg/image.aspx?id=165f75c9-db3c-4c1d-b435-7cbe911a81f1|archive-date = 23 March 2014}}</ref>

Ho stepped down as CEO and executive director on 1 October 2021, being succeeded by [[Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara]], who will continue to concurrently hold his current appointment as chief executive of Temasek International.<ref name="temasek-leadership-transition">{{cite web|title=Leadership Transition at Temasek Holdings: Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara to be appointed Executive Director & CEO with effect from 1 October 2021|date=9 February 2021 |url=https://www.temasek.com.sg/en/news-and-views/news-room/news/2021/leadership-transition-at-temasek-holdings}}</ref> The same day, she was appointed as a director of Temasek Trust. On 1 April 2022, she succeeded [[S. Dhanabalan]] as chairperson of Temasek Trust.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Choo|first=Yun Ting|date=30 September 2021|title=Retiring Temasek CEO Ho Ching to join Temasek Trust board, take over as chairman from April 1, 2022|language=en|work=[[The Straits Times]]|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/retiring-temasek-ceo-ho-ching-to-join-temasek-trust-board-take-over-as-chairman-from-april|access-date=1 October 2021|issn=0585-3923}}</ref>