2026 JUDGE'S PROFILE
Aun Koh
Assistant Chief Executive, Marketing and Development
National Gallery Singapore
Aun Koh is the Assistant Chief Executive, Marketing and Development, at the National Gallery Singapore — home to the world’s largest collection of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. His career spans media, hospitality, technology and public service. He founded East magazine, served as Editor-in-Chief of Tatler Singapore, and has developed and hosted TV shows for Mediacorp. He has led brand, marketing, communications, and content teams at organisations including Tripadvisor and Everise. He co-founded a brand strategy agency and launched the private members club Straits Clan. In the public sector, he headed the Visual and Literary Arts divisions at the National Arts Council and built the Advocacy and Development functions at the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre. He was the founding Chairman of Pangdemonium Theatre Company and sits on the Board of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
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