James Koh Cher Siang

James Koh Cher Siang
Chairman of the Housing and Development Board
In office
1 October 2007 (2007-10-01)  30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Preceded byAline Wong
Succeeded byBobby Chin Yoke Choong
Chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority
In office
April 1981 (1981-04)  30 April 1987 (1987-04-30)
Preceded byTan Eng Liang
Succeeded byKhoo Cheng Lim
Personal details
Born
Koh Cher Siang

(1946-02-05) 5 February 1946
Colony of Singapore
Children3
Alma materHarvard University (MPA)
University of Oxford (MA, BA)
Raffles Institution
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese許慈祥
Simplified Chinese许慈祥
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXǔ Cíxiáng
IPA[ɕù.tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕiǎŋ]

James Koh Cher Siang PJG PPA(E) (born 5 February 1942) is a Singaporean former civil servant and he was the chairman of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (1981–1987) and the Housing and Development Board (2007–2016).

Koh served as a director of DBS Bank (1981–1996), National Kidney Foundation (2005–2007), Singapore Airlines (2005–2011), United Overseas Land (2005–2012), CapitaMall Trust (2009–2013) and United Overseas Bank (2012–2021).