Dorothy Chan is the executive director of real estate and hospitality giant Far East Organization (FEO), and the daughter of late property tycoon Ng Teng Fong, who founded the firm. Her brother, Philip Ng, is CEO of the company. FEO’s varied portfolio of businesses also includes retail, food and beverage, self-storage, laundry services, as well as the Agape Services social enterprise, which offers employment to the disadvantaged.

FEO also has a strong altruistic slant. Among other initiatives, it launched Bless Our City, a two-year, SG$1 million grant programme conceptualised with the Central Singapore Community Development Council to help social service and community organisations that work with ex-offenders, people with mental health issues, those with special needs, migrant workers, and vulnerable individuals and families.

Chan herself is a big supporter of the arts as well as grassroots initiatives. Among her significant altruistic deeds was being the biggest single corporate donor at the Inter-Religious Organisation Singapore’s 2018 interfaith charity dinner event; Chan donated SG$200,000 and also sponsored the dinner venue of the Grand Ballroom at Fullerton Hotel. The JurongHealth Fund board director was also a recipient of the SG50 Outstanding Chinese Business Pioneers Award in 2015.