Willie Cheng

Willie Cheng

Willie Cheng is a former partner of Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing firm. Prior to his retirement in 2003, he was the country managing director of Singapore and the managing partner of its Communications and High Tech practice in Asia.

Since his retirement, he has stayed involved with the business and the InfoComm community. He sits on the boards of Singapore Press Holdings, NTUC Fairprice and Singapore Health Services. However, he spends the larger part of his time working with nonprofit organizations at the board and volunteer level. Among these, he is Chairman of the Lien Centre for Social Innovation and Caritas Singapore, and a Director of Council for Third Age, Singapore Cooperation Enterprise and the Singapore Golf Association. He is also a founding partner of Asia Philanthropic Ventures and was formerly Chairman of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre where he started applying his management consulting background to nonprofit work.

He is a member of the Ashoka Support Network and is helping with the establishment of Ashoka’s social-business hub in Singapore. Mr. Cheng has written extensively on the nonprofit sector. He is author of Doing Good Well: What does (and does not) make sense in the nonprofit world (John Wiley & Sons, 2008) and is currently editing a new book on the issues, trends and future of the social sector. Mr. Cheng lives in Singapore with his wife, Julie, and two sons, Ian and Ivan. He can be contacted at willie@doinggoodwell.net