Founding president and chief executive of CapitaLand Group, Mr Liew Mun Leong has been appointed Provost's Chair Professor (Practice) at the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Mr Liew will teaching on a part-time and pro-bono basis at both the NUS Business School and Faculty of Engineering. He will also work with faculty members on research.

In addition to these roles, Mr Liew will remain as member of NUS Business School's Management Advisory Board and chairman of Changi Airport Group, Surbana International Consultants Holdings and Pavillion Gas.

"I am indeed honoured by this appointment by NUS. I strongly believe in the credo of "building people" and along this vein I will be happy to share some of my business experiences with business and engineering students at NUS," said Mr Liew.