Bernard Toh first joined National University of Singapore (NUS) in April 2005 as its corporate communications director. After four years in that role, he was appointed to the Office of the President, leading strategic projects and communications (one of which included leading the development of Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum). He also served as Secretariat Director of the International Alliance of Research Universities from 2009 to 2013, building relationships and opportunities with 10 of the world’s leading research universities. In July 2016, Toh was appointed Director of Alumni Relations which he continues to this day, working with a dynamic team to build meaningful and lifelong relationships with its 330,000 alumni family.

Prior to joining the university, Toh spent 20 years in the Republic of Singapore Air Force attaining the rank of full colonel. He graduated from NUS with a bachelor’s degree in architectural studies in 1985 and obtained a master’s degree in business administration from Cranfield University, U.K. in 1998, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching from Lancaster University, U.K., in 2008.