Chon Houw Ng

Job Title: General Manager (Business Development & Strategy)

Company: Aster Chemicals and Energy

Chon Houw Ng is General Manager, Business Development & Strategy at Aster Chemicals and Energy Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore. He brings 17+ years of experience across the refining, chemicals and energy value chain — spanning process engineering, operations and HSE, commercial and business development, M&A, and portfolio strategy. 

His current work focuses on business transformation through ecosystem partnerships and programmatic M&A, enabling portfolio resilience and growth while shaping value-chain decisions across refining, petrochemicals, and emerging low-carbon opportunities in Asia. 

Chon Houw writes regularly on the energy transition, industry competitiveness, and resilience, with a focus on how Asia can reconcile decarbonization ambitions with economic and industrial realities. He holds a First-Class Honours degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and is bilingual in English and Chinese.