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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

HIGHLIGHTS: Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara - CEO of Temasek

In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

Norges Bank Investment Management

In Good Company, Business, Norges Bank, Nicolai Tangen

4.8 • 186 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

We've curated a special 10-minute version of the podcast for those in a hurry.  

 

Here you can listen to the full episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/temasek-ceo-investing-for-the-future-navigating/id1614211565?i=1000728153466&l=nb


What drives Temasek's long-term investment philosophy? In this episode of In Good Company, Nicolai Tangen sits down in Singapore with Dilhan Pillay, CEO of Temasek, to explore the philosophy and strategy behind one of the world's most influential investment companies. Dilhan shares how Temasek—often described as Singapore's sovereign wealth fund—sees itself as an investment holding company with a long-term outlook, balancing financial returns with social impact. They discuss the firm's global investment approach, how geopolitical tensions affect strategy, and thoughts on integrating AI into workflows. Dilhan also shares insights on Singapore's governance success and his leadership philosophy built on integrity and trust. Managing $350 billion across 13 offices worldwide, Temasek demonstrates how relationship-focused investing creates lasting value. Tune in for an insightful conversation!

In Good Company is hosted by Nicolai Tangen, CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management. New full episodes every Wednesday, and don't miss our Highlight episodes every Friday. 

 

The production team for this episode includes Isabelle Karlsson and PLAN-B's Niklas Figenschau Johansen, Sebastian Langvik-Hansen and Pål Huuse. Background research was conducted by David Høysæter.


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0:00.0

Hi everybody, tune in to this short version of the podcast, which we do every Friday for the long version.

0:06.5

Tune in on Wednesdays.

0:09.2

Hi everybody, I'm Nicola Tangan, the CEO of the Norwegian Soan Wealth Fund.

0:13.0

And today I'm really delighted because I am here in Singapore with Dylan Pillay, the CEO of Temasek.

0:19.6

And Temasek is Singapore's Soan Wealth Fund managing roughly

0:23.7

300 billion US dollars. Now, Dylan, he has been in charge of Temasek since 2021 and after a remarkable

0:32.5

journey building up to the leading law firm in the country. And so, big thank you for taking the time.

0:38.1

Thank you, Nikolai. Pleasure to be here.

0:39.7

Lots of things to talk about, but let's just kick off first.

0:42.3

I wish I've given you better weather.

0:44.3

I think it's pretty good.

0:46.3

What is Temosek?

0:48.3

Well, I think that people define us in two different ways.

0:52.3

I think most people will see us as a sovereign wealth fund

0:55.7

based outside of Singapore because we're owned by the government. But we're really an investment

1:01.3

holding company. We own three different portfolios. We have operating companies which together

1:07.2

have something like about 150 billion US in revenues. We have a global portfolio of investments around the world, mostly minority investments.

1:15.6

And we also have a business that builds asset management platforms and also invest in private refunds and alternative investment managers.

1:23.6

What's the main difference between you and GIC, which is the other fund?

1:26.6

So GIC manages the government's reserves, and so it is really a fund manager, no different from NBIM, I would say.

1:34.3

And so they're also multi-asset, multi-strategy.

1:37.3

For TAMASIC, we have been set up from day one as an equity owner.

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