Prof Neo is the Professor of the Nanyang Business School at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
He was formerly the Director of Asia Competitiveness Institute at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in the National University of Singapore.
He currently serves as Non-Executive Director of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited and J. Lauritzen Singapore Pte Ltd.
He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration and Ph.D from University of Pittsburgh.