Ng Gim Choo

Ng Gim Choo is a businesswoman and educator. The founder of the EtonHouse International Education Group, she is also its managing director. Inspired by her observations as a parent of play-based preschools in London, where her husband was on business assignment, Ng started the first EtonHouse school in Singapore in 1995. As of 2013, there were 60 schools across Asia.

Ng was awarded the Woman of Benevolence (ai xin shi zhe) by Suzhou City in China in March 2004 for her significant contributions towards helping the community and promoting cultural practices. In September 2011, she received the Jiangsu Friendship Award. In 2013, she received the 'Foreign Friend' award from the Mayor of Yiwu in China.

In recognition of her work and contribution towards raising the standards of international education in Singapore, Ng was the first Singaporean woman to be awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2009. Ng was nominated by two former Mayors of London, Sir David Brewer and Sir Clive Martin.