In 2025, Tan Sri Sir Dr. Jeffrey Cheah was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, in recognition of his services to promoting academic exchange and economic relations between Malaysia and Japan.
In 2024, for his extraordinary achievements and services to education, healthcare and philanthropy, advancing bilateral relations between the United Kingdom and Malaysia, he was also the first Malaysian to be conferred the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
In the same year, Tan Sri Sir Dr. Jeffrey Cheah was appointed co-patron of the British Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (BMCC), serving alongside the British High Commissioner to advance bilateral trade relations between the United Kingdom and Malaysia.
In 2023, Tan Sri Sir Dr. Jeffrey Cheah was recognised with the EY ASEAN Entrepreneurial Excellence award for his stalwart leadership and vision in building one of Southeast Asia’s leading conglomerates.
In 2019, he was also awarded UK-Malaysia Personality Award by BMCC for championing ties between both countries through collaborations with the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Lancaster.
In 2008, Tan Sri Sir Dr. Jeffrey Cheah was appointed by the Prime Minister of Australia an Officer of the Order of Australia – one of the country’s most prestigious and highest recognitions conferred to a non-citizen, in recognition of his contribution in building bilateral relations between the two countries through education.
In 1996, he was conferred the Panglima Setia Mahkota Malaysia (Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia) award which carries the title of ‘Tan Sri’, in recognition of his contributions to the country.
Tan Sri Sir Dr. Jeffrey Cheah has also been conferred 12 honorary doctorates from leading universities worldwide.
1993
Doctor of the University
Victoria University, Australia
1994
Doctor of the University
Flinders University, South Australia
1994
Doctor of Education
University of Western Australia
1994
Doctor of Education
Western Michigan University, United States
1995
Doctor of Law
Monash University, Victoria, Australia
1996
Doctor of Law
Leicester University, United Kingdom
1998
Doctor of Education
Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom
2001
Doctor of Business Administration
Greenwich University, United Kingdom
2013
Doctor of Law
Lancaster University, United Kingdom
2016
Doctor of Education
University of Malaya, Malaysia
2020
Doctor of Social Enterprise
University of Cambodia
2021
Doctor of Philosophy
National University of Malaysia
Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy
2009, 2015, 2019, 2021
Honorary Fellow at the University of Cambridge and University of Oxford, as well as a member of Harvard University’s Global Advisory Council
First Malaysian conferred the Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom