Lim Swee Say

Mr Lim Swee Say is a trustee and Adviser of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), the Chairman of NTUC-Administration & Research Unit Board of Trustees, an Adviser to NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Ltd and the Deputy Chairman of Singapore Labour Foundation.

Swee Say joined the public sector in 1976. Before entering politics, he held leadership positions in Singapore’s National Computer Board and the Economic Development Board. He joined the Labour Movement in 1996 and entered politics in 1997 to serve in various capacities including Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology, Minister for Environment, Second Minister for National Development and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office. He also served as the Secretary General of NTUC from 2007 to 2015 and was appointed Minister for Manpower in 2015. He stepped down from the Cabinet in 2018 and retired from politics in 2020.

Swee Say holds a First Class Honours degree in Electronics, Computer and Systems Engineering from Loughborough University and a Master degree in Management from Stanford University.