NRF Board
The National Research Foundation, Singapore (NRF) was formed in 2006 under the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, to support the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC) in its work through the development and coordination of national policies to grow Singapore’s research capability, support economic growth and meet Singapore’s future national challenges.
Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, Mr Heng Swee Keat, is the Chairman of the NRF Board.
NRF Board Members
| Mr Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, and Chairman, NRF Board |
Mr Teo Chee Hean Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Special Advisor to NRF |
Mr Lawrence Wong Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister for Finance |
| Mr Gan Kim Yong Minister for Trade and Industry |
Mr S Iswaran Minister for Transport and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations |
Ms Grace Fu Minister for Sustainability and the Environment |
| Mr Chan Chun Sing Minister for Education |
Mr Masagos Zulkifli Minister for Social and Family Development and Second Minister for Health |
Mr Ong Ye Kung Minister for Health |
| Mr Desmond Lee Minister for National Development and Minister-in-charge of Social Services Integration |
Mrs Josephine Teo Minister for Communications and Information, Second Minister for Home Affairs and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity |
Ms Indranee Thurai Rajah Minister, Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for National Development |
| Dr Tan See Leng Minister for Manpower, and Second Minister for Trade and Industry |
Mr Leo Yip Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office) (Strategy) and Permanent Secretary (National Security and Intelligence Coordination) |
Dr Beh Swan Gin Permanent Secretary (Development), Ministry of Trade & Industry |
| Ms Chan Lai Fung Permanent Secretary (National Research and Development) and Chairman, Agency for Science, Technology and Research |
Mr Chan Yeng Kit Permanent Secretary (Health Development) |
Mr Gabriel Lim Permanent Secretary (Policy), Ministry of Trade & Industry |
| Mr Lai Chung Han Permanent Secretary (Education) |
Ms Lai Wei Lin Permanent Secretary (Transport Development) and Second Permanent Secretary (Finance) |
Mr Lee Chuan Teck Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Singapore |
| Mr Joseph Leong Permanent Secretary (Communications and Information), Permanent Secretary (Cybersecurity) and Permanent Secretary (Smart Nation and Digital Government Group) |
Mr Stanley Loh Permanent Secretary (Sustainability and the Environment) |
Mr Loh Ngai Seng Permanent Secretary (Transport) |
| Mrs Ow Foong Pheng Permanent Secretary (National Development) |
Mr Png Cheong Boon Chairman, Economic Development Board |
Professor Tan Chorh Chuan Chief Health Scientist, Ministry of Health and Chair, Committee of Government Scientific Advisors |
| Professor Bertil Andersson NRF Scientific Advisory Board Member and Advisor to NRF |
Mr Kay Chai (KC) Ang Senior Vice President, GlobalFoundries and Board Advisor, Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association |
Mr Piyush Gupta Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group |
| Professor Ho Teck Hua President, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Mr Peter Ho Chairman, Urban Redevelopment Authority and Senior Advisor, Centre for Strategic Futures and Senior Fellow, Civil Service College |
Mr Lim Chow Kiat Chief Executive Officer, GIC Pte Ltd |
| Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara Chief Executive Officer, Temasek International |
Professor Tan Eng Chye President, National University of Singapore |
Mr Wong Kim Yin Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Sembcorp Industries and Chairman, SkillsFuture Singapore |