Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council
The NRF supports the Research Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC).
The RIEC is chaired by the Prime Minister of Singapore, who appoints members to three-year terms. The RIEC comprises Cabinet Ministers and distinguished local and foreign members from the business, science and technology communities.
Set up in 2006, the RIEC provides strategic direction for national R&D. It has two main goals:
- To advise the Cabinet on national research and innovation strategies to drive the transformation of Singapore into a knowledge-based society, with strong capabilities in research, innovation and enterprise to meet our economic and societal needs; and
- To lead Singapore’s commitment towards research, innovation and enterprise by strengthening enterprise innovation capabilities and accelerating technology translation, with a view to catalyse value capture in key strategic areas for Singapore.
This high-level council underscores the political commitment to and importance placed on the national R&D agenda.
RIEC Members
| RIEC Ministerial Members | ||
| Mr Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister and Chairman, RIEC |
Mr Lawrence Wong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance |
Mr Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, and Chairman of NRF |
| Mr Teo Chee Hean Senior Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Special Advisor to NRF |
Dr Ng Eng Hen Minister for Defence |
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| Mr Gan Kim Yong Minister for Trade and Industry |
Ms Grace Fu Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations |
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 & 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 |
| RIEC Non-Ministerial Members | ||
| Mr Sudipta Bhattacharya Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer for North America, Adani Group |
Prof Brian Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University |
Dr Roland Busch President and CEO of Siemens AG |
| Sir Richard Friend Director of Research, Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, and Chairman, NRF Scientific Advisory Board |
Ms Goh Swee Chen Chairman, National Arts Council and Chairman, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Mr Avi Hasson CEO, Start-up Nation Central; Former Chief Scientist, Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry |
| Mr Hsieh Fu Hua Chairman, National University of Singapore Board of Trustees; Chairman, National University Health System |
Mr Koh Boon Hwee Chairman, Altara Ventures Pte Ltd |
Mr Forrest Li Founder, Chairman and Group CEO of Sea Ltd |
| Dr Li Ge Founder, Chairman and CEO of WuXi AppTec, Founder and Chairman of WuXi Biologics |
Ms Jenny Lee Managing Partner, Granite Asia |
Dr Chris Luebkeman Leader, Strategic Foresight Hub, ETH Zurich |
| Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Temasek International Pte. Ltd. |
Prof Daniela Rus Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT |
Prof Victor Dzau President, US National Academy of Medicine, and Chair, Health and Human Potential (HHP) International Advisory Council (IAC) |
| Dr Reinhard Ploss Chairman of Supervisory Board, Knorr-Bremse AG, and Co-Chair, Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity (MTC) International Advisory Panel (IAP) |
Sir Andrew Witty CEO, UnitedHealth Group |