Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council

The NRF supports the Research Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC).

The RIEC is chaired by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 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


	*Ministerial Members*
Mr Lee Hsien Loong Senior Minister and Chairman, RIEC	Mr Heng Swee Keat Deputy Prime Minister, Deputy Chairman, RIEC, and Chairman, NRF Board	Mr Gan Kim Yong Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry
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
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	Mr Chee Hong Tat Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Finance
	*Non-Ministerial Members*
Mr Sudipta Bhattacharya Chief Technology Officer and Chief Executive Officer for North America, Adani Group	Dr Roland Busch President and CEO of Siemens AG	Prof Victor Dzau President, US National Academy of Medicine, and Chair, Health and Human Potential (HHP) International Advisory Council (IAC)
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	Ms Jenny Lee Managing Partner, Granite Asia
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	Dr Chris Luebkeman Leader, Strategic Foresight Hub, ETH Zurich
Dr Reinhard Ploss Chairman of Supervisory Board, Knorr-Bremse AG, and Co-Chair, Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity (MTC) International Advisory Panel (IAP)	Prof Daniela Rus Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT	Mr Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Temasek International Pte. Ltd.
Prof Brian Schmidt Distinguished Professor, Mount Stromlo Observatory, Australian National University	Sir Andrew Witty CEO, UnitedHealth Group