Director, GIC Board
Chairman, GIC Investment Strategies Committee

Lawrence Wong is Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He is the Chairman of the GIC Investment Strategies Committee, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Future Economy Council, the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council and the National Research Foundation Board. Mr Wong began his career as a civil servant, and held positions such as Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority and the Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He was elected a Member of Parliament in May 2011 and subsequently held ministerial appointments in Defence, Education, Communications and Information, Culture, Community and Youth, and National Development.

Mr Wong obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, respectively. He also holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.