Director, GIC Board
Chairman, GIC Risk Committee
Member, GIC Investment Strategies Committee

Lim Hng Kiang is the Special Advisor to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. He is a Director of the GIC Board, chairs the GIC Risk Committee, and is a member of the GIC Investment Strategies Committee. He sits on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s board. Previously, Mr Lim was Minister for Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2015, when the Ministry was carved into two portfolios. He was then appointed Minister for Trade and Industry (Trade) until he stepped down in May 2018. He has held ministerial appointments in National Development, Health, Foreign Affairs, Finance, and the Prime Minister’s Office. Before entering politics in 1991, he was Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of National Development.

Mr Lim graduated from Cambridge University with First Class Honours (Distinction) in Engineering. He later earned a Master’s in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.