Foo Mee Har

In this Chinese name, the family name is Foo.
The Honourable
Foo Mee Har
胡美霞
Foo in 2021
Member of Parliament
for West Coast GRC
(Ayer Rajah–Gek Poh)
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2011
Preceded byConstituency established
Majority4,662 (3.36%)
Personal details
Born (1966-01-10) 10 January 1966 (age 58)[1][2]
Ipoh, Malaysia
Political partyPeople's Action Party
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businesswoman

Foo Mee Har (Chinese: 胡美霞; pinyin: Hú Měixiá; born 10 January 1966)[1][2] is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician and businesswoman. She is a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP). Foo has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Ayer Rajah division from 2011 to 2020. Since 2020, she represents the Ayer Rajah-Gek Poh division, a result of the merger between the Jurong West portion of Hong Kah North SMC and West Coast GRC's Ayer Rajah ward. [3]

Foo made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a five-member PAP team contesting in West Coast GRC and won 66.6% of the vote.[4][5] During the 2015 general election, Foo retained her parliamentary seat in the West Coast GRC after defeating the opposition Reform Party with 78.6% of the vote. During the 2020 general election, Foo retained her parliamentary seat in West Coast GRC again after garnering 51.68% of vote.

Prior to entering politics, Foo had 30 years of corporate experience with leading international firms and has held senior leadership roles across businesses and geographies. She stepped down as Global Head of Priority & International Banking for Standard Chartered Bank in 2013 to focus on constituency work and to pursue other interests. She had a long-standing career at Standard Chartered Bank spanning 19 years covering Asia, Africa and Middle East markets.

Foo has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management Institute, Asia's Centre of Excellence for wealth and asset management education and research in 2015.[6] She has also been appointed as Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation in 2018.[7]

  1. ^ a b "MP | Parliament of Singapore".
  2. ^ a b "Parliament of Singapore : MP Foo Mee Har's CV". Parliament of Singapore. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Member's CV". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "General Elections 2011". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ "West Coast GRC won by PAP". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
  6. ^ "Wealth Management Institute". www.wmi.edu.sg. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  7. ^ "SBF". SBF.