Mr Alvin Tan was elected as a Member of Parliament in 2020, and appointed Minister
of State at the Ministry of Trade & Industry (MTI), and the Ministry of Culture,
Community & Youth (MCCY). He is also a Board Member at the Monetary Authority
of Singapore (MAS).
At MTI, Mr Tan is involved in growing Singapore’s economy, focusing on the tourism,
tech startup, agri-food tech and advanced manufacturing sectors, and securing free
trade agreements with Latin America. At MCCY, he is working on empowering youths,
promoting mental well-being and mentoring, strengthening racial and religious
harmony and supporting Singapore’s sports, arts and culture sectors. At MAS, Mr Tan
is helping develop Singapore’s financial sector, including as a fintech, green finance
and digital assets hub.
Before leaving the private sector to join politics, Mr Tan worked in finance and tech at
companies such as Goldman Sachs, Facebook and LinkedIn. He has also worked in
the United Nations and Oxfam, and in New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, and San
Francisco. He has also served in the Singapore Armed Forces as an armour officer,
and the Ministry of Defence in diplomacy, research and counter-terrorism roles.
Mr Tan has degrees in Economics from Sydney University and Harvard University,
and was an International and Global Affairs Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Centre for
Science and International Affairs.