Yi Young was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the apex business chamber championing the interests of the Singapore business community in the areas of trade, investment, and industrial relations.

Prior to SBF, Yi Young spent 24 years in the Singapore Civil Service, including 11 years in Senior Public Sector Leadership positions like Deputy Secretary (Industry) in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Deputy Secretary (Policy) in the Ministry of Education, and Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore.

Yi Young also previously served on the boards of various statutory boards, companies, real estate investment trust, universities, research institutes, charities, and clubs and societies, and on various national level committees and councils. He is a Senior Accredited Director and Member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Yi Young was one of the Singapore members on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and served as the Chair of ABAC’s Regional Economic Integration Working Group. He also previously represented Singapore on the Council of the International Maritime Organization.

His experience and expertise span the areas of public policy, governance, government relations, economic planning and industrial policy, internationalisation and trade, industry transformation, digitalisation and business transformation, workforce development, education policy, maritime policy, organisational transformation, and human resource management.

Yi Young has a Master of Arts in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University.