Foo Mee Har
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The Honourable Foo Mee Har MP |
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| 胡美霞 | |
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| Member of the Singapore Parliament for West Coast Group Constituency |
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Assumed office 7 May 2011 |
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| Preceded by | seat created |
| Majority | 36,070 (33.1%) |
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10 January 1966 Malaysia |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Political party | People's Action Party |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Chief Executive Officer, Wealth Management Institute |
Foo Mee Har (Chinese: 胡美霞; pinyin: Hú Měi Xiá, born 10 January 1966) is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician. She is a Member of Parliament (MP) for West Coast GRC. She is the Chairman of the Estimates Committee of Singapore Parliament. She is also a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees of both: 1) Finance and Trade & Industry; and 2) Education.
Foo was first elected MP in May 2011, standing as one of the five People's Action Party (PAP) candidates for the West Coast GRC, which garnered 66.6 per cent of votes. In the 2015 General Election, Foo was once again fielded as a member of the PAP team contesting in the West Coast GRC. The team defeated Reform Party with 78.6% of the votes.
Foo has twenty over years of experience with leading international firms, held senior leadership roles across businesses and geographies. She led an international career, lived and worked in 5 countries: Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. She stepped down as the Global Head of Priority & International Banking for Standard Chartered Bank on 1 January 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 was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management Institute in Singapore as of July 6, 2015.
Foo started her career in 1990 as a Management Consultant with Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and PA Consulting Group. She later joined Jardine's shipping group as the Head of HR.
Foo was with Standard Chartered Bank from 1994 to 2012, during which she held a number of senior positions across the Group.
Foo has been an active champion of employee volunteerism, spearheading participation in a wide range of community programs, including advocacy, outreach and fund-raising for causes such as avoidable blindness, HIV/AIDs and healthy living. She started the inaugural Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon, which has become one of the largest sporting events.
From 2003–2005, Foo was appointed the Country Head of Consumer Banking in China, spearheading the growth of the Consumer Banking franchise in China.
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