Benjamin Pwee

Pwee studied at Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College.[3][2] A recipient of the Singaporean government's Overseas Merit Scholarship,[4] he completed a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in music and literature at the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of London and a Master of Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore[5] and a Master of Science in Southeast Asian Studies from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University.[6] He also studied strategic management at the Harvard Business School[7] and completed a Masters in Christian Studies at the China Graduate School of Theology in Hong Kong.[7]

Pwee worked in the civil service between 1990 and 1998[5] in the Foreign Affairs, Home Affairs and Defence ministries.[4] From 1995 to 1998, he was first secretary for political and economic affairs at the Singaporean embassy in Beijing, where he served as an interpreter and note-taker to former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's many official visits to China. He was involved in high profile China-Singapore governmental projects including the Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park project, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) - Dalian Port Development Project,etc. He was also Senior Assistant Director for Joint Planning and Organizational Development at the Ministry of Home Affairs, handling strategic organizational and technology development for the Police Force, Fire Service, Immigration and Customs Department, etc.[2]

Pwee left the civil service in 1998 and became the executive director of Medical Services International. Five years later, he left for Hong Kong, where he started E-deo Asia, a consulting firm, and has been its managing director and principal consultant since then.[8] During his time in Hong Kong, he worked part-time for two years in the Central Policy Unit, advising Chief Executive Donald Tsang. He also held Hong Kong permanent residency, having worked there for eight years as a consultant for multinational corporations.[7]

In July 2020, Pwee joined law firm CNP Law LLP as its chief business development officer, and as Managing Director of CNP Business Advisory.[9]

Pwee's father, Robert Pwee, was a People's Action Party (PAP) grassroots leader.[1][2] Pwee is married and has three children.[5]

Pwee is a Protestant Christian and has held positions at the Asia Theological Association[17] and Graduates Christian Fellowship (Singapore).[18]

Pwee started the Pwee Foundation in 2012 to sponsor social causes and connect beneficiaries with entities that can assist them, including voluntary welfare organisations, social enterprises and government agencies.[3] He has also done voluntary work with the Singapore Anglican Community Services, Singapore Scout Association, two mental health rehabilitation institutions, a shelter for battered women and children, and a centre for autistic children.[7]