Ruimin He

He was an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and teaches at the Singapore Civil Service College and the Kazakhstan Nazarbayev University.

Between 2015-2018, Dr He was Chief Advisor to the CEO at Grab, where he led their Analytics, Economics, Transport, Growth and Strategy teams. Formerly a Naval Officer in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), he commanded two missile corvettes and was Head of the RSN Strategy Office. As a member of the Singapore Administrative Service, he was the Deputy Director in the Foreign Economic Policy Department and a Research Economist in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Dr He received his BSc in Electrical Engineering and PhD in Economics, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under a Singapore President’s Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship.

Companies

• Senior Advisor Ministry of Communications and Information (2020)
• Chief Executive Officer Cues.sg (2019)
• Advisor To Chief Executive Officer Grab (2015)
• Consultant Ministry of National Development Singapore (2015)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (2015 — 2019)
• Head, Budget & Force Plans Branch and Head, RSN Strategy Office Republic of Singapore Navy (2013 — 2014)
• Commanding Officer, RSS VALOUR Republic of Singapore Navy (2012 — 2013)
• Research Economist, Economics Division Ministry of Trade and Industry (2009 — 2010)
• Deputy Director, Foreign Economic Policy Division Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore) (2009 — 2010)

Education

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000 — 2004)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000 — 2004)