Mr Lim Swee Say is a Trustee and Adviser of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC), the Chairman of NTUC LearningHub Pte. Ltd., and a Director of Singtel, and NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited.  He is also a Director of Ho Bee Land Limited, and Temasek Foundation Ltd.
 
Swee Say joined the public sector in 1976. He held leadership positions in Singapore’s National Computer Board and Economic Development Board. He joined the Labour Movement in 1996 and entered politics in 1997. He served in various ministries between 1999 and 2018.  He also served as the Secretary General of NTUC from 2007 to 2015 and Minister for Manpower from 2015 to 2018. He retired from politics as a Member of Parliament in 2020.