Mr Ng Chee Khern is the Chief Executive and Director of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and Deputy Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. He also serves as a non-executive Director of Hong Leong Asia Ltd, and SIA Engineering Company.

As Permanent Secretary (Manpower) from 2022 to 2025, Chee Khern worked closely with tripartite partners on key initiatives including the Majulah Package, the Platform Workers' Act, the Workplace Fairness Act, the Progressive Wage Models, and senior employment initiatives.

Before that, Chee Khern served as Permanent Secretary for Smart Nation and Digital Government in the Prime Minister's Office. He was also Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) in the Ministry of Defence, where his portfolio covered defence research and technology, capability development and acquisitions, and administration of the Ministry of Defence. During this period, he concurrently served as 2nd Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health, overseeing operations, emergency preparedness, and capacity building for the public healthcare sector.

He was previously the Chairman of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) and a board member of the National Research Foundation, Changi Airport Group, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, and CapitaLand Mall Trust.

Chee Khern was a recipient of the President's Scholarship and Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1985. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Second Upper Class Honours) and a Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.