Foo Mee Har

Quick Facts

Full Name	Foo Mee Har
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 10, 1966(1966-01-10)
Age	58
Birthplace	Ipoh
Country	Malaysia
Birth City	Perak
Horoscope	Capricorn

Foo Mee Har Biography

Foo Mee Har is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on January 10, 1966 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Foo Mee Har (Chinese: Hu Mei Xia ; pinyin: Hu Meixia , born 10 January 1966) is born in Malaysia and is a Singaporean politician. She is a member of the Parliament (MP) for the West Coast GRC. She is also the Chairperson of the Estimates Committee of Singapore Parliament. She is also an active part of two Government Parliamentary Committees of both the following: 1)) Finance and Trade & Industry and 2) Education.) Education.

Foo was involved in many corporate community initiatives, including advocacy, outreach, and fundraising for causes like HIV/AIDs, avoidable blindness as well as healthy lifestyles. Foo was the first to start the Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon, that has since grown into one of the most prestigious sporting events in the world. Between 2003 and 2005, Foo was appointed the Country Director for Consumer Banking in China, driving the expansion of the Consumer Banking franchise in China.

In an interview with The Straits Times on 8 September 2008, Foo mentioned that taking up overseas postings in her job was “always a family decision”. When Foo was offered the China position in 2003, her husband, then a general manager of a multinational company, quit his job to take up a China post with another company so that the family could relocate together. When Foo was offered the CEO post in Thailand, her family rallied behind her again.

Foo joined the PAP in 2010, and was unveiled as PAP’s first new female candidate for the 2011 Singapore general election. During her introduction, Foo said that living abroad gave her the opportunity “to really reflect on Singapore, its government, systems and its processes” and appreciate its unique strengths

Foo was employed by Standard Chartered Bank from 1994 to 2012, and during that time she held various high-level positions within the Group.

Foo Mee Har Net Worth

Foo Mee Har is one of the richest Politician from Malaysia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Foo Mee Har 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduating from university at the age of 1989 Foo was able to move from the United States to Singapore in the year 1989 as a residence and was married to in the year 1989 to a Singaporean. She has two sons age 20 and 18, respectively. She was made the Singapore citizenship in January of 2008 following her overseas assignments (2003-2008) at the time she was able to apply for citizenship. Foo stated that Singapore has been her the place she has called home for the last 21 years’ and also that she wants to improve Singaporeans’ lives’. Singaporeans’.

Foo started her career in 1990 as a Management Consultant with Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and PA Consulting Group. Later, she was a part of Jardine Matheson’s shipping department as the head of HR.

From 2006–2008, she was President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) pcl with overall responsibility for the Bank in Thailand. In 2008, Foo was appointed Global Head for Priority & International Banking business with overall responsibility for banking, financing and wealth management of affluent and international banking client segments, a business that spanned over 30 countries in Asia, Africa and Middle East.

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Foo has twenty over years of experience with leading international firms, held senior leadership roles across businesses and geographies. 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.

Facts & Trivia

Foo Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Malaysia. Foo Mee Har celebrates birthday on January 10 of every year.

In July 2015, Foo supported the proposed amendment to include Temasek Holdings in the Net Investment Returns (NIR) framework. Foo mention that the amendment will widen the sources of revenue to help fund the expected increase in Singapore’s future spending needs. However, she cautioned the government that while Singapore increases her spending needs, the government should continue on the path of prudence and sustainability, for the sake of future generations. The focus must be on building a strong and globally competitive economy that will continue to generate strong operating revenues to meet increasing demands for expenditure.

Top Facts about Foo Mee Har

1. Foo Mee Har was born in 1966 and is a Malaysian-born Singaporean politician and businesswoman.
2. She is a member of the governing People’s Action Party (PAP) and since 2011 has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Ayer Rajah–Gek Poh division of West Coast GRC.
3. Foo has 30 years of corporate experience with leading international firms, holding senior leadership roles across businesses and geographies.
4. Foo attended Ave Maria Convent School in Ipoh, Malaysia, Loreto Normanhurst in Sydney, Australia, and graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in psychology.
5. She started her career in 1990 as a Management Consultant with Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and PA Consulting Group.
6. She has been with Standard Chartered Bank from 1994 to 2012 and held a number of senior positions across the Group, including Country Head of China Consumer Banking (2003-2005) and President & CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) (2006-2008).
7. In 2015, Foo was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Wealth Management Institute in Singapore and in 2018 was appointed as Council Member of the Singapore Business Federation.
8. Foo has championed the causes of fiscal sustainability, business transformation, jobs and training, retirement adequacy, education, and work- life balance since being elected.
9. She joined the PAP in 2010 and was unveiled as PAP’s candidate for the 2011 Singapore general election.
10. Upon her graduation in 1989, Foo moved to Singapore as a permanent resident and obtained Singapore citizenship in January 2008.
11. Foo is Treasurer of the PAP Women’s Wing Executive Committee and a member of the Advocacy Subcommittee.
12. Foo was featured in the Sunday Times’ Women at the Top series in 2011.
13. She has called for stronger connections between training programmes and employability, improved work-study programmes, and greater involvement of employers.
14. In Parliament she has asked for a review of CPF payout durations, more job opportunities for PMEs through place-and-train programmes, and re- employment of older workers.
15. Foo has pushed for breakthroughs in the education system in order to strongly position future generations of Singaporeans for ‘Industry 4.0’.