Reuben Ng is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director of the Data Innovation Group. A behavioural and data scientist trained at NUS, Oxford and Yale, Dr Ng spent 20 years in government, consulting and research. In government, he was in the Prime Minister’s Office driving evidence-based policymaking through data analytics and Singapore’s Smart Nation strategies. In consulting, he founded an advanced analytics firm, and spearheaded the implementation of AI capabilities across multiple economies and Fortune 100 companies. In research, he is an expert on ageism, behavioural insights and strategic policy communications.

Dr Ng is a noted public intellectual who frequently appears in local and international media, including CNA, The Straits Times, The Business Times, Money FM, BBC, Bloomberg, The Guardian, Forbes and The New York Times. He is an accredited Senior Board Director and holds appointments across the finance, defence, education and sustainability sectors. To date, he has received over 40 accolades. He is the first Singaporean and Oxonian to win the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, and the first from Asia to be honoured with the prestigious Harkness Fellowship since its inception in 1925—a “reverse Rhodes” for innovators in health policy. Since 2024, he has been ranked in the top 1 percent of scientists globally by Stanford.