Profile
Terence Ho is Associate Professor in Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.
Since 2002, Terence has served in various policy, research and leadership roles in the Singapore Public Service--as an Economist at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Assistant Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education, General Manager of South East Community Development Council, Director of Performance and Resource Management /Director of Economic Programmes at the Ministry of Finance, and Divisional Director of Manpower Planning and Policy at the Ministry of Manpower, where he was also Chief Data Officer. He was a Board Member of the Workforce Singapore Agency (2017-2020) and the Building and Construction Authority (2016-2021).
Terence is the author of Refreshing the Singapore System: Recalibrating Socio-Economic Policy for the 21st Century (World Scientific, 2021) and Governing Well (World Scientific, 2023). A frequent contributor of news analysis and commentaries in Singapore, he has provided consultancy and training services to public agencies and multilateral organisations in Singapore and abroad. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2023.