Ms. Ng Hau Yee brought Junior Achievement into Singapore in 2007 and incorporated the organization in 2008 when she became its first Executive Director. Under her helm, JA Singapore has taught over 256,000 students with more than 21,000 volunteers since 2008 and the organization continues to grow year over year.
Professionally, in 2004 after 20 years in the corporate world, Ms. Ng started her own firm, Adept Analysis & Management. Adept Analysis provides services in financial, business and data analysis, start-up support, accounting services, process improvement, and other services related to the finance function. In addition to project-based work, Adept Analysis also provides short and long-term outsource finance director/CFO type of services to small and medium size enterprises.
Ms. Ng has an extensive career in the finance function with her last corporate position as the Asia Pacific Finance & Administration Director for Auspex Systems, Inc. where she was responsible for all aspects of finance, human resources, and sales administration. Upon joining Auspex, she was responsible for setting up the Asia Pacific Headquarters in Singapore to properly expand into and support the Asia Pacific market.
Ms. Ng began her finance career with Digital Equipment Corporation where she held broad and successively responsible positions over a 10-year period. During her last two years at Digital, Ms. Ng relocated to Singapore from the U.S. and served as the Asia Pacific Financial Planning and Analysis Manager – leading the budgeting, planning and financial analysis activities for Digital's sales and marketing division in Asia Pacific. Her previous positions in the U.S. included senior financial roles in Product Management and Development, Worldwide Logistics, Manufacturing Operations, and New Venture Investments.
Ms. Ng graduated from the Columbia Business School with an MBA in Finance and International Business, and received her undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. Outside of work, Ms. Ng is extremely active in the alumni community. Since graduation, Ms. Ng has been an applicant interviewer for the MIT undergraduate program as well as for the Columbia Business School MBA program. She has been on the Executive Committee of both the Columbia University and MIT alumni clubs in Singapore for many years. She has been the President of the MIT Club of Singapore since August 2020. In addition, Ms. Ng was a founding member and President of the Distinguished Universities Alumni League (DUAL), which is a local umbrella organization of 20 prominent university alumni clubs. Ms. Ng is also a member of the Rotary Club of Sentosa, having served on their Board for many years.
Ms. Ng was born in Hong Kong and raised in New York. She relocated to Singapore with her husband and two children in 1996.