About Chu Swee Yeok

Chu Swee Yeok is the Chair and Founding Partner of AGP, and is the Senior Advisor to EDBI. She is an experienced business leader with over 35 years of expertise in management, investments, and strategy development. Prior to this she was the CEO and President of EDBI since 2009, responsible for the development and execution of investment strategies at EDBI. Championing the management of multi billion-dollar assets in funds and direct investments spanning US, Europe, China, SEA and Singapore in healthcare, digital technologies, financial services, advanced manufacturing, sustainability, and other high growth sectors, she successfully transformed EDBI from a passive state-owned fund management company into an active, reputable internationally recognized investor on a global stage. Prior to EDBI, she was the founding CEO of Bio*Capital, a billion-dollar global biomedical healthcare fund, which made significant investments in US, Europe and China, including seeding many innovative start ups and joint venture companies in Singapore. Additionally, whilst at EDB and A*STAR where she helmed concurrent senior positions, she drove the conceptualization of strategic plans and their successful execution through multiple agencies, laying the necessary foundations for growing the healthcare biomedical sector into one of the major contributors of Singapore’s economy today. Chu Swee Yeok serves on the board of NHG, the largest healthcare group in Singapore as well as several other private and public companies. She also advises research entities like A*STAR on research translation and commercialization strategies. Ms Chu graduated with BSc Honors in Biochemistry from NUS and from Harvard Business School’s Executive Advanced Management Program. She is a driven leader with an entrepreneurial mindset, having the ability to build, nurture and inspire diversified teams, with extensive global exposure having built strong relationships and network of businesses, investors, as well government agencies in Singapore, the region and all over the world.