Distinguished Alumnae
Meet the remarkable women who have graduated from RGS, spanning business, public service, the arts, and more.
Distinguished Alumnae
RGS has produced many distinguished, high profile women over the years including scholars, leaders in various sectors of the economy, as well as women in high office.
Some of our distinguished women
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Ms Claire Chiang
Senior Vice President, Banyan Tree Holdings Ltd
Ms Chua Sock Koong
Former Group CEO, Singtel
First woman appointed to Council of
Presidential Advisers
EDUCATION
Ms Liew Wei Li
Deputy Director-General of Education
(Schools) and Director of Schools,
Ministry of Education
Mrs Carmee Lim
Mentor Principal, MindChamps
Former Principal, RGS
Mrs Deborah Tan
Former Director, Gifted Education,
Curriculum Planning & Development
Division, MOE
Former Principal, Singapore Sports
School
Former Principal, RGS
CREATIVE & PERFORMING ARTS
Ms Amanda Chong
Her book of poetry 'Professions'
(2016) was shortlisted for the 2018
Singapore Literature Prize, and her
poetry has been engraved on the Helix
Bridge and included in the Cambridge
International GCSE syllabus
Ms Beatrice Chia-Richmond
Founder, Running Into The Sun Pte Ltd
First female creative director for the
2011 National Day Parade
Creative director for the opening and
closing ceremonies of the SEA Games
2015
Ms Corrinne May
Award-winning singer-songwriter
Ms Joanna Dong
Vocalist and Actress
First artiste signed to Singapore label,
Red Roof Records
Second runner-up for the second
season of Sing! China
Ms Kit Chan
Pioneer generation of Singaporean
singers to successfully break into the
international market
Multi-hyphenate talent in areas such
as singing, theatre, television drama,
poetry, song writing and community
work
Dr Lee Tzu Pheng
Award-winning and internationally
acclaimed poet
Ms Rani Singam
One of Asia’s most sought-after vocalists Named in ‘The Jazz Singers, The Ultimate Guide’, a 2008 Hal Leonard publication
Ms Ruth Ling
Founder, Red Roof Records Highly sought-after producer, arranger, songwriter and music director Winner of the 2013 Young Artist Award
Ms Siow Lee Chin
Renowned violinist First Singaporean to be admitted to the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, USA
Ms Stefanie Sun
Award-winning Mandopop singer-
songwriter
Ms Stella Kon
Award-winning playwright, novelist, short story writer and poet Best-known for her drama, Emily of Emerald Hill
Ms Tan Hwee Hwee
_Author of 'Foreign Bodies' (1997) and 'Mammon Inc.' (2001), which won the Singapore Literature Prize in 200 Winner of the 2003 Young Artist Award
Ms Wena Poon
Winner of the Willesden Herald Short Story Prize (UK), and nominated for the Frank O'Connor Award (Ireland), Le Prix Hemingwa (France), the Bridport Prize in Poetry (UK), the Singapore Literature Prize and the Popular Readers Award (Malaysia) | PUBLIC SERVICE
Dr Amy Khor Senior Minister of
State, Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment,
Ministry of Transport
Member of Parliament, Hong Kah
North SMC
Ms Chan Lai Fung
Permanent Secretary, National
Research & Development and Public
Sector Science & Technology Policy &
Plans Office, Prime Minister's Office
Chairman, Agency for Science,
Technology and Research
Dr Cheong Koon Hean
Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities,
Ministry of National Development
Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew World City
Prize Nominating Committee
Ms Denise Phua
Mayor, Central Singapore District
Member of Parliament, Jalan Besar
GRC
Co-Founder, Pathlight School
Honourable Justice Judith Prakash
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court
Dr Intan Azura Mokhtar
Assistant Professor, Singapore
Institute of Technology
Former Member of Parliament, Ang Mo
Kio GRC
Professor Ng-Loy Wee Loon
Honorary Senior Council
Law professor, National University of
Singapore
Ms Rahayu Mahzam
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of
Health
Member of Parliament, Jurong GRC
Lawyer specialising in civil litigation
and family law
Ms Sim Ann
Senior Minister of State, Ministry of
Communications and Information,
Ministry of National Development
Deputy Government Whip
Member of Parliament, Holland-Bukit
Timah GRC
RESEARCH
Professor Jackie Ying
A*STAR Senior Fellow, NanoBio Lab
Member, RGS Board of Governors
Dr Sherry Aw
Independent Fellow, The Institute for
Molecular and Cell Biology
Winner of The Great Women of Our
Time Awards 2018 | SOCIAL ACTION
Ms Bernise Ang
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Syinc
Emeritus Board member, International Youth Foundation
Mrs Betty Chen
Former President, Chinese Women’s Association
Ms Carrie Tan
Founding Executive Director, Daughters of Tomorrow, a charity that facilitates livelihood opportunities for underprivileged women, and supports them in building financially independent and resilient families
Ms Chan Li Shan
Youngest Singaporean to publish a first-person narrative of mental illness, which was nominated for the Singapore Literature Prize Awarded the ‘Most Promising Advocate’ at the inaugural Singapore Advocacy Awards
Ms Jean Loo Qingwen
Co-Founder/Director, Superhero Me Ltd, a ground-up inclusive arts movement that harnesses the power of creativity through the arts to empower children from less privileged backgrounds and special needs communities
Ms Karen Tan
Founder, Pocket Projects Award-winning project ‘Lorong 24A Shophouse Series’ involved a successful regeneration and repositioning of a run-down street in Geylang
Mrs Leaena Tambyah
Started Singapore’s first school for children with multiple disabilities in 1979
Ms Phua Huijia
Founder, Skillseed Founder, BYO Café at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, which helped Yale University achieve a Silver mark under a nation-wide Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System Mentor for Youth Horizons
Ms Rebekah Lin
Founder, The Social Co Came up with the 50 for 50 programme in conjunction with SG50 celebrations Co-Founder, Early Reader and Chloros Solutions
Ms Vivian Claire Liew
Founder, PhilanthropyWorks First Asian elected as board director of Medecins Sans Frontieres in Brussels
Dr Wong Ting Hway
Trauma and general surgeon, Singapore General Hospital First Singaporean doctor to work full-time with the International Committee of the Red Cross One of the ‘1000 PeaceWomen across the Globe’ who were collectively nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (2005) Member, RGS Board of Governors
SPORTS
Ms Quah Ting Wen
National swimmer Represented Singapore at the 2008 Olympic Games Flag bearer for the 2009 Asian Youth Games and 2015 SEA Games
Ms Elisa Yukie Yokoyama
National sailor Sportsgirl of the Year 2012 Mentor for Sailability, a national sailing programme for the disabled | | | | |