Benjamin Lee is a secondee to the BISIH through the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and worked to establish and launch of the Singapore centre, and to manage its projects pipeline. He has been a co-lead on a number of the centre’s flagship projects including Project Nexus, Project Dunbar and several of the G20 TechSprints. The BIS Innovation Hub is a joint initiative by the BIS and its partner central banks to identify and develop in-depth insights into critical trends in technology affecting central banking; develop public goods in the technology space geared towards improving the functioning of the global financial system; and serve as a focal point for a network of central bank experts on innovation.
Prior to this appointment, Benjamin spent most of his career in central banking at the MAS, where he worked on international finance matters, and at the Ministry of Finance in Singapore, where he worked on public finance administration matters. Benjamin has also served as Singapore's representative to the Executive Board of the World Bank Group and was based in Washington DC between 2014 - 2016.
Benjamin has an MBA from the Hult International Business School and a Bachelor of Social Science (Political Science) from the National University of Singapore.
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