Michael Fung is the group director (Training Partners Group), chief human resource officer, and chief data officer at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), a statutory agency under the Ministry of Education. He oversees the development of the continuing education and training system in Singapore, through managing funding and contractual partnerships with private training providers, institutes of higher learning, and enterprises. He also oversees the human resource function and champions the data capabilities, governance, and reporting practices at SSG. He previously led the strategic policy and resource planning functions at SSG and the Singapore Workforce Development Agency.

Fung is an adjunct senior fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and was a senior advisor to the Office of the President at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He formerly held the position of director of Planning and Institutional Research at HKUST, and provided leadership and support for the University’s strategic and academic planning, decisionmaking, resource allocation, and assessment of institutional effectiveness. He also led the University’s participation in international rankings, and was an advisor to several leading international ranking bodies.

He is the founding president of the Higher Education Planning in Asia Association, serves on the Carnegie Mellon University Admissions Council, and sits on the board of IP Academy Singapore. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California and Carnegie Mellon University in the US, and Tsinghua
University in China.