Mr Ng How Yue was appointed Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Law in December 2014 and was appointed concurrently as Second Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Health in 1 January 2017.
Prior to that, Mr Ng was Second Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Trade & Industry in October 2011.
Mr Ng was also the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from September 2008.
He has held positions in several Ministries and government agencies.
Mr Ng is also the Chairman of Energy Market Authority (EMA) with effect from 1 May 2016.
Mr Ng graduated from the University of London, Imperial College with a Bachelor degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. He also has a Masters of Science in Management from Stanford University.