Grace Fu

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment , Republic of Singapore

Keynote Speech by GOH

Ms Grace Fu graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), and subsequently obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. She began her career in 1985 with the Overseas Union Bank, and later with the Haw Par Group, in the areas of corporate planning, financial controls and business development.

Ms Fu joined the PSA Corporation in 1995, and took on different responsibilities in finance and marketing. She held the position of Chief Executive Officer, PSA South East Asia and Japan, where she was responsible for the business performance of PSA’s flagship terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Japan.

Ms Fu was elected as a Member of Parliament in June 2006 for the Group Representation Constituency of Jurong, Yuhua Division. She contested and won her seat in the Yuhua Single-Member Constituency in the 2011, 2015 and 2020 General Elections.

In 2006, Ms Fu was appointed to the Ministry of National Development as Minister of State. Two years later, she was promoted to Senior Minister of State, and given a concurrent appointment in the Ministry of Education. In 2011, she was appointed as Senior Minister of State in the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. In August 2012, she was appointed as Minister, Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Second Minister for Environment and Water Resources. In 2014, she was put in charge of the Municipal Services Office.

In July 2020, Ms Fu was appointed Minister for Sustainability and the Environment.

Ms Fu is a member of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s Action Party and holds the appointment of Organising Secretary.

Dr. Matthias Halwart

Delivery Manager, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture

Aquaculture for Food Security and Sustainable Development

Matthias Halwart heads the Aquaculture - Global and Regional Processes Team of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division and serves as Technical Secretary of the intergovernmental FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) Sub-Committee on Aquaculture. His focus of work over the past three decades have been to strengthen and advance aquaculture development, farming systems, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use, and integrated agriculture-aquaculture as in rice-fish systems where he also obtained his PhD. Matthias is an advocate for participatory, cross-sectoral and nutrition-sensitive approaches in the agricultural sectors including aquaculture. His professional achievements include numerous field assignments mainly in Asia and Africa, key studies and reviews in the fields of aquaculture and aquatic genetic resources, and the successful convening of global aquaculture events with key partners such as the FAO/NACA Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20.