Yeong Zee Kin

Zee Kin is presently the Chief Executive of the Singapore Academy of Law. Prior to this, he was the Assistant Chief Executive (Data Innovation and Protection Group) of the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) and concurrently, the Deputy Commissioner of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC). During his time with the IMDA and PDPC, Zee Kin spearheaded the development of Singapore’s Model AI Governance Framework, which won the UNITU WSIS Prize in 2019. Between 2018 and 2020, he also oversaw the review and amendments to the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. Zee Kin is an internationally recognized expert on AI ethics. He is currently a member of the OECD Network of Experts on AI (ONE AI). In 2019, Mr Yeong was a member of the AI Group of Experts at the OECD (AIGO), which developed the OECD Principles on AI. These principles have been endorsed by the G20 in 2019. Zee Kin is also a well-regarded expert on data privacy issues. He has contributed to publications on legal issues relating to data privacy, and has spoken at many well-recognised international and domestic platforms on this topic. He is currently participating as an expert in the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)’s Data Governance Working Group, which addresses data protection issues at the intersection of AI development and deployment.