Nicholas Fang

Nicholas Fang

Nicholas Fang

Executive Director
Singapore Institute of International Affairs

Nicholas graduated from Oxford University with a Masters in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He has been a journalist for 11 years. He spent nine of those years at Singapore’s national daily newspaper, The Straits Times, where he reported on financial and sports news, and also wrote lifestyle columns and special reports on a diverse range of topics, rising to the post of Senior Correspondent.

He then spent two years as business desk editor at national broadcaster MediaCorp’s Channel NewsAsia. There, he oversaw local and business news and also presented various bulletins, including the 2009 Singapore Budget Special. A former national athlete, Nicholas also hosted the International Olympic Committee meeting in Singapore in 2005. He joined the Singapore Institute of International Affairs in 2010 where he is currently Executive Director and was appointed Nominated Member of Parliament in February 2012.