Foo Mee Har Politician
Foo Mee Har (Chinese: 胡美霞; pinyin: Hú Měixiá, born 10 January 1966) is a Singaporean Member of Parliament for West Coast GRC. She is a member of the Government Parliamentary Committees of both: 1) Finance and Trade & Industry; and 2) Manpower. She is also a member of the Public Accounts Committee.Foo was elected MP in May 2011, standing as one of the five People's Action Party (PAP) candidates for the West Coast GRC, which garnered 66.6 per cent of votes, winning by a majority of 33.1 per cent or 36,070 votes.Foo has twenty over years of experience with leading international firms, held senior leadership roles across businesses and geographies. She led an international career, lived and worked in 5 countries: Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. She stepped down as the Global Head of Priority & International Banking for Standard Chartered Bank on 1 Jan 2013 to focus on constituency work and to pursue other interests. She had a long standing career at Standard Chartered Bank spanning 19 years covering Asia, Africa and Middle East markets.