Kenneth Tiong

Kenneth Tiong Boon Kiat (born 1989)

Career Tiong worked at McKinsey & Company from 2014 to 2016 as a business analyst, and at Millennium Management from 2016 to 2018 as a quantitative analyst. He later became head quant developer and portfolio manager at Brahman Capital and worked there until 2022. In April 2025, he was spotted at an Aljunied GRC event, causing speculation that he would run in the 2025 general election. On Nomination Day, 23 April, Tiong was officially announced as a WP candidate for Aljunied GRC.

During the 2025 general election, Tiong was in a five-member WP team and contested in Aljunied GRC with Pritam Singh, Sylvia Lim, Gerald Giam and Fadli Fawzi and won the GRC with 59.71% of the votes. Tiong was elected as Member of Parliament representing Aljunied GRC in the 15th Parliament.

Central Executive Committee In June 2025, Tiong was co-opted to the WP's Central Executive Committee (CEC) as the party's deputy treasurer. At the party's cadre members' conference on 28 June 2026, he was elected to the CEC for the 2026–2028 term. At the committee's first meeting on 7 July 2026, he was appointed treasurer, succeeding He Ting Ru. On 2 February 2026, Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science & Technology Tan See Leng announced at the inaugural Space Summit that the government would establish the National Space Agency of Singapore (NSAS) on 1 April 2026 as a department under the Ministry of Trade and Industry, with OSTIn to be folded into the new agency.

Gold trading hub On 12 February 2026, Tiong moved an adjournment motion proposing that Singapore develop as a regional gold trading hub, outlining proposals for sovereign custody guarantees, expanded refining capacity, a bullion standard, and gold derivatives infrastructure. In his parliamentary reply, MAS Deputy Chairman Chee Hong Tat said the government's objectives "do not differ" and that it would consider the proposals. On 27 March 2026, MAS and the Singapore Bullion Market Association announced plans to develop Singapore as a gold trading centre, including vaulting services for foreign central banks.

Personal life Tiong is married with two children.