Ravi Menon

Ravi Menon is Singapore's Ambassador for Climate Action. He was a Singaporean government official who served as the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore from 2011 to 2024.

Early life and education Menon was educated at Raffles Institution before graduating from the National University of Singapore in 1987 with a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in economics.

In 1993, he went on to obtain a Master of Public Administration degree from the Harvard Kennedy School under a scholarship awarded by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He joined the civil service in 2005. In July 2007, he was appointed as the second permanent secretary of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). In 2011, he returned to MAS and was appointed as the managing director, taking over from Heng Swee Keat who stepped down to enter politics. Menon retired on 1 January 2024 from his managing director position at the MAS, after having his appointment renewed for two years in May 2023.

Menon has held roles at the Bank for International Settlements and the Financial Stability Forum. Menon is on the Financial Stability Board steering committee.

In 2024, Menon was named as the chairman of newly formed Global Finance & Technology Network by MAS. Also in the same year, he was appointed as Singapore’s first Ambassador for Climate Action and Senior Adviser to the National Climate Change Secretariat at the Prime Minister’s Office.

Awards & accolades

Meritorious Service Medal, 2017 - Singapore Best central bank governor in Asia-Pacific for 2018 - The Banker

Personal life Menon is married with three children.