In addition to his duties as Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman serves as Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies in the Singapore Cabinet and is Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator.
He also chairs the Group of Thirty, a consultative group on international economic and monetary affairs that seeks to deepen understanding of international economic and financial issues. Tharman previously headed the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the key policy forum of the IMF, where he was the first Asian chair.