Aaron Maniam

Aaron Maniam

Fellow, 2024 - Present

Aaron Maniam currently researches and teaches at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, on both Master of Public Policy and executive education programmes. He focuses on issues connecting technology, public policy and public administration, as well as public sector foresight, strategy and planning. He co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Technology Policy and is a member of the OECD’s Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Futures.

In his 20-year career in the Singapore Public Service, Dr Maniam was most recently Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) from January 2020 to June 2023. Prior to this appointment, he was Director (Industry) at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (2014-2017), Director of the Institute of Public Sector Leadership at CSC (2011-2013), Deputy Director at the Strategy Policy Office (2008-2011) where he was the first Head of the Centre for Strategic Futures, Assistant Director (2004-2006) and First Secretary at MFA (2006-08), posted in Washington DC. Dr Maniam holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Master of Public Policy, and a PhD in Public Policy from the University of Oxford, and an MA in International and Developmental Economics from Yale University.