Yap Zhi Jia

Director, Employer Strategy Office & Director, Creative and Professional Services Division, Workforce Singapore, Enterprise Development Group

Zhi Jia is the Director of the Employer Strategy Office, as well as the Director of the Creative and Professional Services Division at Workforce Singapore. In her strategy role, Zhi Jia is responsible for refining Workforce Singapore’s employer engagement strategies as well as developing programmes to support employers’ efforts to transform their workforces. In her industry role, Zhi Jia partners with other government agencies, trade associations and private sector partners to support employers in the finance, infocomm and media, and professional services sectors in their hiring and workforce transformation efforts. She holds a concurrent appointment at the Ministry of Manpower.  

Zhi Jia started her career as an economist and has served more than 15 years in the Singapore Public Service, with appointments in the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group, and Ministry of Education. She has also spent time in Enterprise Singapore’s New York office and CapitaLand Investment’s Group Chief Operating Officer’s office.