Kenneth Jeyaretnam
Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam (born 1959) is a Singaporean politician and hedge fund manager who has been appointed as the secretary-general of the opposition Reform Party since 2009.
Kenneth Jeyaretnam | |
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Jeyaretnam at a Reform Party rally held at Speakers' Corner during the 2011 general election | |
| 2nd Secretary-General of the Reform Party | |
| Assumed office 10 April 2009 | |
| Chairman | Andy Zhu (2012–2020) Charles Yeo (2020–2022) Yasmine Valentina (2022–present) |
| Preceded by | J. B. Jeyaretnam |
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| Born | Kenneth Andrew Jeyaretnam 1959 (age 64–65) Colony of Singapore |
| Political party | Reform Party (2009–present) |
| Spouse |
Amanda Jeyaretnam (m. 1995) |
| Children | Jared Jeyaretnam (son) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Philip Jeyaretnam (brother) |
| Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge Amsterdam Institute of Finance |
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He is the elder son of J. B. Jeyaretnam, a prominent opposition politician in Singapore who founded the Reform Party in 2008.
Jeyaretnam received a double first in economics from Cambridge, and started his career in the financial sector. He worked at Wardley, Continental Bank, Banque Indosuez and Nomura International before becoming a hedge fund manager.
He took up a more active role in politics after his father's death in 2008 and started leading the Reform Party. Since then, he has contested in the 2011 general election, 2013 by-elections, 2015 and 2020 general election, but lost all of them.