Mr Heng Swee Keat is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance. He is also a Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC. He chairs the tripartite Future Economy Council as well as the National Research Foundation, which sets the direction for Singapore's research, innovation and enterprise strategies. Mr Heng served as Education Minister from 2011 to 2015, during which he led Our Singapore Conversation, a national consultation exercise that engaged close to 50,000 Singaporeans on their aspirations for Singapore's future. Prior to entering politics in May 2011, Mr Heng served as Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). He was named Asia Pacific Central Bank Governor of the Year by the British magazine The Banker. He has served in the Singapore Police Force, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Trade Development Board, and as the Principal Private Secretary to then-Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew from 1997 to 2000. He has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University and holds a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.