Mr Yip is the former Head of Civil Service, having served in the role from 2017 until his retirement on 1 April 2026. He is currently a Director of Temasek Holdings and Temasek Capital (China) Holdings. A career civil servant, Mr Yip joined the Singapore Public Service in 1982 as a police officer and held various leadership appointments in the police force. He went on to serve as Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Manpower, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, and Permanent Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office. Mr Yip was the founding Chief Executive of the then Singapore Workforce Development Agency in 2003. He also served as Chairman of the Economic Development Board. He is an alumnus of Cambridge University, Harvard University and Warwick University.