Musa Fazal

In his role as Chief Policy Officer, Musa leads the Advocacy and Policy Division, a team of policy, planning, and research staff that drives SBF’s work in advancing the interests of Singapore businesses by shaping policies both locally and internationally. Musa is responsible for SBF’s overall advocacy efforts, working closely with businesses, trade associations, foreign chambers, and government agencies. In his role Musa oversees the SME Committee, Fair Tenancy Industry Committee (FTIC), Centre for the Future of Trade and Investment (CFOTI) and Centre for Enterprise Financing Advisory (CEFA).

As Chief Operating Officer, he also oversees the Future Ready Business Accelerator Programme (FRBAP), driving integration and better coordination across SBF programme offices and horizontal job clusters. He supports the CEO in enhancing operational excellence, and ensuring internal strategy and resource optimisation.

Prior to joining SBF in Nov 2023, Musa spent more than 17 years in the Singapore Public Service in various organisations including the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Manpower. He was most recently Senior Director of the Futures, Strategy and Plans Division at the Ministry of Trade and Industry where he drove strategic planning efforts for the Singapore economy and took on various roles including serving as secretary to the Future Economy Council led by DPM Heng, being a member of the National Wage Council from 2021 to 2023 and leading MTI’s work under the Forward Singapore exercise.