Gerald Giam Yean Song

Gerald Giam has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aljunied GRC since 2020, looking after Bedok Reservoir-Punggol division, which includes parts of Bedok Reservoir Road, Hougang, and Upper Serangoon Crescent. Prior to this, he served as a Non-constituency MP from 2011 to 2015. He is the Head of Policy Research at the Workers’ Party, where he works with a team of volunteers to analyse and propose policies for the Party to raise at various platforms, including Parliament. Gerald joined the Workers’ Party in 2009 and strongly believes in the importance of building up a political party which can table credible alternative proposals to take Singapore forward.

Outside of politics, Gerald runs a technology solutions firm which he founded in 2014, focusing on providing human resource and training solutions to small and medium sized enterprises. He is a Registered Management Consultant and was previously a Senior Consultant at Avanade, a joint venture between Microsoft and Accenture. Gerald graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Computers) and holds a Master of Science in International Political Economy from the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. He is an alumnus of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).

Gerald has been married to a fellow church member since 2003. He and his wife have two teenage children together. He enjoys playing tennis, pickleball, cycling and travelling with his family.