Graduates from the SMU School of Economics are highly sought after by employers and enjoy strong impressive career placements.
Here are some career roles that our graduates have taken on and some of the 20 or more industries they are employed in:
Job Functions
Key Industries
Notable Alumni
![Yam Yujian](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/yam-yujian_0.jpg?itok=buj9AC2T)
Director
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore
Yujian has been placed in positions to deal with numerous complex and multi-faceted policy issues. He has previously led URA’s Property Research Department and is now the Director of the Planning Policies Department.
![Victor Sim](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/victor-sim_0.jpg?itok=B86PWHv1)
Deputy Director, Transport & Logistics
Enterprise Singapore
Victor has been involved in various aspects of civil aviation policy over the last decade, with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and the Singapore Ministry of Transport. These include air hub development, airport capacity, airspace and airline competition issues. In 2017, Victor was awarded a postgraduate scholarship by CAAS to study at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley.
![Karl Mak](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/karl-mak_0.jpg?itok=xcDy-Roq)
CEO and Co-Founder
Hepmil Media Group
The Hepmil Media Group runs popular digital content platforms - SGAG and MGAG, viewed by over 10 million across the region weekly. His work has led him to establish strong partnerships with the region’s largest agency networks to co-produce some of the most viral and award winning branded content. Karl was recently named in Forbes Asia’s 30 under 30, class of 2017.
![Sharon Chan](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/sharon-chan_0.jpg?itok=4UqNbnSS)
Chief of Staff
Geniebook
Sharon has previously developed sound strategies and systems to scale B1G1’s global business giving movement, which has already reached over 2,300 businesses, and created more than 130 million giving impacts. She is currently the Chief of Staff at Geniebook.
![Goh Di Kun](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/goh-di-kun_0.jpg?itok=h8DQv9hG)
Technology Corporate Finance Advisor
Sequoia Capital
Di Kun has ten years of experience in Telecoms, Media and Tech (TMT) sector across investment banking and consulting. He is currently a Strategic Development Director at Sequoia Capital, a venture capital firm.
![Darren Toh Choon Boon](/sites/admissions.smu.edu.sg/files/styles/120x120/public/programmes/darren-toh-choon-boon_0.jpg?itok=BDYjX3EB)
Senior Portfolio Strategist
Nephila Advisors LLC
Darren puts his keen quantitative mind to work at the world's largest catastrophe and weather risk investment manager. Through the process of solving problems at the intersection of portfolio construction and catastrophic risk management, he has learnt more computer languages than languages he can speak. Darren is a Certified Catastrophe Modeler and have completed all requirements for Associateship in the Casualty Actuarial Society.