Yvonne is the CEO of Esplanade where she is responsible for the overall management and programming direction of Esplanade, as a performing arts centre for everyone.  Prior to Esplanade, Yvonne was the Deputy CEO at Singapore’s National Arts Council and the Director of Arts and Heritage Division at the then-Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts.  From 2002 – 2009, she was involved in the development of policies such as the Renaissance City plans, as well as the setting up of the pre-tertiary School of the Arts, the Design Singapore Council, and the National Gallery.  Yvonne had brief stints at the Ministry of Manpower in the area of labour relations and welfare, and taught literature in a Junior College. She has a BA and MPhil in literature from the University of Cambridge, and an MA in Art Business degree with the Sotheby’s Institute.