Anthea Ong served as an NMP from 2018–2020 in the 13th Parliament of Singapore. As a self-described “fulltime human being, part-time everything else”, she is a mental health advocate, social entrepreneur and impact investor, life and leadership coach and author, amongst many other roles. She is never seen without headgear to match her multiple hats. She enjoys bringing disparate groups of people together, especially where this highlights our common humanity amidst our differences. As such, she divides her time, energy and love across many different communities and has founded/co-founded several initiatives in her main focus areas of migrant rights, mental health, environmentalism and social impact, including SG Mental Health Matters, WorkWell Leaders, A Good Space and Hush TeaBar. She also served and serves on several boards and committees in these fields, including Unifem (now UN Women), Society for WINGS and the Tripartite Oversight Committee for Workplace Safety & Health. Prior to devoting herself to social impact work full-time, she spent over 25 years in the corporate world as a C-suite leader. Her new mantra, as a former banker and reformed business leader, is “why start a business when you can start a movement, or two?” A sought-after speaker on human-centered leadership, mental health and social entrepreneurship, Anthea has also published numerous commentaries, contributed to anthologies and authored/edited two books, 50 Shades of Love and the Nominated Member of Parliament Scheme respectively. An intrepid traveler, she has stepped foot on all 7 continents.