Melissa Kwee

CEO, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre

 

Philanthropic leader Melissa Kwee developed a vision of Singapore as the “City of Good”
Melissa Kwee

Melissa Kwee is chief executive of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) and the eldest daughter of hotel and property mogul Kwee Liong Tek, the chairman of Pontiac Land. Kwee is a voice for less fortunate women and youth, among other vulnerable groups, and has devoted her career to social activism and philanthropy.

Under her charge, NVPC co-organised 2020’s virtual City of Good Show, which raised SG$800,000 for various charities. The Company of Good programme, launched in 2016, also connects like-minded enterprises in their singular goal to benefit the community at large. Champions of Good, an initiative started a year later, recognises organisations that set a good example in philanthropy and volunteerism.

Kwee also sits on the boards of Crest Secondary School, Prison Fellowship, community mentoring initiative Beautiful People and the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network. The previous chairman of Halogen Foundation was also formerly president of UN Women Singapore.

“Philanthropy should be a way of life that brings enormous joy. It will not be easy, there is plenty of heartache and headache too, but you must know that in the end, it is worth it.”

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Awards


2007

Singapore Youth Award

2008

Asean Youth Award

Did You Know?


Kwee spent nearly two years working as an intern and English teacher in a Nepalese village when she was 17.

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