1. Philip Antony Jeyaretnam was born on 1964 and is a Singaporean judge, lawyer and author who has been serving as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore since 1 November 2021, having been first appointed to the Bench as a Judicial Commissioner on 4 January 2021.
Philip Jeyaretnam has served as President of the Singapore International Commercial Court since 2 January 2023.
Philip Jeyaretnam served as president of the Law Society of Singapore between 2004 and 2007.
Philip Jeyaretnam is the younger son of Joshua Benjamin Philip Jeyaretnam, the first opposition politician to be elected to Parliament in post-independence Singapore, and Margaret Walker.
Philip Jeyaretnam is of Sri Lankan Tamil and English descent.
Philip Jeyaretnam said that his "best days are spent right in the thrust of battle in court" where he gets to "uncover things, to get to the truth".
Philip Jeyaretnam received his early education at Raeburn Park School and the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore, and at the Charterhouse School in Surrey, England.
Philip Jeyaretnam then went on to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he read law and graduated with first class honours in 1986.
Philip Jeyaretnam was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1987 and was conferred the title of Senior Counsel in 2003, when he was only 38.
Philip Jeyaretnam held the positions of Singapore chief executive officer and global vice-chair at Dentons.
Philip Jeyaretnam is recognised as an expert in arbitration, construction law and litigation in major legal publications.
On 4 January 2021, Philip Jeyaretnam was appointed as a judicial commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
Philip Jeyaretnam was appointed as a Judge on 1 November 2021 and is currently President of the Singapore International Commercial Court.
Philip Jeyaretnam is concurrently a member of the Judicial Service Commission and the Presidential Council for Minority Rights.
Philip Jeyaretnam served an 11-year term as a member of the Public Service Commission and currently serves as a member of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights.
Philip Jeyaretnam served as the Chairman of Maxwell Chambers from 2010 to 2020, for which public service he received the Public Service Star in 2021.
In July 2005, Philip Jeyaretnam was appointed as a board member of the Singapore National Kidney Foundation by the Minister for Health to help restore proper governance and public trust.
Philip Jeyaretnam is a former president of the Law Society of Singapore, and was Founding Chairman of the Society of Construction Law from 2002 to 2004.
Philip Jeyaretnam used to chair the board of trustees for the nonprofit arts group the Practice Performing Arts School founded by Kuo Pao Kun.
Philip Jeyaretnam called for greater support from the private sector for "the serious arts", since the popular arts are commonly "funded by the market and community organisations".
Philip Jeyaretnam married Cindy Sim in 1988 but divorced in 2013.
Philip Jeyaretnam was an adjunct professor with the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore from 2005 to 2013.