Sim Ann (; born 12 March 1975) is a Singaporean politician and former civil servant who has been serving as Senior Minister of State for National Development since 2020 and Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bukit Timah division of Holland–Bukit Timah GRC since 2011. She has also been serving as the party's Deputy Party Whip since 2019. A recipient of the President's Scholarship, Sim started her career in the Civil Service and had worked in the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and Prime Minister's Office (PMO). She made her political debut in the 2011 general election as part of a four-member PAP team contesting in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC, and won 60.1% of the vote. Education Sim was educated at Raffles Girls' School and Hwa Chong Junior College before graduating from Exeter College at the University of Oxford in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts (later promoted to Master of Arts by seniority) degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE). She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Arts degree in political science at Stanford University in 1998. She also completed a postgraduate diploma in translation and interpretation at the Nanyang Technological University in 2005. Career Civil Service career Sim started her career in the Civil Service. From 1998 to 2000, she was Assistant Director for Finance Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Health (MOH). From 2000 to 2003, she was Assistant Director for Implementation Planning at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). From 2003 to 2006, she was Deputy Director for Trade at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). From 2007 to 2009, Sim was seconded to the International Enterprise Singapore as its Regional Director based in Shanghai, where she headed a team assisting Singapore-based companies with investment and sales in East China. From 2009 to 2011, she was Director of the National Population Secretariat and led efforts to restructure the secretariat into the National Population and Talent Division under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Political career Sim entered politics when she joined a four-member People's Action Party team to contest in Holland–Bukit Timah GRC during the 2011 general election. The PAP team won with 60.08% of the vote against the Singapore Democratic Party so Sim became a Member