Hailing from Singapore, Yi Jun serves as a Project Leader at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network - Youth Initiative (SDSN Youth), where he oversees the SDG Students Program (www.sdgstudent.org). Outside of his work with SDSN Youth, Yi Jun co-founded and serves as President of Advisory, a nonprofit dedicated to helping Singaporean youth make informed career choices.
Yi Jun has advocated for the importance of youth engagement for the SDGs at multilateral fora like the UN SDG Action Campaign Global Festival of Action for Sustainable Development, the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum, and the Vatican Youth Symposium. He has also represented Singapore on the international stage, as an EU-ASEAN Young Leader at the inaugural EU-ASEAN Young Leaders Forum and at Commonwealth engagements such as the Commonwealth Day Service and Commonwealth Youth Forum. Yi Jun is a Queen’s Young Leader, Schwarzman Scholar, Global Shaper, and Youth Environment Envoy with Singapore’s National Environment Agency.