Shirley is a manager with the Education team at the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) at the Singapore Management University (SMU).

Prior to joining SMU, Shirley was in the travel and tourism industry, where she had the opportunity to work on different portfolios in such diverse areas as cultural precincts experience development, cruise business development and international destination marketing. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and appreciating a good cup of Japanese or Chinese tea.