Nicholas Lee is the Chief Executive Officer at EZ-Link, where he oversees the strategic direction and growth of the company. Aside from being responsible for driving adoption, transactions and applications of the EZ-Link card, Singapore’s leading contactless smart card, Nicholas is instrumental in shaping the company’s broader digital transformation journey to capture growing demand for digital payments services.
Armed with a background in systems integration and electrical engineering, Nicholas has spent two decades of his career championing contactless, electronic payments in Singapore.
Under Nicholas’ leadership, EZ-Link has pioneered innovations pivotal to driving Singapore’s cashless society vision. This includes the introduction of the first CEPAS-compliant EZ-Link card, which extended EZ-Link’s presence beyond public transport and into the retail and F&B sectors, and the EZ-Link App, to provide value-added digital services.
Nicholas is also a strong advocate of giving back to the local community, and actively champions initiatives in partnership with non-profit organisations such as Community Chest, the Dyslexia Association and Singapore Red Cross. He also serves as Councilor and Exco member of SGTech.
He holds a degree in Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tri-State University, USA.
