Mr Wee is President (Defence Business) and Deputy CEO (Aerospace and Marine) of Singapore Technologies Engineering, an aerospace and defence engineering company listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore.

Mr Wee was educated in Raffles Institution and graduated from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science (Aeronautical Engineering) First Class Honours. He also received a Master in Business Administration at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University under a company sponsorship.

Upon graduation, Mr Wee joined Singapore Aircraft Industries (the predecessor company of Singapore Technologies Aerospace) as an engineer. Through the years, he had assumed appointments in engineering and management. He was President of Singapore Technologies Aerospace for three and a half years and had spent about five years in various assignments in the United States of America, People’s Republic of China and Europe. Prior to his present role in Singapore Technologies Engineering, Mr Wee was based in London and tasked with growing the presence of the company in Europe.

In 2000, he was recognised for his role in fostering strong management and labour relations with an award from the Singapore Industrial & Services Employees’ Union.