Iris Ng is a highly qualified environmentalist with diverse work experience in the field of sustainability and outreach. She has a degree in Bachelor of Science in Biology with a focus on environmental biology from the National University of Singapore. She had an opportunity to study field studies in neotropical ecosystems at Universidad de Costa Rica and a summer course in life cycle assessment at UCL. In addition, she completed her Masters in Environmental Management from the National University of Singapore.

Iris has worked in various organizations where she managed the sustainability and environmental health and safety (EHS) function at City Developments Limited, served as the Corporate Sustainability manager at Singapore Post Ltd, and interned as Group Sustainability at Singtel. She also worked in the non-profit sector as a community manager and curriculum developer at the Jane Goodall Institute. Furthermore, she worked as a STEM educator at the Singapore Science Centre.