Swee Leng is an independent consultant advising on legal strategies and tech policy. She sits on the grants committee for the Power and Accountability programme at the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, and is a member of the UK Government’s One Login Inclusion and Privacy Advisory Group.

From March 2020, Swee Leng worked for four years at Luminate, an international philanthropic organisation, establishing and leading a new litigation programme on accountability of big tech platforms. Previously, Swee Leng created a new policy program at The Legal Education Foundation, funding civil society working on the Brexit legislative process as well as government use of tech. Prior to this she instituted and led the secretariat for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Rule of Law in Westminster. She began her career as a lawyer in Australia working in environment and planning, and business and human rights.