Jeyakumar was the Deputy Executive Director at ASTAR’s Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI) and Director of ASTAR’s Clinical Nutrition Research Centre (CNRC). He obtained a PhD in nutrition from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Henry’s research focused on translating nutrition research into food applications. In 2010, he was awarded the British Nutrition Foundation Prize for his outstanding contributions to nutrition, and in 2019, he received the Kellogg’s International Award for food research that had a global impact.