Chew Men Leong


Chew Men Leong is a Singaporean former naval admiral. He was the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy from 2007–2011 and held the rank of Rear-Admiral.

Education

Chew received his pre-university education in Raffles Junior College and graduated in 1985. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1987. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Imperial College London in 1990. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 2001 and went on to obtain a Master of Science in management from Stanford University in 2002.

Military career

Chew enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces in 1985. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Executive Officer, RSS Sea Lion ; Commanding Officer, RSS Vigour ; Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron ; Commander, 1st Flotilla ; Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department ; Fleet Commander ; Head, Naval Operations Department ; Chief of Staff, Naval Staff.
Chew succeeded Ronnie Tay as the Chief of Navy on 31 August 2007. He left the SAF on 29 March 2011 and relinquished his appointment to Ng Chee Peng.

Post-military career

After retiring from the military, Chew became the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Utilities Board, Singapore's national water agency on 8 December 2011 to 30 September 2014. Subsequently, he was appointed as Chief Executive of the Land Transport Authority from 1 October 2014 to 11 November 2016 until his resignation from the public service.
He also sits on the board of Jurong Port Pte Ltd and is also a member of the Singapore Quality Award Governing Council.

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