Chew Men Leong is a Singaporean former two-star

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who served as Chief of Navy between 2007 and 2011.

Education

Chew received his pre-university education in

Raffles Junior College The Raffles Junior College (RJC) was a junior college in Singapore offering pre-university education. The college was founded in 1982, following a separation from the pre-university section of Raffles Institution (RI). 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 (first class honours) in electrical and electronic engineering from

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

in 1990. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 2001 and went on to obtain a

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in management from

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in 2002.

Military career

Chew enlisted in the

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(SAF) in 1985. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Executive Officer, RSS ''Sea Lion'' (1992–1994); Commanding Officer, RSS ''Vigour'' (1998–2000); Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron (2000); Commander, 1st Flotilla (2001); Head, Joint Plans and Transformation Department (2002–2004); Fleet Commander (2004–2005); Head, Naval Operations Department (2006); Chief of Staff, Naval Staff (2006–2007). Chew succeeded

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as the Chief of Navy on 31 August 2007. He left the SAF on 29 March 2011 and relinquished his appointment to

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Post-military career

After retiring from the military, Chew became the Chief Executive Officer of the

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(PUB), Singapore's national water agency on 8 December 2011 to 30 September 2014. Subsequently, he was appointed as Chief Executive of the

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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.

Awards

* Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 2008. * Officer, Legion of Honour, in 2011.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chew, Men Leong Living people Singaporean people of Chinese descent Raffles Institution alumni Raffles Junior College alumni Alumni of Imperial College London Stanford University alumni Officers of the Legion of Honour Chiefs of the Republic of Singapore Navy 1967 births