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Lam Chuan Leong is Ambassador at Large with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is also the Chairman of the Competition Commission of Singapore.
Mr Lam has held the appointment of Permanent Secretary at the Ministries of the Environment, National Development, Trade and Industry, and Communications and Information. From 1981 to 1984, Mr Lam was the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of Singapore. Prior to that, he has served in the Ministries of Finance and Defence.
Mr Lam has served as Chairman of the National Science and Technology Board [now re-named as A*Star, Singapore Science Park Pte Ltd, Singapore Computer Services Ltd and Singapore Aerospace Ltd. He was also a Board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, which plays the role of the central bank in Singapore and the Port of Singapore Authority. His company directorships included the Development Bank of Singapore, Health Corporation of Singapore and Pacific Internet Ltd.
Mr Lam’s key areas of interest and expertise are in the application of general management theories, particularly in the context of complex systems. His career background has been in macro-economic management, trade and investment and science and technology policies. In the course of this, he has worked on micro-economic issues, particularly in regard to regulation, monopolies, competition policy, pricing and market efficiency, privatisation of government services, transport economics, and the relationship between the public and private sectors on key projects.
Mr Lam graduated from the University of Singapore, with First Class Honours in Physics. He completed his MBA in the Harvard Business School. In 1991, Mr Lam was an Eisenhower Fellow, under the USA Eisenhower Fellowship Programme. He was a Singapore President’s Scholar. |
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Lim Siong Guan is the Group President of the Government Investment Corporation (GIC). Prior to this appointment, Mr Lim served as Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board from June 2006 to June 2009. He has previously been the Head of the Singapore Civil Service, and the Permanent Secretary of various ministries, namely, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Education, the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Defence. During his tenure as Head of the Civil Service, Mr Lim spearheaded the “PS21” movement, a far-reaching effort to transform the public service in Singapore for the 21st century and re-orientate it for excellence in the delivery of government policy. Decades of experience in public service have given Mr. Lim unique insights into public sector leadership and organisational transformation. Mr Lim is an Adjunct Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, instructing on leadership and change management in the public sector. |
