Tan See Leng
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| Tan See Leng 陈诗龙 | |
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| Party Affiliation | PAP 
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| Age | 60 |
Born on 24 December 1964, Dr. Tan See Leng was a medical practitioner by profession before joining politics during the GE2020.
- 2021 - was appointed as the Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Trade and Industry on 15 May 2021.
- chairman of the Marine Parade PAP branch, replaced retiring Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong
- graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, and attained a Master of Medicine from the National University of Singapore. He received his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
- Monk's Hill Primary School and Monk's Hill Secondary School
Career
Medical Career
- 1993 to 2002 - founded Healthway Medical Group in Singapore and was its Chief Executive Officer from
- 2014 to 2019 - Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at IHH HealthCare Berhad from
- 2014 to 2019 - Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Parkway Pantai Limited from 2010 to 2019
- served on the boards of several medical committees including Singapore Ministry of Health’s Medishield Life Review Committee (check for date)
- Singapore Medical Council web site shows that he currently holds a medical practicing certificate that indicates the primary place of practice as the Prime Minister's Office
Others
- Advisory Board of Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University
- served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School of Singapore (Office of Education).
Controversy
Multiple Positions/Directorships Claim
- when he fielded as candidate, social media post claimed that he was holding 69 positions/directorships in various healthcare companies and questioned whether he would have time and energy to even serve as a part-time MP for Marine Parade GRC if elected
- Tan See Leng clarified he no longer holds those positions, as he had resigned from IHH Healthcare at the end of 31 December 2019.
- “With the cessation of my employment, all my directorships of active companies related to the group have also ceased at the end of 31 December 2019. The directorships listed are part of dormant companies in the process of undergoing voluntary liquidation and winding up which do not require any active work nor time.” ~ reported as saying.
- stated that he currently holds four directorships: at Surbana Jurong (paid), social enterprise raiSE (not paid), NUH Fund Ltd (not paid) and NUH Health Research Endowment Fund (not paid). He is also volunteering as an adviser for Temasek Foundation.[1]
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