Malaysian-Singaporean businessman
Tan Suee Chieh (simplified Chinese: 陈诸杰; traditional Chinese: 陳諸傑; pinyin: Chén Zhū Jié) is a Malaysian-Singaporean businessman and actuary. He was appointed, as the Group Chief Executive at NTUC Enterprise on 1 October 2013.[1]
Previously Tan was Chief Executive of NTUC Income Insurance Co-operative Limited in Singapore from February 2007 to September 2013.
He has served as a member of the organization's Board of Directors since 2003.[2] Prior to that, he held the position of President, Asia Pacific Region of the SHL Group plc, a British human resource consultancy firm. From 1981 to 2001, he was with the Prudential plc and held several senior positions in the company, including Actuary of Prudential Malaysia, Chief Executive of Prudential Singapore and managing director, Established Markets of Prudential Asia.
Tan's directorships include International Cooperative and Mutual Insurance Federation and Allnations Board. Tan is also the co-chairman of the Institute of Service Excellence@SMU, and the Vice Chairman of the Singapore Children's Society Executive Committee, a member of the Board of Governors of the Asia Pacific Risk and Insurance Association, Advisory Board Member of the Center for Strategic Leadership at National University of Singapore and Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at Singapore Management University, and trustee of the Singapore London School of Economics (LSE) Trust.[3]
He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and Institute of Actuaries, and he was a past president of the Life Insurance Association of Singapore,[4] as well as the Actuarial Society of Malaysia. Tan has a first-class honors degree from the London School of Economics, and a master's degree in social organizational psychology from Columbia University, New York.
In 2013, Tan was the recipient of Singapore Business Award's[5] Outstanding CEO of the Year,[6] the Ruth Wong Award from the Singapore Children's Society,[7] the Friend of Labour Award from Singapore's National Trades Union Congress,[8] and the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the Institute of Advertising Singapore [9] in 2012,[10] Tan was also named in the Prestige Singapore List in 2013.[11]
Tan is the past president of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA). He was the IFoA's first Asian president.[12]
Personal life
Tan is the father of two children.[citation needed]
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