Ng Chee Peng

Ng Chee Peng
Ng in 2012
Born	1970 (age 53–54) Singapore
Allegiance	Singapore
Service/branch	Republic of Singapore Navy
Years of service	1988–2014
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	Chief of Navy Chief of Staff – Joint Staff Chief of Staff – Naval Staff Fleet Commander Director (Policy), Ministry of Defence Commander, 1st Flotilla Head, Long Term Planning Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Defence Force Head, Operations Planning Branch, Naval Operations Department Commanding Officer, Missile Corvette Squadron Commanding Officer,RSSVictory
Awards	Seeawards
Alma mater	University of Oxford(BA) Harvard University(MPA)
Spouse(s)	Valerie Low

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Ng Chee Peng
Simplified Chinese	Hoàng chí bình
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Zhìpíng

Ng Chee PengPPA(P)LOMis a Singaporean civil servant and former two-starrear-admiralwho served asChief of Navybetween 2011 and 2014.

Education

Ng was awarded thePresident's ScholarshipandSingapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarshipin 1989. He graduated from theUniversity of Oxfordwith aBachelor of Artswith first class honours degree inphilosophy, politics and economics(PPE).

He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship (General Development) in 2002, before going on to complete aMaster of Public Administrationdegree atHarvard University.

Career

Military career

Ng enlisted in theSingapore Armed Forces(SAF) in December 1988 and served in theNavy.He spent his early days with the Missile Gun Boats, first as a junior officer and later as the Executive Officer on board the RSSSea Tiger.He was also the Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer on board the RSSValiant.He assumed his first command on board the Missile Corvette RSSVictory.He also held various staff appointments in the headquarters of theMinistry of Defence(MINDEF), including: Head, Operations Planning Branch, Naval Operations Department; Head, Long Term Planning Secretariat, Office of the Chief of Defence Force.

After returning from his studies in Harvard University in 2002, Ng was appointed as the Commanding Officer of the Missile Corvette Squadron in July 2003, and concurrently served as the Commander of the First Flotilla from January 2004. He held the following appointments later: Director (Policy), MINDEF (2005–2007); Fleet Commander (2007–2009); Chief of Staff, Naval Staff (2009–2010); Chief of Staff, Joint Staff (2010–2011). Ng succeededChew Men Leongas the Chief of Navy on 29 March 2011and was promoted to the rank of two-starrear-admiralon 1 July.

Ng stepped down from his position as the Chief of Navy on 1 August 2014 and was succeeded byLai Chung Han.

Public career

Ng was appointed as the chief executive officer of theCentral Provident Fund Boardon 15 March 2015. Prior to that, he served as Deputy Secretary (Special Projects) at theMinistry of Manpower.Ng stepped down as the chief executive officer of the CPF Board on 1 April 2019.

Ng remained a senior advisor at the MOM and CPF Board, as well as on the board committee for transformation atPublic Utilities Board,as of March 2021. He was appointed as a non-executive and independent director of Great Eastern Holdings.

Personal life

Ng has two elder brothers.Ng Chee Khern,a formermajor-generalwho served asChief of Air Forcebetween 2006 and 2009.Ng Chee Meng,a former politician andlieutenant-generalwho served asChief of Air Forcebetween 2009 and 2013,Chief of Defence Forcebetween 2013 and 2015, andMember of Parliament(MP) forPasir Ris–Punggol GRCbetween 2015 and 2020.

Ng is married to Valerie Low.

Awards

• Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military),in 2007.
• Legion of Merit,in 2012.
• Navy Meritorius Service Star (1 Class),in 2013