Mr Khoo Teng Chye is the Chief Executive and a Board Member of the Public Utilities Board since December 2003.
He served in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) from 1976 to 1996. He was seconded to the Ministry of National Development as the Director of Strategic Planning Division from 1987 to 1989, an appointment he held concurrently with his other duties in the URA. He then returned to the URA from 1989 to 1996, where he held the posts of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, and became its Chief Executive Officer/Chief Planner in October 1992. Over a 20-year career span in URA, he helped transform Singapore's urban planning and regulatory regime into a more open, transparent and responsive one through a number of initiatives e.g. review of the Singapore Concept Plan, the country's strategic land use plan that allocates land use and standards and introduced Development Guide Plans that ensured greater transparency in development control.
He was with the Singapore Administrative Service between 1995 and 1998. In May 1996, he was posted to the then Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) and is Group President, PSA Corporation. He was first Chief Executive Officer, PSA (1996) and subsequently Group President, PSA Corporation when it was corporatised. For six years, he led and managed the growth and development of PSA Corporation from a strong, operationally efficient statutory board to a customer-focused, business-oriented group with an increasingly international orientation that had to meet competitive international challenges.
In May 2002, he became the President/Chief Executive Officer of Mapletree Investments, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings which is the Government of Singapore's holding company for many of its investments under the Ministry of Finance. He was appointed the Managing Director of Temasek Holdings in June 2003. His key contribution was to help the government through Temasek to promote the Business and Financial Centre project in Singapore's new downtown at Marina Bay.
Mr Khoo has served on the Boards of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Land Transport Authority, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, National Arts Council, Preservation of Monuments Board, Indeco Engineers Pte Ltd, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, PSA Corporation, Changi International Airport Services Private Limited, Singapore Dalian Port Investment Pte Ltd, Keppel Corporation and Sentosa Development Corporation.
Joining the Public Utilities Board as its Chief Executive in December, 2003. As Chief Executive, he has led PUB to embark on major corporate changes that include a reorganization that will make the statutory board to operate more like a business entity through a 'Price-Minus' change management programme.
Mr Khoo studied at Raffles Institution. A President-cum-Colombo Plan Scholar, he studied Civil Engineering at Monash University in Australia graduating top of his class with a First Class Honours degree in 1975. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Construction Engineering (1979) and a Master of Business Administration degree (1984) from the National University of Singapore. He attended Harvard University's Advanced Management Programme in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers in Singapore, a registered Professional Engineer (Singapore), a Chartered Engineer (UK) and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (UK) and the Institution of Engineers, Australia.
Our Contribution to IDA
PUB welcomes sharing of our knowledge and expertise with all our partners. PUB will like to play a more active role in IDA and share our experience and success in managing the water resources of a small country with limited land and water with fellow IDA members. We will also be glad to host any visits by IDA members. We also look forward to learn from the experiences of other members. We believe this cross sharing of knowledge and expertise will contribute to the objectives of IDA.
Email:
KHOO_Teng_Chye@pub.gov.sg
