Bey Soo Khiang

Bey Soo Khiang is a Singaporean business executive and retired military officer. He was the third Chief of Defence Force of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) from 1995 to 2000, holding the rank of Lieutenant-General. Prior to that, he served the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force. After retiring from the SAF in 2000, Bey joined Singapore Airlines and held high executive positions in the company before leaving in 2011.

Education
Bey was awarded an overseas scholarship by the Singapore Armed Forces in 1974. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (first class honours) from the University of Cambridge and went on to pursue a Master of Arts in engineering. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University and attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

Military career
Bey enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in 1973 and served as the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) before assuming the post of Chief of Defence Force on 1 July 1995, replacing Ng Jui Ping. While serving as the Chief of Defence Force, he was also appointed as a member of the board of directors for Singapore Technologies Engineering and Singapore Airlines Limited.

Bey retired from the SAF on 1 April 2000 and was succeeded by Lim Chuan Poh as the Chief of Defence Force.

Post-military career
After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces in 2000, Bey joined Singapore Airlines (SIA) as Executive Vice President Technical and was promoted to Senior EVP Technical & Human Resources two years later. During his time in SIA, he led the project to introduce the A380 into SIA and also served in the following positions: Chairman of SIA Cargo Pte Ltd; Chairman of Silkair Pte Ltd; Chairman of Singapore Flying College; Board Director of SIA Engineering Company; Virgin Atlantic Limited; Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited; Virgin Travel Group Limited. He is also an active board member in the Sentosa Development Corporation. In early 2010, he assumed the post of Senior Executive Vice President for Marketing & Corporate Services. Bey left SIA on 28 February 2011.

Bey was appointed as the Vice-Chairman of RGE Ltd in March 2011.