Chew Men Leong



Chew Men Leong is a former Singapore military officer. He was Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) from 31 August 2007 to 29 March 2011, holding the rank of Rear-Admiral. Chew handed over the Chief of Navy post to Ng Chee Peng during a ceremony held at Changi Naval Base on 29 March 2011.

Chew holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom, as well as a Master of Science (Management) from Stanford University. In 1985, he graduated from Raffles Junior College and joined the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1985. In 1987, he was awarded the SAF Overseas Scholarship.

In the course of his military career, Chew has held amongst others, the appointments of Head Naval Operations Department; Fleet Commander; Head Joint Plans & Transformation Department; Commander for the RSN's 1st Flotilla; Commanding Officer for the RSN's 188 Squadron, Commanding Officer for Victory-class corvette RSS Vigour (92) and as Executive officer for Sea Wolf-class missile gunboat RSS Sea Lion (P77).

Chew has since become the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Utilities Board (PUB), Singapore's national water agency.