Tan See Leng
Tan See Leng | |
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| 陈诗龙 | |
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| Minister for Manpower | |
| Assumed office 15 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Josephine Teo |
| Constituency | Marine Parade GRC |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Office | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ng Chee Meng |
| Second Minister for Manpower | |
| In office 27 July 2020 – 14 May 2021 | |
| Minister | Josephine Teo |
| Second Minister for Trade and Industry | |
| Assumed office 27 July 2020 | |
| Minister | Chan Chun Sing (2020–2021) Gan Kim Yong (since 2021) |
| Constituency | Marine Parade GRC |
| Majority | 20,143 (15.52%) |
| Member of the Singapore Parliament for Marine Parade GRC (Marine Parade) | |
| Assumed office 10 July 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Goh Chok Tong (PAP) |
| Constituency | Marine Parade GRC |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tan See Leng 1964[1] Singapore |
| Education | National University of Singapore (MBBS) National University of Singapore (MMed) University of Chicago Booth School of Business (MBA) |
Tan See Leng (Chinese: 陈诗龙; pinyin: Chén Shīlóng; born 1964)[1] is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Manpower since 2021 and Second Minister for Trade and Industry since 2020. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he has been a Member of the 14th Parliament representing Marine Parade ward of Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2020.[2]
Before entering politics, Tan was a medical practitioner by profession, and he started Healthway Medical Group and served in top positions in Parkway Holdings, Parkway Pantai and IHH Healthcare. He made his political debut in the 2020 general election as part of a five-member PAP team which won with about 57% of the vote in Marine Parade GRC.
Early life
Tan was born in Singapore in 1964.[3] An only child, he grew up with an SBS bus timekeeper father and a homemaker mother who took up as many odd jobs as possible to alleviate the family's financial constraints.[4] He had been fostered out to a Cantonese-speaking nanny to be cared for, staying at Sam Leong Road, next to Desker Road with her on weekdays.[4] Only on weekends did he stay with his parents at a rented flat in Toa Payoh.[4] This arrangement continued until he was five or six years old.[4]
Education
Tan attended Monk's Hill Primary School and Monk's Hill Secondary School[4] before moving on to National Junior College,[4] where he joined the choir as his Co-curricular activity.[4]
He then studied medicine at the National University of Singapore's medical school and graduated in 1988 with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).[5] Tan funded his university education by himself, with an annual school fee of S$3,000,[4] by tutoring junior college students in various subjects (Mathematics, Biology, Physics and Chemistry).[4] With up to eight students at a time, he earned about S$800 to S$1,000+ a month.[4]
In 1998, he obtained a Master of Medicine in family medicine from the National University of Singapore.[5] In 2003, he was awarded the Fellow of College of Family Physicians by the College of Family Physicians Singapore.[6][5] In 2004, he obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[5] In 2014, he became a Fellow of the Academy of Medicine Singapore.[6]
Career
Entrepreneur
In 1992, at the age of 27, Tan started Healthway Medical Group with a group of friends, through a bank loan of S$90,000 and an initial capital investment of S$5,000 from each of the initial stakeholders.[7][8] As co-founder and chairman of the company, he grew the group to become the second largest private primary care group in Singapore.[8] In 2004, he successfully divested the group to British United Provident Association Healthcare.[7]
Businessman
In 2004, Tan joined Parkway Holdings as Chief Operating Officer of Mount Elizabeth Hospital[8] and was eventually promoted to Executive Director of Pantai Holdings (Subsidiary of Parkway) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pantai Hospitals Division and Head of Malaysia Operating Division of Parkway until 2008.[5]
From 2010 to 2019, Tan was the group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Parkway Holdings and Parkway Pantai Limited.[9][10] From 2014 to 2019, he was also the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of IHH Healthcare BHD.[10][11] During his tenures, some of his contributions include delisting Parkway Holdings in 2010 and relisting IHH Healthcare in 2012[10] into one of the largest IPOS in the world in 2012, expanding and growing the group from 15 hospitals in 2009 to 84 hospitals as of the end of 2019,[12] leading the M&A of Acibadem Healthcare (Turkey), Fortis Healthcare (India),[12] and multiple hospitals across Asia. Under his leadership, IHH Healthcare Berhad has won multiple awards, including the Best Managed and Best Overall Corporate Governance Poll Awards by Asiamoney in 2016.[13]
In 2019, he retired from the position of group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Parkway Holdings and Parkway Pantai Limited.[12]
External appointments
Over the years, Tan has held numerous ministerial advisory and medical committee appointments. For instance, since 2009, he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the College of Family Physicians Singapore (CFPS).[14] He also served in various capacities with CFPS Holdings Pte Ltd, including as its Chairman from 2008 to 2010 and Vice President from 2011 to 2013.[14] In November 2013, he was appointed by the Ministry of Health as a member of the MediShield Life Review Committee.[15]
Moreover, he has maintained active involvement in academia through board memberships and appointments. From 2011 to 2019, he was Adjunct Assistant Professor of Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Office of Education.[16] He has also sat on the Advisory Board of Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.[17]
Apart from the medical field, he has also contributed to the business scene. In 2012, Tan was appointed a council member of the Singapore-Guangdong Collaboration Council.[5][14] The council aims to deepen Singapore's engagement with China's Guangdong province and benefit Singapore businesses through joint exploration of new opportunities in the region.[18]
Politics
Tan contested in the 2020 General Election as a member of the People's Action Party team in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) and won the election. Since 10 July 2020, he has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Marine Parade GRC. He was subsequently appointed Second Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Manpower on 27 July 2020 and 15 May 2021 respectively.
In 2021, Tan together with Chee Hong Tat appeared in the first episode of new season of A Conversation with the Minister 2021/2022.
Volunteer experience
A passionate supporter of improving healthcare provision through innovations and private-public collaboration, Tan has guest-lectured at many international symposiums, including the Harvard Business School's series on healthcare entrepreneurship.[8] He has also previously provided advisory inputs as an expert panel member for the Department of Health, National Health Service in the United Kingdom.[8]
Since Tan retired in 2019,[12] he has been active in the community. He acts as patron of WeCare Community Enabling Network in Marine Parade[19][20] and attends weekly Meet-the-People sessions at the Marine Parade constituency.[citation needed] He also actively reaches out to the Marine Parade community to connect with and understand them better. For example, Tan has set up and is helming a Caregivers Support Network in Marine Parade.[19][20] This network aims to serve as “a conduit” that can facilitate help for caregivers of the sick and elderly, against the backdrop of an older demographic in Marine Parade.[19]
Accolades
2004: Tan was awarded the Long Service Award from the People’s Association Singapore.[citation needed]
2007: Tan was awarded the prestigious College of Family Physicians Singapore Albert and Mary Lim Award,[21] the highest accolade awarded for contribution and services rendered to the college and to the discipline of Family Medicine. This was in appreciation of his contribution to CFPS, where he successfully organised the 18th Wonca World Conference in Singapore, which netted CFPS a net profit of more than US$1.3 million.[22]
2015: Named Asia Innovator of the Year at the 14th CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards (ABLA) 2015[23]
2016: Asiamoney Best Executive in Malaysia,[24] Asiamoney best CEO in Investor Relations[24]
2017: Won the ABLA Corporate Social Responsibility Award[25]
2019: Singapore Medical Association Merit Award 2019[26]
Notes and references
- ^ a b https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/tan-see-leng
- ^ "Playing to win". Business Times (Singapore). Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "IHH Annual Report 2017". irplc.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "The Peak Interview: The Good Doctor". The Peak Singapore - Your Guide to The Finer Things in Life. 2013-07-01. Archived from the original on 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tan See Leng". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b "IHH Annual Report 2018". irplc.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e "Dr Tan See Leng | Honour International Symposium 2018". www.honourinternational.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "MOH | News Highlights". www.moh.gov.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c Heng, Janice (2019-05-28). "IHH Healthcare chief executive to retire at year-end". The Business Times. Archived from the original on 2019-05-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Dr Tan See Leng". www.raise.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c d [IHH Healthcare Berhad]. "DR TAN SEE LENG TO RETIRE AS MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CEO AT IHH HEALTHCARE, TO BE SUCCEEDED BY DR KELVIN LOH" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Asiamoney Names IHH Healthcare Malaysia's Top Company Over Past Decade". CodeBlue. 2019-06-28. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c "Parkway Life REIT - Annual Report 2014 - page 23". 2014. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15.
- ^ "MediShield Life Review Committee to focus on benefits, affordability". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "IHH - Change in Boardroom - DR TAN SEE LENG". KLSE Screener. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER". business.smu.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Parkway Life REIT - Annual Report FY2012 page 16". 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b c "Former IHH Healthcare managing director Tan See Leng emerges as possible PAP candidate; plans support network in Marine Parade". CNA. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b "MParader". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "The Albert & Mary Lim Award » College of Family Physicians Singapore". cfps.org.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Parkway Life REIT - Investor Relations page 15" (PDF). 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-08-02.
- ^ Chaturvedi, Neelabh (2015-10-29). "Winners of 14th Asia Business Leaders Awards". CNBC. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ a b "IHH Healthcare Berhad". www.ihhhealthcare.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Asia Business Leaders Awards". abla.cnbc.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ "Singapore Medical Association - For Doctors, For Patients". www.sma.org.sg. Archived from the original on 2020-06-15. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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