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Mr David Chin Soon Siong
Executive Director
Singapore Maritime Foundation
Mr David Chin joined the Singapore Maritime Foundation as Executive Director after retiring from the Singapore government service on 1st February 2007. He is concurrently a Consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on trade issues. He is also an Independent Director on the Board of the Pacific Shipping Trust Management Pte Ltd, the trustee manager of Pacific Shipping Trust Singapore, as well as Advisor to the Board of the Singapore Commodity Exchange.
Mr Chin was previously the Director General (Trade) of MTI, a post he had held since January 2004.
Prior to this, he was Director General (Trade) for the Asean Division of the Singapore Trade Development (TDB), which is now known as International Enterprise Singapore. He had been with the TDB since 1985, after working at Keppel Shipyard for 18 years.
Mr Chin holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class, Honours Degree) in Engineering from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Polytechnic, UK. In 1992, he attended the Advance Management Programme XI at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A Registered Professional Engineer in Marine Engineering, Mr Chin is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers of Singapore and the Institute of Marine Engineers, UK.
He was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 1993 and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2000.
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