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Mr David Chin Soon Siong
Executive Director
Singapore Maritime Foundation
Mr David S.S. Chin is the Executive Director of the Singapore Maritime Foundation. The Foundation was established to serve as the link between the public and private sectors in the maritime industry. SMF works in partnership with the maritime players to drive initiatives, attract and nurture talent and raise public awareness of the Singapore maritime sector. These efforts are in line with the vision to make Singapore a leading international maritime centre.
He is a Board Director of the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (SCMA). In 2012, he was appointed as a Council Member of the Singapore-Zhejiang Economic & Trade Council (SZETC).
Mr Chin was the Director General (Trade) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, till his retirement from the Singapore government service at end 2006. From early 2007 till end 2011, Mr Chin continued as a Consultant to the Ministry of Trade and Industry on trade issues.
Mr Chin holds a Bachelor of Science degree (1st Class Honours) in Engineering from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Polytechnic, UK. Mr Chin attended the Advanced Management Program XI, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on the fall of 1992. He is a Fellow of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Singapore (SNAMES) and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers, UK (now known as The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, IMarEST). In 2009, he was awarded the 45 years certificate of continuous membership (1964 – 2009) of IMarEST and the IMarEST President’s Commendation for his outstanding contributions to the Institute.
Mr Chin is the Chairman of the Programme Advisory committee for Bachelor of Science (Maritime Studies) programme at the Nanyang Technological University from 2011 to 2012.
Mr Chin first started his maritime career as an apprentice in the ship repair yard. There, he progressed through the ranks and was tasked to be in charge of ship repair management and marketing. He then served as a Commercial Manager at the ship building yard. In 1985, he joined the Trade Development Board (now known as International Enterprise Singapore) in the government service.
At Trade Development Board, he progressed through the various divisions, including Export of Services Division, International Trading Division, Multilateral Trade Policy Division, Shipping and Logistics Division and also the Trade Facilitation and Administration Division before he became the Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 1994. In April 2002, he was appointed as the Director General (Trade) for the ASEAN Division and served a concurrent stint for the establishment of the Singapore Business Federation from April 2002 to April 2004. In January 2004, he was appointed as the Director General (Trade) of the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Mr Chin served in numerous boards of corporations and organisations. He was previously a Board Member of the Professional Engineers Board (1981 to 1984), a Board Member of the Port of Singapore Authority (1995 to 1997) and had also served two terms as a Director on the Board of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (1994 to August 1999 and later August 2003 to February 2006). He was also the Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Commodity Exchange (1992 to 2000), a Board Director of Jurong Port Pte Ltd (2000 to 2002), the Vice Chairman of International Merchandise Mart Ltd (1995 to 2002), a Board Director of SilkAir (Singapore) Pte Ltd (1997 to 2003), a Board Director of Pacific Shipping Trust Management Pte Ltd (2006 to 2010).
Mr Chin was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) on National Day in 1993 and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) on National Day in 2000 by the President of the Republic of Singapore.
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