Biography
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Quek Gim Pew

SG

Senior R&D Consultant, Ministry of Defense (MINDEF)

Editions

Successful People in Singapore (2nd Edition)

2023 February

Successful People in Singapore (1st Edition)

2022 February

E - EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Hons) in Electrical Engineering, Nat'l University of Singapore (1981); Master of Science (Distinction) in Electrical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (1986); Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore

CA - CAREER

Director of R&D at the Ministry of Defense; Deputy Chief Executive (Technology) of the Defense Science and Technology Agency Board (DSTA); Chief Executive Officer of DSO Feb. 2004 - Jun. 2016; Chief Defense Scientist, MINDEF Apr. 2016 - May 2021; Senior R&D Consultant, MINDEF May 2021 - present; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nat'l University of Singapore

AW - AWARDS

Defence Technology Prize (Individual) 1992; Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Emas) 2007; NUS Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award 2014

ME - MEMBERSHIPS

Chairman, Governing Board of the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT); Deputy Chairman of the Office for Space Technologies and Industry (OSTIn); Board Member: A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Aug. 2016 - Jul. 2018), SMRT Trains Ltd (2017 - present), D’Crypt Pte. Ltd, Singapore Technologies (ST) Engineering Ltd (Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2021), Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design; Nanyang Polytechnic Board of Governors (Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2016); Deputy Chairman, Singapore Science Centre (Feb. 2007 - Jan. 2015); Director, ST Electronics (Satellite Systems) Pte. Ltd (Apr. 2010 - Jun. 2016)

LS - LANGUAGE SKILLS

English

WEB - WEBSITE

www.a-star.edu.sg/About-A-STAR/corporate-profile/people/mr-quek-gim-pew

B - BORN

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