Ronnie Tay

Ronnie Tay
Tay (centre, in black) with Admiral Michael Mullen of the US Navy in 2007.
Born	(1963-10-02) 2 October 1963 Singapore
Allegiance	Singapore
Service/branch	Singapore Armed Forces
Years of service	1981–2007
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands held	Commanding Officer, RSS Swift Warlord (1988) Commanding Officer, RSS Sea Lion (1992) Head, Naval Intelligence Department (1994) Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron (1997) Commander, 1st Flotilla (1998) Fleet Commander (1999) Head, Naval Operations Department (2000–2001) Chief of Staff, Naval Staff (2001–2003) Chief of Navy (2003–2007)
Awards	see #Awards
Spouse(s)	Leah Teo
Other work	see #Post-military career

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tay.

Ronnie Tay
Traditional Chinese	戴榮利
Simplified Chinese	戴荣利
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dài Rónglì

Ronnie Tay (born 2 October 1963) is a Singaporean civil servant and former naval admiral. He was the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy from 2003–2007 and held the rank of Rear-Admiral. After leaving the Navy, Tay served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from 2007–2013. He is the current Chief Executive Officer of Singapore's National Environment Agency.

Education

Tay received his secondary and pre-university education in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College respectively. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1982 and graduated from the University of Oxford in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in engineering science. He attended the Singapore Command and Staff Course in 1991. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 1996 and went on to obtain a Master of Science in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997. He also attended the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD in France in 2007.

Military career

Tay enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1981 and served in the Navy. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Executive Officer, RSS Sea Wolf (1987); Commanding Officer, RSS Swift Warlord (1988); Staff Officer, Naval Operations Department (1989–1990); Commanding Officer, RSS Sea Lion (1992); Head, Naval Intelligence Department (1994); Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron (1997); Commander, 1st Flotilla (1998); Fleet Commander (1999); Head, Naval Operations Department (2000–2001). He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral (one star) on 1 July 2001 and assumed the post of Chief of Staff, Naval Staff, on 20 July. Tay succeeded Lui Tuck Yew as the Chief of Navy on 1 April 2003 and was promoted to Rear-Admiral (two stars) on 1 July. He left the SAF on 31 August 2007 and relinquished his appointment to Chew Men Leong.

Post-military career

After leaving the military, Tay served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from November 2007 to June 2013. He became the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency on 1 July 2013 and continues to hold this appointment.

Tay also sits on the boards or councils of various institutions, including: DSO National Laboratories; Integrated Health Information Systems; Infocomm Investments; IDA International; Media Development Authority; IT Committee, Singapore Health Services; Science and Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research; National Institute of Education; Honorary Advisory Council, Singapore Computer Society; School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University.

Awards

• Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 2005.
• Long Service Medal (Military), in 2007.

Personal life

Tay is married to Leah Teo and they have two sons.

References

Military offices
Preceded by Rear-Admiral Lui Tuck Yew	Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy 1 April 2003– 31 Aug 2007	Succeeded by Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong