Eddie Teo

Eddie Teo PPA(E) PJG DUBC DUNU
张赞成
Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 January 2019
President	Halimah Yacob Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Preceded by	J. Y. Pillay
Chairman of the Public Service Commission
In office 2008 – 31 July 2018
Deputy	Lee Tzu Yang
Preceded by	Andrew Chew Guan Khuan
Succeeded by	Lee Tzu Yang
Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia
In office 2006–2008
President	S. R. Nathan
Prime Minister	Lee Hsien Loong
Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office
In office 1998–2005
Prime Minister	Goh Chok Tong Lee Hsien Loong
Permanent Secretary for Defence
In office 1994–2000
Minister	Tony Tan
Director of the Internal Security Department
In office 1982–1986
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong
Preceded by	Lim Chye Heng
Succeeded by	Tjong Yik Min
Director of the Security and Intelligence Division
In office 1979–1994
Prime Minister	Lee Kuan Yew Goh Chok Tong
Preceded by	S. R. Nathan
Succeeded by	Choi Shing Kwok
Personal details
Born	(1947-05-27) 27 May 1947 Colony of Singapore, British Malaya
Alma mater	University of Oxford (BA) London School of Economics (MS)

Eddie Teo Chan Seng
Simplified Chinese	张赞成
Traditional Chinese	張贊成
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Zànchéng

Eddie Teo Chan Seng PPA(E) PJG DUBC DUNU (Chinese: 张赞成; pinyin: Zhāng Zànchéng) is a Singaporean civil servant who has been serving as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers since 2019.

Education

A President's Scholar, Teo graduated from the University of Oxford in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE).

He subsequently went to complete a Master of Science degree in international relations at the London School of Economics in 1974.

Career

Teo joined the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) in 1970, before becoming Director in 1979, a post he served until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the position of Director of the Internal Security Department concurrently.

He was Permanent Secretary for Defence from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office from 1998 to 2005. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from 2006 to 2008.

He served as Chairman of the Public Service Commission from 2008 to 2018, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony from 2017 to 2019 and Senior Advisor of Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd from 2019 to 2020.

Teo was appointed as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisors on 2 January 2019.

Awards

Teo retired in 2005, after 35 years of public service. For his contributions to the Singapore Public Service, Teo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1983, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1997, the Distinguished Service Order in 2006 and the Order of Nila Utama in 2017.