Mr Eddie Teo

Tenure in CPA: Since Aug 2018
Tenure as Alternate Member*: -

Mr Eddie Teo was appointed as a Member of the Council of Presidential Advisers on 15 August 2018. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Council from 2 January 2019 to 13 September 2023, and was re-appointed as the Chairman on 29 September 2023. He is currently the Pro-Chancellor of Singapore Management University (SMU), Distinguished Fellow of School of Social Sciences, SMU and a Director of Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship.

Previous Career

He served in the Singapore Public Service for 35 years before retiring in 2005. He began his public service career in 1970 in the Security and Intelligence Division (SID) of the Ministry of Defence. He became Director, SID in 1979 and was in that post until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the concurrent position of Director, Internal Security Department, Ministry of Home Affairs. He was Permanent Secretary (Defence) from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office) from 1998 to 2005, and was concurrently Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and the Prime Minister’s Office from 1998 to 2000. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from 2006 to 2008. He served two terms as the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, from August 2008 to July 2018. He was Chairman of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony from 15 September 2017 to 2 January 2019 and Senior Advisor of Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd from 1 April 2019 to 13 April 2020.