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Executive Management
Mr Tan Tee How
Executive Director
Mr Tan Tee How
Executive Director
Mr Tan Tee How joined CES as the Executive Director of CES in February 2018. Prior to this, Mr Tan was the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Chief Executive Officer of Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore.
Mr Tan Tee How
Executive Director
Mr Tan Tee How joined CES as the Executive Director of CES in February 2018. Prior to this, he was the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and Chief Executive Officer of Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore. Mr Tan served as Permanent Secretary (National Development) in 2004 and was appointed as Permanent Secretary (Home Affairs) in 2011. He was also a board member of the National University Health System from April 2016 to March 2019.
Mr Law Cheong Yan
Chief Operating Officer
Mr Law Cheong Yan
Chief Operating Officer
Mr Law Cheong Yan joined CES as Chief Financial Officer in August 2013 and progressed to a new role as Chief Operating Officer in Jan 2022. Prior to joining CES, he spent more than nine years in China and the U.S. managing several Singapore companies’ overseas subsidiaries.
Mr Law Cheong Yan
Chief Operating Officer
Mr Law Cheong Yan joined CES as Chief Financial Officer in August 2013 and progressed to a new role as Chief Operating Officer in Jan 2022. Prior to this, Mr Law spent more than nine years in China and the U.S. managing the businesses of several Singapore companies’ overseas subsidiaries. Mr Law was also the Group’s Financial Controller for the period from June 1999 to February 2004 and an auditor with an international accounting firm from September 1995 to June 1999. He is also a member of ISCA and CPA Australia. He serves as an independent director of Dynamic Colours Limited.
Dr Koh Thiam Seng
Executive Vice President & Director of Education
Dr Koh Thiam Seng
Executive Vice President & Director of Education
Dr Koh Thiam Seng joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in October 2018. Prior to this, he has been in the education industry for over 30 years.
Dr Koh Thiam Seng
Executive Vice President & Director of Education
Dr Koh Thiam Seng joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in October 2018. Prior to this, Dr Koh was Associate Dean at the Office of Education Research and Associate Professor of Natural Sciences and Science Education at the National Institute of Education where he had served for more than 28 years. At the Ministry of Education, he was a Deputy Director (2000–2003) in the Higher Education Division before moving on to Director of Educational Technology (2003 – 2008). He was concurrently Deputy Director (2007–2008) at NIE. He was Principal (2009–2015) of St. Joseph’s Institution and Chief Executive Officer (2015–2017) at St. Joseph’s Institution International School.
Mr Gan Chin Huat
Executive Vice President & Director of Schools
Mr Gan Chin Huat
Executive Vice President & Director of Schools
Mr Gan Chin Huat joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in April 2021. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Director at Schools Division and Cluster Superintendent at the Singapore Ministry of Education.
Mr Gan Chin Huat
Executive Vice President & Director of Schools
Mr Gan Chin Huat joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in April 2021. He has more than 30 years of public school education experience in Singapore and private education in the region. Mr Gan was formerly Deputy Director at Schools Division, Cluster Superintendent and Principal of Dunman Secondary School at the Singapore Ministry of Education. He consults for private schools that seek EduTrust certification and CPE licensing. He serves in a number of education companies on the establishment and management of K-12 schools, the development of school programmes and conducts training for school leaders and teachers. He is also an Associate Trainer with the Civil Service College. Mr Gan holds a Bachelor’s degree with honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore, a diploma in education from the Institute of Education, Singapore and a Master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Mr Charles Tong
Senior Vice President
Mr Charles Tong
Senior Vice President
Mr Charles Tong joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in September 2021. Prior to this, he has been CEO, Principal, Senior Director at education institutions that ranges from primary, secondary to pre-tertiary levels.
Mr Charles Tong
Senior Vice President
Mr Charles Tong joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice President in September 2021. He has more than 25 years of education experience in both public and private schools as well as private education institutes. Prior to this, he was the Principal and CEO of St Francis Methodist School where he transformed the school, leading them to attain IB World School status in 2 years, while concurrently establishing a full primary school. He has also held school leadership roles at Hwa Chong International School, Fairfield Methodist Primary School and Dunman High School, encompassing principalship at the 3 core levels of primary, secondary and pre-tertiary. Charles was also a Senior Quality Assessor at MOE Headquarters and Senior Director at MindChamps.
Mr Abdul Mannan
Senior Vice President
Mr Abdul Mannan
Senior Vice President
Mr Abdul Mannan joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice-President. Prior to this, he served as a Secondary School Principal and Cluster Superintendent in Ministry of Education, Singapore.
Mr Abdul Mannan
Senior Vice President
Mr Abdul Mannan joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Senior Vice-President. He served as Principal of Ang Mo Kio Secondary School and was subsequently appointed Cluster Superintendent, where he managed 13 schools that included primary schools, secondary schools and a Junior College. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (1st Class Honours) and has a Master’s in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Science Teachers Association of Singapore and Vice-President of the Singapore Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also served as Board Member of Academy of Principals, Singapore and as Council Member for Singapore National Academy of Science.
Mr Allan See
Senior Vice President (Development & Operations)
Mr Allan See
Senior Vice President (Development & Operations)
Mr Allan See joined Invictus International School in Jul 2019. He was subsequently transferred to Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse in May 2021, serving as Senior Vice President, Development & Operations.
Mr Allan See
Senior Vice President (Development & Operations)
With a background in engineering and a diverse international business exposure, Mr Allan See switched to the education industry in 2011. He has more than a decade of experience in private educational institutes in Singapore, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh and Australia. His prior experience had rendered him well to tread the balance between an education institute and a business entity. His international exposure enables him to bridge the cultural divides and his engineering background enables him to develop safe and secure environments for learners.
Mr Hee Joh Liang
SVP & CTO
Mr Hee Joh Liang
SVP & CTO
Mr. Hee Joh Liang joined Sing-Ed as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice-President in April 2021. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Principal (Development) of Singapore Polytechnic and Regional Director of Cengage Publishing.
Mr Hee Joh Liang
SVP & CTO
Mr Hee Joh Liang joined Sing-Ed as the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice-President in April 2021. He has over 30 years of local and overseas experiences under his belt, with an extensive track record of operational excellence and performance in both education and technology industries. This includes being the Deputy Principal (Development) of Singapore Polytechnic for 11 years, where he led polytechnic-wide innovations such as introducing Design Thinking into all Diploma programmes and ensuring that the polytechnic prepared its graduates with the relevant knowledge and skills for work in industry. He co-chaired the Polytechnic-ITE Committee on AI in technical education. He brings to the job his deep expertise in the use of technologies for learning and an extensive network in the industry. He was also the Regional Director of Cengage Publishing overseeing Japan and Korea, the Senior Director at the National Computer Board and was the IT-Planner of the Ministry of Education’s 1st IT in Education Master Plan. He has worked in US for seven years. Mr Hee holds a Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Computer Science and Combinatorics & Optimization from the University of Waterloo and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Florida.
Ms Jackie Barkham
Deputy Director of Preschools
Ms Jackie Barkham
Deputy Director of Preschools
Ms Jackie Barkham joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse in November 2019 as Deputy Director of Preschools. Prior to this, she was Director and Founder of Swallows and Amazons Kindergarten and has been in the preschool industry for 16 years.
Ms Jackie Barkham
Deputy Director of Preschools
Ms Jackie Barkham joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse in November 2019 as Deputy Director of Preschools. Prior to this, she came to Singapore in April 1999 and worked as a teacher and Kindergarten Curriculum coordinator at the Learning Lab (2002-2006). After which, she served as a Lecturer of English as a Foreign Language at the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) University for students who required a minimum level of English to begin their undergraduate education (2006-2007). Jackie founded and was Director of Swallows and Amazons Kindergarten which she started in October 2007 and grew into a school of 90 students. Swallows and Amazons was in one of the first batch of preschools in Singapore to attain the ECDA’s SPARK accreditation.
Mr Nik Tan
Financial Controller
Mr Nik Tan
Financial Controller
Mr Nik Tan joined CES as the Financial Controller in 2007. Prior to this, he worked for several public listed companies and an international auditing firm.
Mr Nik Tan
Financial Controller
Mr Nik Tan joined CES as the Financial Controller in 2007. Prior to this, Mr Tan worked for several public listed companies and an international auditing firm. He is responsible for the financial, taxation, treasury and reporting functions of the Education Division. Mr Tan is a graduate of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants.
Mr Yap Kim Hung
Vice President
Mr Yap Kim Hung
Vice President
Mr Yap Kim Hung joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in January 2019. Prior to this, he was a Year Head in Anglo-Chinese School (Junior).
Mr Yap Kim Hung
Vice President
Mr Yap Kim Hung joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in January 2019. Prior to this, he was a Year Head in Anglo-Chinese School (Junior). Mr Yap has over 10 years of experience in educational leadership. He was awarded a nationwide Most Inspiring Chinese Teacher Award during his service in MOE. He was President of the Singapore Chinese Teachers’ Union (SCTU) between 2014 – 2018 and an active member in the National Trade Union Congress (NTUC). He also served on the Committee to Promote Chinese Language Learning (CPCLL).
Dr Ho Yi Kai
Vice President
Dr Ho Yi Kai
Vice President
Dr Ho Yi Kai joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in May 2021. Prior to this, he was Assistant Director of Confucius Institute, NTU.
Dr Ho Yi Kai
Vice President
Dr Ho Yi Kai joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in May 2021. Prior to joining us, Dr Ho was Assistant Director of Confucius Institute, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He has over 10 years of experience in the education industry. He had taught in a junior college, served as an Educational Technology Officer in the Ministry of Education (MOE) HQ, and lectured at universities. He also has several years of experience in the academic publishing industry, as a Manager and Assistant Editor-in-Chief of a joint venture between China and Singapore. Dr Ho was a Public Service Commission (PSC) Scholar who graduated from Peking University, and obtained his Master’s degree and PhD from Nanjing University.
Mr Lim Bock Boon
Vice President
Mr Lim Bock Boon
Vice President
Mr Lim Bock Boon joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in January 2022. Prior to this, he has been Head of Department (Mathematics) at local national and international schools.
Mr Lim Bock Boon
Vice President
Mr Lim Bock Boon joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Vice President in January 2022. He has taught Mathematics at the Junior College and Secondary levels for more than 20 years, beginning his career as a Mathematics teacher in Tampines Junior College. He was appointed as Head of Department from 2005 until 2020. To stoke interest in Mathematics and extend learning beyond the classrooms, he introduced Mathematical Modelling where students learn how Mathematics can be used to model everyday activities.
Amongst his teaching achievements, Bock Boon was presented PS21 Outstanding Activist Award (2011) for his outstanding contribution in promoting innovation in the organization, NIE Caring Teacher award (2012, 2014) and Excellence Service Award (Star).
As a passionate educator, he has strong interest in research in Mathematics teaching and has presented his papers in several local and overseas conferences.
Ms Melissa Yam
Vice President
Ms Melissa Yam
Vice President
Ms Melissa Yam joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Assistant Vice President in December 2020, and was subsequently promoted to Vice President in 2022. Prior to this, she was a Learning Specialist at Certis Corporate University.
Ms Melissa Yam
Vice President
Ms Melissa Yam joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Assistant Vice President in December 2020. Prior to this, she was a Learning Specialist at Certis Corporate University where she spearheaded the effort of using insights drawn from learning data to continuously improve end-to-end processes of corporate training. Before that, she was a Senior Learning Designer at the National Institute of Education. She was a consultant mainly to Science lecturers, in the design and implementation of pedagogically sound technology mediated learning environments for teaching and learning Science. She also had 14 years of experience teaching Mathematics and Physics at the secondary school level, and was a Curriculum Specialist for the Science International Baccalaureate Programme at St. Joseph’s Institution.
Mr Eric Yee
Assistant Vice President, Development & Operations
Mr Eric Yee
Assistant Vice President, Development & Operations
Mr Eric Yee joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Operations Manager in 2018, and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2022. Prior to this, he has managed a privately held company for over 20 years.
Mr Eric Yee
Assistant Vice President, Development & Operations
Mr Eric Yee joined Sing-Ed Global Schoolhouse as Operations Manager in 2018, and was subsequently promoted to Assistant Vice President in 2022. He joined as a transfer from the CES property development arm. Prior to that, he was managing a privately held company for over 20 years with its distribution and retail operations in Singapore and Malaysia. He travels frequently to Asia, Europe and the US. His expertise includes handling the sales, marketing, operations and also controlled the profit and loss analysis of the organisation.