Chan Lai Fung

Chan Lai Fung
Non-Executive and
Independent Director

Ms Chan joined the SATS Board on 28 February 2024 as a Non-Executive and Independent Director. She is a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Human Resource Committee. She was last re-elected on 19 July 2024.

Presently, she is the chairperson of PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, chairman of NTUC Health, chair of the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine Governing Board, Nanyang Technological University, and a member of the Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees. She is also a distinguished practitioner fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Ms Chan has a distinguished 36-year career across various government agencies. Prior to her retirement from the Singapore Public Service in October 2023, she served as the permanent secretary for National Research & Development, and permanent secretary of the Science & Technology Policy and Plans Office at the Prime Minister’s Office. She also held positions as a board member of the National Research Foundation, and the chairman of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the public service, Ms Chan was honoured with the Meritorious Service Medal in 2020, and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2009. She holds a Bachelor of Economics with First Class Honours from Monash University, Australia.