Speaker Details
Leong Keng Thai
Deputy Chief Executive and Director-General (Telecoms and Post), Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Leong Keng Thai is the Deputy Chief Executive and Director-General (Telecoms and Post) of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA).
Mr Leong has more than 25 years' experience in the telecommunications industry. He started his career with the former Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) during which he held various positions in network engineering, business development as well as in management. In 1992, he joined the reconstituted TAS as Director (Planning) and subsequently became Director (Policy) and then Deputy Director-General. Mr Leong was appointed the Director-General of TAS in September 1996. With the formation of IDA, a statutory board created from the merger of TAS and the National Computer Board in December 1999, he was appointed the Deputy Chief Executive and Director-General (Telecoms and Post) of IDA.
Mr Leong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) from the University of Singapore and obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California, USA. He also attended the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School. He was awarded the Long Service Medal in 2007 and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2008.
