Primary Job Title Director Primary Organization National Research Foundation
Gender Male
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Leo Yip joined the Singapore Police Force in September 1982 after being awarded the Singapore Police Force (Overseas) Scholarship. He holds an Economics degree from the University of Cambridge UK, a Master of Business Administration from University of Warwick, UK and a Master in Public Administration from the JFK School of Government, Harvard
University, USA. In the police he held a series of policy, operations and command appointments. His last position was as Director (Operations) at police headquarters.
In January 2000 he was appointed Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew till August 2002 when he joined the Ministry of Manpower as the Deputy Secretary in charge of policy and development matters. He led the Ministry’s work to establish the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) in 2003, and served concurrently as Chief Executive of WDA from September 2003 to June 2005.
Mr Yip joined the Singapore Economic Development Board as Deputy Chairman on 1 September 2008. Mr Yip was appointed Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board on 1 July 2009
