Background
Cedric Foo was born on 16 July 1960 in Singapore.
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Cedric Foo was born on 16 July 1960 in Singapore.
He was educated at Kim Seng East Primary School and Tanglin Technical School (now Tanglin Secondary School), and graduated from Singapore Polytechnic in 1980. He subsequently studied for a bachelor"s degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor from 1983-1984.
He is also the Group Deputy President and Chief Financial Officer of Neptune Orient Lincolnshire. In 1985, he was awarded a master"s degree in Ocean Systems Management by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Upon graduation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Foo began his career at shipping firm Neptune Orient Lincolnshire Limited, holding various executive positions including President, NOL United States.A. (1993-1995), and Executive Vice-President (Finance) (1995-1999).
Foo left NOL to take up the post of Senior Vice-President (Finance and Administration) at Singapore Airlines, which he held from 2000-2001, before subsequently assuming the position of Senior Vice-President (West Asia/Africa) from 2001-2002.
In 2002, Foo left Singapore Airlines and was appointed Singapore"s Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and, additionally from 2004, in the Ministry of National Development. Foo returned to the private sector and NOL in May 2005 as Group Deputy President, subsequently assuming the additional portfolio of Chief Financial Officer.
He was re-elected in 2006 for a second parliamentary term. In the May 2011 General Elections, Pioneer Division was re-designated a Single Member Constituency.
Foo has also held positions on various government statutory boards.
From 2003 to 2006, Foo served as the Chairman of SPRING Singapore, and was the Chairman of Joint Technical Committee Corporation from 2008 to 2013. He was also previously the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport, and is currently the Deputy Chairman of the GPC for Finance and Trade and Industry.
A member of the incumbent People"s Action Party (PAP), Foo currently serves as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the Pioneer Single Member Constituency (SMC). Foo entered politics in 2001, as an elected Member of Parliament for the West Coast Group Representative Constituency, Pioneer Division. Foo was nominated as the PAP candidate for Pioneer SMC, and returned as an elected Member of Parliament for a third term, winning 60.73% of the total votes cast.