Ronnie Tay is a Singaporean civil servant and former naval admiral.
Education
Tay received his secondary and pre-university education in Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and Anglo-Chinese Junior College respectively. He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship in 1982 and graduated from the University of Oxford in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in engineering science. He attended the Singapore Command and Staff Course in 1991.
He was awarded the Singapore Armed Forces Postgraduate Scholarship in 1996 and went on to obtain a Master of Science in management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997.
He also attended the Advanced Management Programme at European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) in France in 2007.
Career
He was the Chief of the Republic of Singapore Navy from 2003–2007 and held the rank of Rear-Admiral. After leaving the Navy, Tay served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from 2007–2013. He is the current Chief Executive Officer of Singapore"s National Environment Agency.
Tay enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) in December 1981 and served in the Navy.
Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Executive Officer, Royal Statistical Society, UK Sea Wolf (1987). Commanding Officer, Royal Statistical Society, UK Swift Warlord (1988).
Staff Officer, Naval Operations Department (1989–1990). Commanding Officer, Royal Statistical Society, UK Sea Lion (1992).
Head, Naval Intelligence Department (1994).
Commanding Officer, 188 Squadron (1997). Commander, 1st Flotilla (1998). Fleet Commander (1999).
Head, Naval Operations Department (2000–2001).
Tay succeeded Lui Tuck Yew as the Chief of Navy on 1 April 2003 and was promoted to Rear-Admiral (two stars) on 1 July. He left the SAF on 31 August 2007 and relinquished his appointment to Chew Men Leong.
After leaving the military, Tay served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore from November 2007 to June 2013. He became the Chief Executive Officer of the National Environment Agency on 1 July 2013 and continues to hold this appointment.
Tay also sits on the boards or councils of various institutions, including: Defence Science Organisation National Laboratories.
Integrated Health Information Systems. Infocomm Investments. International Development Association International; Media Development Authority.
Information Technology Committee, Singapore Health Services.
Science and Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research. National Institute of.
Honorary Advisory Council, Singapore Computer Society. School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University.