Professor Tan Yong Soon has held the positions of Permanent Secretary for National Climate Change in the Prime Minister’s Office, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Chief Executive Officer of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Finance, and Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. He retired from the Singapore Civil Service in October 2012. 

He has authored the book, “Living the Singapore Dream”, and co-authored the book, “Clean, Green and Blue: Singapore’s Journey Towards Environmental and Water Sustainability” and edited the book, “50 Years of Environment”, as part of World Scientific Series on Singapore’s 50 Years of Nation-Building.

He holds a BA(Hons) and an MA from the University of Cambridge, an MBA from the National University of Singapore and an MPA from Harvard University. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.