Richard Lim Cherng Yih

Richard Lim Cherng Yih is a Singaporean civil servant and former rear-admiral who served as Chief of Navy from 1996 to 1999.

Education In 1972, Richard Lim Cherng Yih was awarded the Colombo Plan scholarship, and in 1976, he graduated from the University of Southampton with a Bachelor of Science in nautical studies.

Lim was promoted from the rank of colonel to rear-admiral on 1 July 1994.

Lim succeeded Kwek Siew Jin as the Chief of Navy on 1 July 1996 and stepped down on 30 June 1999. He was succeeded by Lui Tuck Yew.

From 2016 to 2021, Lim served on the advisory board of the engineering systems and design degree programme at Singapore University of Technology and Design.

Currently, Lim serves as the chairman of the Energy Market Authority and Synapxe. Lim is also an adjunct professor in industrial systems engineering and management at Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore.

Awards and decorations

80x80px Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 1997.