Ronnie Tay

Ronnie Tay (born 2 October 1963) 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 INSEAD in France in 2007.

Post-military career 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. until his retirement in October 2018.

Tay also sits on the boards or councils of various institutions, including: DSO National Laboratories; Integrated Health Information Systems; Infocomm Investments; IDA International; Media Development Authority; IT Committee, Singapore Health Services; Science and Engineering Research Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research; National Institute of Education; Honorary Advisory Council, Singapore Computer Society; School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University.

Awards Public Administration Medal (Military) (Gold), in 2005. Long Service Medal (Military), in 2007.

Personal life Tay is married and has two sons.