BIOGRAPHY
LEONG KENG THAI
Deputy Chief Executive & Director-General (Telecoms & Post)
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Mr Leong Keng Thai is the Deputy Chief Executive & DirectorGeneral (Telecoms & Post) of the Infocomm Development Authority of
Singapore (IDA).
Mr Leong started his career with the former Telecommunication
Authority of Singapore (TAS) since 1980 where he has held engineering as well
as management positions in private network engineering, business product
management and international business development. In 1992, he joined the
reconstituted TAS as Director (Planning) and subsequently became Director
(Policy) from 1994. From April 1996, Mr Leong was appointed as the Deputy
Director-General of TAS and from 15 September 1996, he was appointed the
Director-General of TAS. From 1 December 1999, he was appointed the Deputy
Chief Executive & Director-General (Telecoms) of IDA, a statutory board created
as a result of the merger between TAS and the National Computer Board.
Mr Leong graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
from the University of Singapore and a Masters of Business Administration from
the University of Southern California, USA. He also attended the Advanced
Management Programme at Harvard Business School.