The Singapore Casino Regulatory Authority has promoted Deputy Chairman Tan Tee How to chairman, effective April 2.
Tan is a career civil servant and became commissioner and CEO of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore in 2014, according to the Straits Times. He also is a former controller of immigration and was once the principal private secretary to then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong.
He fills the role vacated by Lee Tzu Yang, chairman of the Shell Companies in Singapore. As chairman of the Workplace Safety and Health Council for eight years, Lee reportedly was instrumental in raising workplace safety and health standards.
“I would like to thank Mr. Lee Tzu Yang for his valuable contributions to CRA over the past three years,” said K Shanmugam, minister for home affairs and law in a statement.
“He guided CRA in its efforts to further strengthen Singapore’s casino regulatory regime and forge closer ties with international partners,” the minister said. “Under his leadership, CRA has enhanced its standing as an effective and robust regulator.”
