Constitution of the Legal Service Commission

The Special Personnel Board

The Senior Personnel Board

The Legal Service Commission Secretariat

Constitution of the Legal Service Commission

 

President:
Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong
The Chief Justice

Members:
Prof Walter Woon
The Attorney-General

Mr Eddie Teo

Chairman, Public Service Commission

Justice V K Rajah
Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court

Justice Lee Seiu Kin
Judge, Supreme Court

Mr Michael Lim Choo San

Dr Philip N Pillai

Mr Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai

Mr Lee Tzu Yang

Secretary, LSC:

Mr Hamzah Moosa

 


PEN PICTURE OF MEMBERS OF THE LSC


Mr Eddie Teo

Mr Eddie Teo was appointed a Member and Deputy Chairman of the Public Service Commission on 17 March 2008. Prior to that, he was Singapore's High Commissioner in Australia from February 2006 to March 2008.

Mr Teo has had extensive experience in public administration, having held senior leadership positions in the Civil Service. He started his career in the Civil Service in the Security and Intelligence Division, Ministry of Defence, in 1970 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University on a President's Scholarship. He obtained a Master of Science in International Relations from the University of London, United Kingdom in 1974.

Mr Teo rose rapidly in the Intelligence Service to become the Director of the Security and Intelligence Division in 1979, and concurrently held the position of Director, Internal Security Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1982 to 1986. He was appointed Permanent Secretary (Defence) in 1994. In 1998, he was appointed Permanent Secretary (Prime Minister's Office) and concurrently held the post of Permanent Secretary (Defence) until 2000. He retired from the Administrative Service in 2005 after 35 years of distinguished service in the Singapore Civil Service.

Mr Teo had also served as Director on various government-linked companies over the years, including those related to the defence industry. He was Chairman of Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd from 1995 to 2000 and ST Kinetics from 2001 to 2004. He was also Chairman of the Health Corporation of Singapore Pte Ltd from 1996 to 1998 and the Civil Service College from 2001 to 2005.

For his contributions to the Singapore Public Service, Mr Teo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 1983, the Meritorious Service Medal in 1997 and the Distinguished Service Order in 2006.

Justice V K Rajah

Justice V K Rajah was first appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 2 January 2004 and thereafter a Judge on 1 November 2004. Justice Rajah was appointed a Judge of Appeal on 11 April 2007.

Justice Rajah graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1982 with several prizes for academic merit and subsequently obtained an LLM (First Class) from the University of Cambridge in 1986.

Justice Rajah commenced practice with Rajah & Tann in 1983. In 1997, he was appointed a Senior Counsel. He was the Managing Partner of Rajah & Tann from 1987 to 2003, prior to his elevation to the Bench. He oversaw the growth of the firm from 6 lawyers to more than 160 lawyers and 200 staff.

Justice Lee Seiu Kin

Justice Lee Seiu Kin was appointed a Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court on 15 October 1997. He was appointed the Second Solicitor-General at the Attorney-General’s Chambers on 15 October 2002. He was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court on 11 April 2006.

Justice Lee graduated with a BA in Engineering (Honours) from the University of Adelaide in 1976. He thereafter obtained a Masters of Science from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and an MBA (Distinction) in Business Admin/Studies from the European Institute of Business Administration (INSEAD) in 1983. He went on to complete his law degree at the National University of Singapore in 1986. After completing his LLM at the University of Cambridge in 1987, Justice Lee joined the Singapore Legal Service and was posted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers and appointed a State Counsel.

Justice Lee was appointed a Member of the LSC on 19 April 2006 and chaired the Legal Service Personnel Management Review Panel which undertook from April to September 2006 a comprehensive review of the HR framework and practices in the Legal Service.


Mr Michael Lim Choo San

Mr Michael Lim is the Chairman of the Land Transport Authority, the National Healthcare Group Pte Ltd and Nomura Singapore Ltd. He retired on 31 December 2003 as the Executive Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Singapore, after more than 30 years with the firm, including 11 years as Executive Chairman. He was appointed a Member of the Public Service Commission in 1998. He was appointed a Member of the Nanyang Technological University Board of Trustees in March 2006. He was awarded the Public Service Star and the Public Service Medal in 2003 and 1998, respectively.


Dr Philip N Pillai

Dr Philip Pillai is the Senior Partner at Shook Lin & Bok LLP. He graduated from the University of Singapore with an LLB (First Class) in 1971, the LLM in 1973 and the SJD at Harvard. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1972. Dr Pillai taught at the Law Faculty of the NUS from 1971 to 1985, and was Vice Dean from 1982 to 1985. His practice is corporate, corporate finance, international finance, regulatory and international trade.

Dr Pillai is a Trustee on the International Board of Trustees for the Haggai Institute, Atlanta and is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Directors. He sits on the Board of Directors of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore (Pte) Ltd, Hotung Investment Holdings Ltd, ST Engineering Ltd, ST Electronic Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. Among other appointments, he had previously been a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Singapore General Hospital Pte Ltd.


Mr Lucien Wong Yuen Kuai

Mr Lucien Wong is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill LLP. He graduated from the University of Singapore in 1978. He was called to the Singapore Bar in 1979. Mr Wong specialises in banking, corporate and financial services work and has extensive experience in debt and equity issues, mergers and acquisitions, banking transactions, and securitisations.

Mr Wong is a board member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and a member of the Board of Trustees for the SingHealth Endowment Fund and the National University of Singapore. He also sits on the Boards of Directors of Cerebos Pacific Limited and Singapore Airlines Ltd.


Mr Lee Tzu Yang

Mr Lee Tzu Yang joined Shell in May 1979. He read economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is concurrently Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Shell Global Solutions, and Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore. Mr Lee has worked in supply, trading, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and internal consultancy within Shell, in a wide range of countries.

Mr Lee is very active in public life, and has a keen interest in the arts. His roles and appointments include membership of the boards of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, the Singapore Arts School, the National Arts Council, and the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore. He was awarded the Public Service Star in 2005.