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Teo Chee Hean -> Lui Tuck Yew -> Ronnie Tay -> Chew Meng Leong.

Ronnie Tay is in NEA now.

Having worked for one of them before, my observation are that they are competent, "don't rock the boat but keep things humming along" managers, like the majority of Singaporean PMETs.

But is that good enough going forward? I don't mean this as a ELITE versus normal people argument, but as a general observation, Singaporeans are generally efficient and good at executing, but at the CxO level, there is a deficiency in what I would call "visionary" or "exciting" leadership. Perhaps it part culture and perhaps it has to do with how our economy is structured.

I was once a regular in the Navy. Joined during Lui Tuck Yew era and left during Chew Mun Leong time.