Paul Chong

Mr Paul Chong joined the Board in November 2018.

The current President and Group Chief Executive Officer of Certis, Mr Chong joined Certis as its founding Chief Executive Officer in 2004. He has led the organisation in its transformation from a statutory board of Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs to a privatised entity with a global presence. Under his leadership, the business has grown more than five-fold, and has successfully diversified into new businesses while strengthening the group’s core capabilities. Certis has also recently become the third largest player in its industry in Australia.

Prior to joining the commercial world in 1995, Mr Chong was the Head of Joint Communications & Electronics (HJCE) of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). As HJCE, he was the most senior SAF officer responsible for designing, building, operating and protecting the SAF's critical computers and communication systems against adversaries.

Mr Chong joined SingTel in 1995 as Vice President for Consumer Sales. During his 5-year tenure at Singtel, he was credited for turning around the then loss-making Globe Telecom to become the leading mobile telecom operator in the Philippines. He was also integral to the rollout of the world’s first nationwide broadband network in Singapore. Mr Chong left SingTel in 2000 to start his own broadband/multimedia company.

Mr Chong attended the University of Cambridge on a Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship, graduating with Honours in Economics and Operations Research. He is also a graduate of the US Army Command & Staff College.