Mr Chia was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2021.
Mr Chia joined Hewlett-Packard Singapore in 1982 as a Systems Engineer and last held the position of a Senior Vice President, Global Strategic Alliance with Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California in 2009.
He joined NCS Pte Ltd (“NCS”), a subsidiary of Singapore Telecommunications Limited (“SingTel”) as Chief Operating Officer in June 2009 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2010. He currently serves as an advisor for SingTel Group Strategy, following his retirement from NCS in 2019.
Mr Chia had served on various national Committees such as the Singapore Police Association for National Servicemen, the Civil Defence Association for National Servicemen and the National Institute of Education Council. He was a Member of the NUS Institute of Systems Science Board and currently sits on the Board of the Singapore Institute of Management and the Nanyang Academy Fine Arts.
Mr Chia graduated with a degree (First Class Honours) in Computing Studies with the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK in 1981 and attained a Master degree in Management Science from Imperial College, London UK in 1982. He completed the General Managers Program from Harvard Business School, USA, in 1999 and the Directorship Program from SID-SMU, Singapore, in 2020.