Mr Chin joined the Group in 2017 as Head of the Legal & Compliance Department and brought to the Group his experience in the legal sector. Mr. Chin was tasked to oversee the Department to ensure that it provided the necessary support to all other departments thus ensuring the continued smooth and efficient running of the Group as a whole.
Mr. Chin holds a second class upper honours double degree in Law and Political Science from Keele University in the U.K. Mr. Chin is a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in the U.K. and was admitted a Barrister-at-Law with honours of that Inn. Mr. Chin thereafter went on to undertake postgraduate studies in law after which he was called to the bar as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Mr. Chin was in practice for more than 25 years before joining the Group. Mr. Chin started his legal practice in the areas of commerce and banking and went on to litigation and has represented clients (corporate, individuals, local and foreign) at all levels of the Court hierarchy and has done so on many occasions in the Court of Appeal, Singapore’s highest appellate Court.
Mr. Chin presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Visitors (Drug Rehabilitation Centres (DRC) & Anti Inhalant Abuse Centres (AIAC)) as well as Chairman of the Board of Visitors (Community Rehabilitation Centres (CRC)) of the Singapore Prisons Service under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore, Mr. Chin is also Vice-Chair of the School Advisory Committee in Yuan Ching Secondary School.
For commendable public service in Singapore, Mr. Chin was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 2019 by the President of Singapore.
