Eddie Teo
Eddie Teo Chan Seng () is a Singaporean retired civil servant currently serving as the chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers. Education. A President's Scholar, Teo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Oxford University in 1970. In 1974, he obtained a Master of Science in International Relations from the London School of Economics. Career. He served in the Singapore Public Service for 35 years before retiring in 2005. He began his public service career in 1970 in the Security and Intelligence Division (SID). He became Director, SID in 1979  and was in that post until 1994. From 1982 to 1986, he held the concurrent position of Director, Internal Security Department (ISD). He was Permanent Secretary (Defence) from 1994 to 2000 and Permanent Secretary (Prime Minister’s Office) from 1998 to 2005, and was concurrently Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and the Prime Minister’s Office from 1998 to 2000. He was Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia from 2006 to 2008. He served two terms as the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, from August 2008 to July 2018. He was Chairman of the Presidential Council for  Religious Harmony from 15 September 2017 to 2 January 2019 and Senior Advisor of Temasek International Advisors Pte Ltd from 1 April 2019 to 13 April 2020. Teo took over as Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisors on 2 January 2019. Awards. For his contributions to the Singapore Public Service, Teo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (1983), the Meritorious Service Medal (1997), the Distinguished Service Order (2006) and the Order of Nila Utama (2017).