Digital Government Excellence

CHAPTER 6Cheow Hoe Chan: Singapore

 

Chan Cheow Hoe has been the government chief digital technology officer (GCDTO) of the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) since 2014. He is also concurrently the deputy chief executive of the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech).

Cheow Hoe has more than two decades of extensive experience in the public and private sectors, with a strong track record in leading digital transformation changes in organizations and the government.

Prior to joining GovTech, Cheow Hoe held senior appointments at international banks and consulting companies in the areas of technology, operations, finance, and business.

Cheow Hoe graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained his master's degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

 

 

 

Cheow Hoe is surely a technologist first and foremost and tasked with a more technological role compared to many other peers in this book. However, his contribution and leadership in digital government area has been way beyond technology or govtech only. He has pushed the way the government works to transform in Singapore at large. That is why Cheow How was honored in 2021 by the prime minister of Singapore with the Public Administration Gold Medal for his service.

He was brought into government there several years ago with a deliberate attempt to bring in experience ...