Lim Chee Onn

Lim Chee Onn (born c. July 1944) is a Singaporean former politician who serves as a member of the Council of Presidential Advisers and chancellor of Singapore Management University. Trained as a naval architect, Lim began his career in the Singapore Civil Service, and subsequently became an elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukit Merah Constituency from 1977 to 1988, and for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 1989 to 1992. From 1979 to 1983, Lim was the secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress; he was concurrently a Minister in the Prime Minister's Office from 1980 to 1983. After leaving the Cabinet, Lim moved into corporate leadership and chaired major Singaporean companies, such as China–Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park Development Company from 1994 to 1999, and Keppel from 2000 to 2008.