Desmond Kuek
Desmond Kuek | |
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Kuek in 2009 | |
| Born | 28 August 1963 State of Singapore |
| Allegiance | Singapore |
| Branch | Singapore Army |
| Years of service | 1981–2010 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | Chief of Defence Force Chief of Army Chief of Staff – General Staff Director, Joint Intelligence Directorate Commander, 3rd Division Assistant Chief of the General Staff (Operations) Commander, 4th Singapore Armoured Brigade Head of Defence Studies Department, Ministry of Defence Commanding Officer, 41st Battalion Singapore Armoured Regiment |
| Awards | See awards |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA) Harvard University (MPA) |
| Spouse(s) | Claudel Kuek |
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| Simplified Chinese | 郭木财 | ||||||||||
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Desmond Kuek Bak Chye is a Singaporean former lieutenant-general who served as Chief of Defence Force between 2007 and 2010.
After leaving the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Kuek had served as Permanent Secretary for Environment and Water Resource between 2010 and 2012, and the president and chief executive officer of the SMRT Corporation between 2012 and 2018.
He moved on to join UBS AG as Divisional Vice Chairman in Global Wealth Management and headed their Sustainable Finance office. He is presently CEO of Temasek Trust.