Mr Yeo Li Pheow joined Republic Polytechnic on 1 July 2008. He graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Economics (Accountancy major) from Macquarie University, Australia in 1983. In 1993, he completed his Master Degree in Business Administration at the Institut Superieur de Gestion, France, through a scholarship jointly awarded by a French Institute (offered through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore) and Temasek Polytechnic.  Currently, Mr Yeo is also a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs, an Associate of The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (UK) and an Associate of the Staff Education Development Association (UK).

Prior to his appointment at Republic Polytechnic, Mr Yeo spent 18 years at Temasek Polytechnic holding various appointments. He played an instrumental role in the creation of The Tourism Academy @ Sentosa and the Temasek Culinary Academy. From May 2001 to Apr 2003, Mr Yeo was posted to the Ministry of Education.  He assumed the appointment of Deputy Director, Higher Education Division. During his stint in MOE, Mr Yeo was responsible for overseeing the operating and development budget planning and allocation for all MOE statutory boards, and three public-funded universities.  He led several major policy reviews, including those pertaining to funding frameworks.  Mr Yeo was also involved in the design of the Quality Assurance Framework for Universities (QAFU).

Mr Yeo currently serves on the Practicing Management Consultants Certification Board.  He is also an Advisory Council Member to the International Symposium on Advances in Technical Education, a joint initiative between the Institute of. National College of Technology (Japan) and three polytechnics in Singapore. At the community level, Mr Yeo sits on the board of the National Community Leadership Institute as Co- Chair of its Advisory Committee on Programme Development and Certification. Since May 2009, Mr Yeo is a member of the National Integration Working Group for Schools – one of four working groups set up to help the National Integration Council in promoting and fostering social integration among Singaporeans and new Singapore Citizens.  Mr Yeo is also a member of the Sembawang/Woodlands/Yishun Town Facilities Co-ordinating Committee.

For his distinguished service to the education sector, Mr Yeo was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2003.

 

Seto began his career as a SAF Army officer after completing his A-levels. After 10 years of full-time military service, Seto went overseas to further his education. He graduated with high honors in Economics and Asian Studies at the Michigan State University, USA. He subsequently received a university scholarship to pursue a Master of Arts (Economics) degree at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Seto joined the Economic Development Board (EDB) in 1990 where he was involved in developing the Business Services sectors, in particular, the logistics industry and operational headquarters services. From 1994 to 1999, Seto was assigned to EDB’s Hong Kong Office where he was responsible for promoting inward investments from North Asia. He was also appointed Economics Commissioner of the Singapore Consulate-General in Hong Kong, to promote economic cooperation.

After his overseas assignment, Seto was seconded to the National Science & Technology Board (NSTB) for one year to work on the infrastructural and business environment aspects of the Technopreneurship21 Program which aims to foster growth of technology-based entrepreneurship. In 2000, Seto returned to EDB to run various enterprise development programs until 2002.

In 2003, Seto was appointed Director, Industry Development of the then newly formed Media Development Authority (MDA) to lead the development effort of the Media21 Plan which aims to position Singapore as a Global Media City. He was also concurrently the Director of the Singapore Film Commission.  Under Media21, Singapore media companies and talents acquired new capabilities to create high quality TV programs, film, animation, games & publications that are distributed internationally. Media21 has put in place the key building blocks for a media ecosystem to thrive: talents, enterprises, private capital financing, infrastructure and regulatory environment.

Seto was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2006. He was appointed Assistant CEO of MDA in 2007 and he attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, in 2008.

Terence’s training began with Science. He delved into the mechanics of life when he had the opportunity to study biology, and discovered phenomena ranging from the diversity of the microbial worlds to the rational organization of genes. After graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (Singapore), he went on to study life at the macro-level, and worked at bringing people together for productive technological enterprises.

By then, he knew that you learn best by doing. Spending his next chapter with the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB), Terence learned how to effect holistic infrastructure development at the national level, working initially on the Clinical Research Sector by focusing on developing Good Clinical Practice capabilities, then identifying new initiatives to enhance ’s technological engagement. Focusing on entrepreneurship, Terence worked on initiatives to engage the global Venture Capital communities. After spending four and a half years in the San Francisco Bay Area, home to Biotech Bay and Silicon Valley , he returned with an appreciation for the agility, tolerance of failure, and encouragement of creative disruption - factors fuelling innovative ventures - which he had seen there. He counts himself fortunate to have ridden a boom and bust cycle in the growth and collapse of the Internet bubble, and has seen the necessity for ideas to be firmly grounded before they could take root. After this experience, Terence remains a student of Science; perhaps more so than before. His believe in learning by doing deepened and delights in seeing innovation operate in the spheres of administration and management.

He took this to the School of Applied Science ( SAS ) at the Republic Polytechnic and deliberately worked innovation into the school’s fabric - an imperative because the journey ahead is uncertain and because the unbeaten path is likely the one to see us through. The SAS grew from 200 students in its first intake to taking in 800+ at its 6th intake. With solid curricula programmes, synergistic technological initiatives and a pragmatic open culture, SAS looks to challenge itself further to take it to greater variety and diversity.

Terence hopes he will be able to continue to kindle this “can do” attitude in up-coming generations, and seeks to share this journey with kindred spirits.

After having awarded Delta Mu Delta Honors as well as Mu Kappa Tau (Marketing) Honors when she did her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Hawaii, Christina went on to obtain double Masters in International Management and International Relations with a postgraduate Diploma in Dispute Resolution from Australia.

Christina was also instrumental in the opening and recruitment of the US chain Kmart in South East Asia before entering her Masters programme. After returning to Singapore, she joined the Kuok Group as Marketing Manager (Singapore) where she oversaw operations and launches before being promoted to Country Manager (Myanmar). Christina enjoyed this challenging lifestyle of strategizing and bringing plans to reality for 7 years in Yangon, Myanmar before entering the Education Field.

Before joining the RP team, Christina was recruited by RV Centre International as International Relations Manager and subsequently was promoted to Area Manager. She oversaw not only the operations in Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia but also managed the relationship between RV Centre International and both government as well as private institutions.

"Infinite diversity in infinite combinations... symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty." -- Commander Spock, Star Trek
(A quote Christina believes is the future of education)