Terry Tan is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Country Foods Private Limited, and concurrently the Chief Integrated Supply Chain for Food Solutions Group, SATS Ltd. Previously, he was the CEO for Emporion Foods, a Temasek-SATS start-up project, and prior to this, the Managing Director (New Business), SATS Ltd.
Before joining SATS Ltd, he served in the Public Service and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). He was the SAF’s Commander CSSCOM who was responsible for the Supply Chain and Logistics, Engineering and Maintenance, Transportation and Freight, Medical Services and CSSCOM Training. Concurrently, he led the innovation, sustainability and governance mandates for the Singapore Army. He also supported International/National- level efforts, participated in overseas military exercises and operations, and contributed to national crisis and contingencies.
These included Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, Exercise WALLABY 2010, National Parade 2009, State Funeral for the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew in 2015, Trump-Kim Summit in 2018 and Singapore’s fight against COVID-19. He was also instrumental in the strengthening of defence relationships and collaborations with his military counterparts across the world. His other significant appointments included Chief Logistics (Head Joint Logistics Department) and Chief Human Capital (Head Joint Manpower Department) for the SAF and Chief Supply Chain Officer (Chief Supply Officer) for the Singapore Army.
Terry is a Director in Evergreen Sky Catering Corporation, Jilin Zhong Xin Chia Tai Food Co Ltd, SFI Food Pte Ltd and SFI Manufacturing (SFIM) Private Limited. He is also Chairman and Director of SG IPF Pte Ltd and an Advisory Board Member for Australia Agrigate Global.
Terry also sits in the Advisory Council on Community Relations in Defence (ACCORD). He is also the 1st Vice-Chairman and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transportation (CILT), Singapore, Board Director of Singapore Christian Home, Advisory Committee Member for School of Engineering (SEG), Republic Polytechnic, and is a Pioneer Fellow of the Singapore Leaders Network (SGLN). In his free time, he volunteers as Guest Speaker/Lecturer at local universities to speak on leadership, supply chain and food domains. He continues to serve his National Service in a classified appointment in the SAF. He previously served as a Board Director at ST Logistics Private Limited, Temasek Defence Systems Institute (TDSI) at NUS and Singapore Armed Forces-Nanyang Technology University Academy (SAF-NTU Academy) at NTU. He also served as Deputy Chairman of Temasek Club and Committee Member at SAFRA Management Committee, Community Chest Committee – National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and MINDEF/SAF Talent Management Committee. He was also the Chairman for Audit Committee and Member at Board of Governors for MINDEF-Related Organisations (MROs).