Mr Quek Gim Pew is a Director of SMRT Trains Ltd.
Mr Quek graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Engineering (1st Class Hons) in Electrical Engineering in 1981, and a Master of Science (Distinction) in Electrical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School, USA in 1986.
In his career, Mr Quek has held various appointments in the defence and technology community including Director of R&D at Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Deputy Chief Executive (Technology) of the Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA). He was the Chief Executive Officer of DSO from 2004 to 2016, the Chief Defence Scientist of MINDEF from 2016 to 2021 and the Senior R&D Consultant to MINDEF from 2021 to 2025.
Mr Quek chairs the National Supercomputing Center Steering Committee and co-chairs the National Quantum Strategy Steering Committee and he sits on various boards of organizations, institutions and companies. He is a Board member of the Technology Centre for Offshore and Marine, Singapore (TCOMS). He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) Board of Trustees, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) Board of Trustees and NUS High School (NUSHS) of Mathematics and Science Board of Governors.
He is the Deputy Chairman of the Office for Space Technology and Industry (OSTIn).
He also sits on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), and Management Boards of the Center for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) and Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative (SNRSI).
He is also a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore and an Adjunct Professor in the NUS Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Mr Quek was awarded the President’s Science and Technology Medal in 2023. He was also conferred the NUS Outstanding Services Award in 2023, the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2007 and the Defence Technology Prize (Individual) in 1992.
