Chan Seng Onn

Chan Seng Onn was born in Singapore in January 1954 as the youngest of three children, with two sisters. His mother was a housewife and his father worked as a sewage pump attendant. He studied at St Anthony's Boys' School and then St Joseph's Institution (SJI) where he did his GCE O-Level and A-Level exams.[4] He was a top student alongside future politicians Teo Chee Hean and George Yeo at SJI.[5]

As a President's and Colombo Plan scholar, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in engineering from University College London in 1976.[3] He received a master's degree in industrial engineering from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1981, and a Diploma in Business Administration from NUS. He received his Bachelor of Laws from NUS in 1986 and Master of Laws from University of Cambridge in 1987.[2]

In 1987, he joined the Singapore Legal Service as State Counsel and Deputy Public Prosecutor in the Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC). He was appointed as Senior Assistant Registrar to the Supreme Court in 1991. In 1994, he returned to AGC in the role of Senior State Counsel. On 15 October 1997, he was appointed Judicial Commissioner. In June 2001, he returned to AGC as Solicitor-General. In 2001, he was appointed as Senior Counsel.[2]

On 2 July 2007, he was sworn in as a High Court judge by President S. R. Nathan at the Istana.[3]