Cheryl Chan

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| name = Cheryl Chan

| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|陈慧玲}}}}

| image = Cheryl Chan.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2021

| constituency_MP = East Coast GRC
(Fengshan)

| term_start = 10 July 2020

| term_end = 15 April 2025

| parliament = Singapore

| predecessor = Herself
{{small|(Fengshan SMC)}}

| successor = Hazlina Abdul Halim

| majority = 7,769 (6.78%)

| constituency_MP1 = Fengshan SMC

| term_start1 = 11 September 2015

| term_end1 = 23 June 2020

| parliament1 = Singapore

| predecessor1 = Raymond Lim
{{small|(East Coast GRC – Fengshan)}}

| successor1 = Herself
{{small|(East Coast GRC – Fengshan)}}

| majority1 = 3,241 (15.00%)

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/mps/list-of-current-mps/mp/details/cheryl-chan-wei-ling|title = MP | Parliament of Singapore}}

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| party = People's Action Party

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| relations = Chan Choy Siong (aunt){{Cite web|last=Wong|first=Siew Ying|date=7 September 2015|title=From volunteer to contender|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/from-volunteer-to-contender|access-date=30 July 2020|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}
Ong Pang Boon (uncle)

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| alma_mater = Nanyang Technological University (BAS)
Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MBA)

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Cheryl Haley Chan {{post-nominals|post-noms=PBM}} ({{lang-zh|s=陈慧玲|p=Chén Huìlíng}}; born 1976) is a Singaporean businesswoman and retired politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she had been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Fengshan division of East Coast GRC from 2020 to 2025 and previously Fengshan SMC between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web|title=Member's Profile — Miss Cheryl Chan Wei Ling|url=http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/cheryl-chan-wei-ling|website=Parliament of Singapore|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416205435/http://www.parliament.gov.sg/mp/cheryl-chan-wei-ling|archive-date=16 April 2016|url-status=dead}}

Education

Chan attended Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Catholic Junior College{{cite web|title=Cheryl Chan CV Statement|url=https://www.pap.org.sg/upload/item/2015Candidate/Cheryl%20Chan_CV_Statement.pdf|publisher=People's Action Party|access-date=10 January 2016}} before graduating from the Nanyang Technological University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Applied Science with honours degree in materials engineering.{{cite web |title=Parliament CV_Miss Cheryl Chan |url=https://www.parliament.gov.sg/docs/default-source/cv/cheryl-chan-cv_2023.pdf?sfvrsn=7ad5508_1 |url-status=dead |access-date=2024-11-25 |publisher=Parliament of Singapore}}

She subsequently went on to complete a Master of Business Administration degree at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management in 2004.

Chan was awarded the Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2016.{{cite web|title=Nanyang Alumni Awards 2016 Recipients 南洋校友奖2016获奖者|url=http://www.ntu.edu.sg/NanyangAlumniAwards/Recipients/2016/Pages/default.aspx|website=www.ntu.edu.sg|publisher=Nanyang Technological University|access-date=24 October 2016}}

Career

Prior to joining ST Engineering in July 2021, Cheryl was Head of APAC Clean Hydrogen in Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company. In her 14 years with the company, she had held various global and APAC management positions in corporate strategy, product portfolio management and marketing, supply chain operations, project integration and business development. She also led the merger and integration of Praxair and Linde for the APAC Management Office.

Chan is currently the Group Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer and President New Ventures of ST Engineering, a global technology, defence and engineering group with a diverse portfolio of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defence and public security segments.

=Political career=

On 27 August 2015, PAP announced that Chan would contest in the revived Fengshan SMC in the 2015 general election.{{cite web|title=GE2015: PAP introduces new face Cheryl Chan to contest Fengshan SMC|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/politics/ge2015-pap-introduces-new-face-cheryl-chan-to-contest-fengshan-smc|website=The Straits Times|access-date=10 January 2016|date=27 August 2015}} Chan was elected into Parliament when she defeated Dennis Tan of the Workers' Party and clinched 57.5% of the electorate valid votes.{{Cite web|title = Results|url = http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/sgvotes2015/results|website = Channel NewsAsia|access-date = 10 January 2016|archive-date = 11 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160111144750/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/specialreports/sgvotes2015/results|url-status = dead}}

Leading up to the 2020 general election, the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee updated Singapore's electoral boundaries, in which Fengshan SMC would be absorbed into East Coast GRC.{{Cite web|last=hermesauto|date=2020-03-13|title=Singapore GE: New electoral boundaries announced; 14 SMCs, 17 GRCs in next election|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapore-ge-new-electoral-boundaries-announced-14-smcs-17-grcs-in-next-election|access-date=2020-07-17|website=The Straits Times|language=en}} Chan would contest in the 2020 general election under the PAP's ticket in East Coast GRC against the Workers' Party, alongside Heng Swee Keat, Maliki Osman, Jessica Tan, and Tan Kiat How.{{Cite web|last=hermesauto|date=2020-06-30|title=Singapore GE2020: Heng Swee Keat to helm East Coast GRC in election|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/politics/singapore-ge2020-heng-swee-keat-arrives-at-st-anthonys-nomination-centre|access-date=2020-07-17|website=The Straits Times|language=en}} On 11 July 2020, Chan and the PAP team were declared elected Members of Parliament for East Coast GRC after garnering 53.41% of the valid votes.{{Cite web|title=GE2020: PAP's team led by Heng Swee Keat beats WP to win East Coast GRC|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/ge2020-paps-team-led-heng-swee-keat-beats-wp-win-east-coast-grc|access-date=2020-07-17|website=TODAYonline}} She was then appointed Chairperson of National Development Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) in the 14th Parliament. Chan was appointed as Vice-Chairperson of East Coast Town Council since 2020.

Chan retired from politics on 21 April 2025, citing a desire to spend more time with her family.{{Cite news |last=Goh |first=Yan Han |date=2025-04-21 |title=East Coast GRC MP Cheryl Chan retires from politics, will not contest GE2025 |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/east-coast-grc-mp-cheryl-chan-retires-from-politics-will-not-contest-in-ge-2025 |access-date=2025-04-21 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}

Awards

2013: As chairperson of Fengshan Community Club Management Committee (CCMC), Chan was awarded the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat (Public Service Medal).{{cite web|title=National Day Awards|url=http://www.pmo.gov.sg/national-day-awards/search?name=Cheryl+Chan+Wei+Ling&year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2013&field_award_tid=151|website=Prime Minister's Office|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110071952/http://www.pmo.gov.sg/national-day-awards/search?name=Cheryl+Chan+Wei+Ling&year%5Bvalue%5D%5Byear%5D=2013&field_award_tid=151|archive-date=10 January 2016|location=Singapore|url-status=live}}
2016: Nanyang Outstanding Young Alumni Award.{{Cite web|title=2016 Nanyang Alumni Awards Citation Booklet|url=https://ebook.ntu.edu.sg/2016-nanyang-alumni-awards-citation-booklet.html|url-status=live|access-date=20 October 2021|website=NTU|page=36|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020022841/https://ebook.ntu.edu.sg/2016-nanyang-alumni-awards-citation-booklet.html |archive-date=20 October 2021}}