Mr Chew has had a distinguished career in science and technology in the public service and private sector. Prior to joining Seatrium, Mr Frederick Chew was a Managing Director at Accenture, overseeing a portfolio of public agency client accounts.

Before that, Mr Chew was the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) from 2019-2024, where he led extensive organisational re-design and change management. He significantly strengthened A*STAR’s innovation and enterprise capabilities to boost translation of research for greater scientific and societal impact. Concurrently, he served for 5 years as the inaugural Chief of the Public Sector Science & Technology Policy & Plans Office under the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr Chew led the strengthening of ops-tech capabilities across the public sector, and catalysed cross-cutting programmes across public agencies.
 

In the earlier part of his career, Mr Chew served as Deputy Secretary (Technology) and Director of Joint Operations at the Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). In these and other leadership roles in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), he oversaw key technology projects, large-scale programme management and major operations. Mr Chew served as Head of Naval Plans while in the RSN.

Mr Chew graduated with a Masters of Engineering (First Class Honours) from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. He graduated with a Masters of Science in Management from Stanford University. Mr Chew is a recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship and SAF Overseas Scholarship. He is also a recipient of the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Military) and Public Administration Medal (Gold) (COVID-19).