Mr Tan Soo Kee obtained an MSc (Industrial Engineering) and BE (Mechanical Engineering), both from the National University of Singapore.

He has close to 40 years of working experience in the public sector and related organisations. Mr Tan started as a systems engineer in the Defence Ministry and rose to senior management positions dealing with human resource management and development, corporate planning, defence procurement and school outreach programmes development. He has extensive experience in employment scheme development, job evaluation, talent attraction, talent development, systems studies and school student engagement programme development as well as dealing with the union. An active contributor/volunteer to society over three decades. Key ones are – (a) as a Member of the Telok Blangah – Gillman Heights Resident Committee for 11 years; (b) as a Council member of The Institution of Engineers Singapore (IES) for five years with three of which as its Honorary Secretary; and (c) as EXCO member of the 365 Cancer Prevention Society since 2008, and as its Honorary Secretary since 2010 and HR Chair since 2016. Mr Tan Served as a SAF combat engineer officer and SCDF officer during national service and reservist periods, and was conferred Fellows of the Institution of Engineers Singapore (FIES) membership in 1996. He also received two National Day Awards for public service – the Long Service Award (PBS) in 2001 and the PPA (Bronze) in 2008. He retired from active employment in June 2017.