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Biography

Alvin KOH is the Chief Executive, Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore. Alvin has been a Government lawyer in the Singapore Public Service for over 20 years, where he started out as a Justices’ Law Clerk to the Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court. He has most recently served in various apex legal capacities such as the Chief Legal Officer at the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Manpower, and the national tax authority, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS). Alvin has also served in the Attorney-General’s Chambers as a Deputy Senior State Counsel and a Deputy Public Prosecutor, where he specialised in white collar and major crimes. He was also a Judicial Officer in the State Courts where he presided over Penal Code offences, civil disputes and also tribunal matters. Alvin has extensive experience in government ranging from intellectual property, tax law, labour relations and procurement. He sits on the Ministry of Law’s Copyright Tribunal and is also a Lien Fellow with the Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Centre for Public Administration.