SINGAPORE - Civil service head Leo Yip, 62, who led the public service’s response during the Covid-19 pandemic, will retire from the Administrative Service on April 1, after 43 years in the public sector.

He will be succeeded by Mr Chan Heng Kee, 57, in his roles as the head of Civil Service as well as Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and Permanent Secretary (Strategy) at PMO.