He also teaches in Nanyang Technological University. Mr. Tan is a Certified Public Accountant (C.P.A.) having graduated from Nanyang Technological University in 1993 with first class honours in accountancy. He also has a masters in finance from London Business School, which was financed on the British Government's Chevening Scholarship. Mr. Tan is also an alumni of Raffles Institution and Raffles Junior College, Singapore.