Er.Tan Chong Poh obtained his Degree in Electrical Engineering (Hons) from Nanyang Technological University and Master of Science (Electrical Engineering) from the University of Singapore. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with the Singapore Professional Engineers Board.

His working experiences included maintenance, operations & commissioning of 6.6kV & 22kV substations of distribution system; planning and design of electrification schemes for provision of electricity supply and inspection & testing of electrical installations based on SS638, SS650 Part1 & Part2 and other relevant Regulations and Code of Practices. He is currently serving as a deputy chairman of Technical Committee 3 (TC3) for Power System & Utilization and a member of the Working Group on Code of Practice for Earthing and Working Group on Temporary Electrical Installation as well as a member of Working Group on Smart Switched Socket Outlet (SSSO) with Enterprises Singapore.

He has representing SP Group as a speaker for several training courses and seminars on Singapore Standards SS638 and SS650 for safe electrical installation to professional engineers, technicians, electricians and electrical contractors organized separately by Institute of Engineers Society (IES); Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore (ACES); Energy Market Authority; Enterprises Singapore (formerly SPRING Singapore); Singapore Institute of Power and Gas (SIPG); Land Transport Authority; CPG Laboratories and Nanyang Technological University. He is also a part-time lecture of the Singapore Polytechnic to teach Diploma course on Electrical Engineering.