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Dato' Seri Dr. Chen Chaw Min ("Dr. Chen") started his career with the Malaysian civil service in 1988 and has held many posts in various government offices. His first posting was in the Ministry of Rural Development and from 1990 onwards, he has served in various divisions in the Ministry of Finance such as the Budget Division, Investment Division, Housing Loan Division, Finance Division and Fiscal and Economy Division of the Ministry. On 25 April 2014, he joined the Ministry of Health as Deputy Secretary General (Finance). On 4 July 2015, Dr. Chen was appointed as the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Malaysia.

During his tenure as Secretary General of the Ministry of Health Malaysia and until his retirement, he was actively involved in several National Policy Task Forces and Health-related Councils. He also played a pivotal role in spearheading various preventive measures on COVID-19. He was appointed as the Chairman of ProtectHealth Malaysia and a board member of several government organisation such as National Heart Institute (IJN), National Kenaf & Tobacco, Clinical Research Malaysia (CRM), Malaysia Health Tourism Council (MHTC) and ProtectHealth Corporation.

At present, Dr. Chen is the Independent Non-Executive Directors of Malaysian Genomics Resource Centre Berhad, board director of Tropicana Golf and Country Resort Berhad and founding trustee of For Every Child Foundation and also Pecca Leather Foundation.