public confidence in the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), which was dealt with a corruption controversy by the former chief executive officer of the Foundation, T. T. Durai and certain board members. Khaw named Ee, on 15 July 2005, as the interim Chairman and acting CEO of the National Kidney Foundation Singapore and charged him with the task of conducting a full independent audit of NKF in the following week. Ee was officially appointed as NKF chairman on July 17, 2005. Awards Ee was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) in 1993, the Public Service Star (BBM) in 2003 Meritorious Service Medal (PJG) in 2007, and Distinguished Service Order in 2019. In 2018, he was awarded Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer Award by the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Personal life Ee is a Roman Catholic and is married with two children. References 1949 births Peranakan people in Singapore Living people Saint Joseph's Institution, Singapore alumni Singaporean civil servants Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean Roman Catholics Singaporean social workers Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang Recipients of the Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang