Born in 1979, Ronald came to Singapore at the age of 14 and was enrolled in Anglo Chinese Secondary (Independent). At that time studies were his priority and badminton was his hobby.
After completing his ‘O’ levels, Ronald decided on turning full-time with the Singapore Badminton Association.
Ronald was awarded the school colour award from 1994 to 1997 for outstanding performance in badminton.
Ronald made his first entry to the top 4 (runner-up) in a 5-star World Grand Prix tournament in Singapore Open 2002.
Ronald is currently World Ranked 10 (wef 6 May 2004).