Board Changes at The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) announced on 29 January 2021 board changes at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).

Appointment of New Board Members (with effect from 1 February 2021)

Appointment of New Board Members

• Mr Ashok Belani
  Executive Vice President
  Schlumberger New Energy
• Mr Chia Song Hwee
  Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  Temasek International Pte. Ltd.
• Professor Jackie Hunter
  Board Director
  Benevolent AI Ltd
• Mr Soh Gim Teik
  Partner
  Finix Corporate Advisory LLP

Re-appointment of Board Members

• Professor Barry Halliwell
  Chairman, Biomedical Advisory Council, A*STAR
  Senior Advisor, Academic Appointments and Research Excellence,
  Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore
• Professor Sir John O’Reilly
  Chairman, Science and Engineering Advisory Council, A*STAR
  Chairman, NICC (Standards) Ltd
• Professor Isaac Ben-Israel
  Chairman, Israel Space Agency
• Professor Stefan Catsicas
  Managing Partner
  Skyviews Life Science SA
• Professor William Chin
  Bertarelli Professor of Translational Medical Science and Medicine Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
  Executive Vice-President, Clinical & Translational Science, Frequency Therapeutics
• Dr Benjamin Koh Khay Wee
  Deputy Secretary (Development)
  Ministry of Health
• Professor Lily Kong
  President
  Singapore Management University
• Mr Quek Gim Pew
  Chief Defence Scientist
  Ministry of Defence
• Mr Yee Ping Yi
  Deputy Secretary (Planning)
  Ministry of Finance

In Appreciation

The following A*STAR board members will be stepping down upon the completion of their term on 31 January 2021.

• Professor Chong Tow Chong
  President and Acting Provost
  Singapore University of Technology and Design
• Mr Anton Sebastian Huber
  Former Chief Executive Officer
  Digital Factory Division, Siemens AG
• Dr Omkaram Nalamasu
  Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Applied Materials
  President, Applied Ventures LLC
• Professor Sir Keith O’Nions
  Chair, University of Nottingham, UK
  Chair, British Geological Survey, UK

MTI would like to thank all the outgoing Board Members for their contributions and welcome the new board members to A*STAR.

The write-ups of the new board members and the full list of board members can be found at the A*STAR Board page from 1 February onwards.

For the full press release, refer to the MTI press room.