Mr Tan Peng Yam

Chief Defence Scientist, Ministry of Defence

Tan Peng Yam is currently the Chief Defence Scientist of the Singapore Ministry of Defence having served as the Chief Executive of Defence Science and Technology Agency for more than ten years.

He was previously the Chief Executive of Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and before that had assumed various appointments in the Singapore Ministry of Defence and DSTA in the management of research and technology and large scale systems engineering projects.

Peng Yam currently serves on the boards of the Land Transport Authority, the Defence Science and Technology Agency, DSO National Laboratories, ST Engineering and D’Crypt. He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for Singapore University of Technology and Design. He chairs the Temasek Defence Systems Institute Management Board, the SMRT Technical Advisory Panel and the Cap Vista Private Limited.

Peng Yam graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tasmania. He was conferred the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations Honorary Fellowship in November 2013 and the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2012.