SUTD BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROFILES 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 (DSTA) for more than 10 years. He was previously the Chief Executive of 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 is a board member of DSTA, DSO National Laboratories, ST Engineering and Synapxe (national HealthTech agency). He is the chairman of Cap Vista Private Limited (start-up investment and engagement), the Temasek Defence Systems Institute Management Board and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He also chairs the SMRT (a public transport service provider) Technical Advisory Panel. Peng Yam was awarded the Public Administration Medal Bronze, Silver and Gold (Singapore), Commander of Order of Merit of Italian Republic, Grand Cross of Naval Merit with White Mark (Spain), and the Royal Order of the Polar Star, Knight First Class (Sweden). He was also conferred the ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisation Honorary Fellowship. p. 16 SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
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