Tan Sze Wee

Prof Tan Sze Wee

Prof Tan Sze Wee, is currently the Advisor to Temasek International from 2025.

His career spans across the public sector, and corporate and industry start-ups. He spent more than a decade between a US corporate and biotech start-up. Prof Tan’s career in A*STAR started in 2009 and he spent his time across the Science and Engineering Research Council, Biomedical Research Council as a well as the Innovation and Enterprise Division. This involves the executive leadership and governance of the 17 Research Institutes as well as National Platforms Diagnostic Development Hub (DxDHub) and Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC).

Prof Tan has also promoted international research, innovation, and enterprise partnership between Singapore, A*Star, and its key scientific international partners.

Additionally, he is a speaker at international conferences and advises academic, corporate and not for profit organisations for wide range of topics.

Prof Tan is also an Adjunct Professor at Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, as well as an Adjunct Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School Singapore.

Prof Tan was a former Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore. He is the receipent of the Singapore Public Administration Medal (Silver) and Singapore (Covid-19) Public Administration Medal (Silver). He is also a recipient of Friend of Labour Award.

Prof Tan is a board member of Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and member of SERI's Incubator Advisory Board. He is a member of the Board Oversight Committee of ACTRIS and STCC. He is a council member of the Singapore Medical Association (SMA), as well as a board director for SMA Pte Ltd. He is also the Chairman of the NUS Medicine Industry Advisory Board for Non-Clinical Post Graduate Coursese. Prof Tan is also the Chairman of Unlocking ADHD Ltd. 

Prof Tan graduated with MBBS from National University of Singapore (NUS), and attained his MBA from Warwick University, UK. He attended the Stanford Executive Programme at the Stanford Graduate School Business, and was awarded a certificate of completion for the Senior Fellowship in Public Service Programme, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Prof Tan also attended the Executive Leadership Programme from the Singapore Civil Service College. He is an affiliate member of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, UK. He is a registered medical practitioner with the Singapore Medical Council and the Hong Kong Medical Council.

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