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Tan Ian Wern - Director (Asia Pacific), Defence Policy Office, MINDEF

Sector

Infrastructure & Environment

Security

Area of Expertise/Experience

Career Development

People Development and Employee Engagement

Innovation and Change Management

Policy Development and Strategic Sensemaking

International Diplomacy

Seniority

Directors to Assistant/Deputy Chief Executives

Budding director. Broad experience across domains, and both policy and ops. (Although IR-related portfolios seem to keep finding their way back to me.) The civil service is a vast domain. I wish I'd gotten more advice on navigating my career options as a younger officer. I would like to pay that forward now.

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Background & Key Achievements

- Drove Singapore's EV adoption from 0 to 40%, particularly by setting up our charging ecosystem.

- Complex cross-border projects like the SG-JB RTS Link.

- Reforms to moneylending regulation to strengthen protections for vulnerable borrowers

- Advancing Singapore's interests abroad through various postings in MINDEF and MFA.

- 2 x SA to Minister stints.

How Can I Help

Happy to share experiences and exchange insights on leading and growing, especially over coffee/tea.

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