Board Members

Corporate Vice President (Applied Global Services), Regional President (South East Asia), Applied Materials

Mr Brian Tan is the Corporate Vice President, Applied Materials Inc. and Regional President, Applied Materials Southeast Asia. He oversees the company’s operations and strategy in the Southeast Asia in helping to build strategic partnerships across the private and public sectors as well as enabling customers’ success across Asia.

Mr Tan has significant contributions to the semiconductor industry and played a pivotal role in establishing Singapore as a key R&D, manufacturing and customer support hub. Under his leadership, Mr Tan strengthened collaboration between Applied Materials and research institutions where he oversaw the establishment of joint labs with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and academia with the establishment of a corporate lab with the National University of Singapore (NUS).

Furthermore, Mr Tan was elected to the board of Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) since 2018 and is appointed as chairman in 2024. In addition, Mr Tan serves on the Future of Microelectronics steering committee under the Manufacturing, Trade and Connectivity domain in Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 where he was instrumental in shaping the direction of Singapore’s semiconductor industry.

Mr Tan sits on the National Environment Agency (NEA) Board. He also serves on the Singapore IP Strategy 2030 Industry Advisory Group and the Advisory Board of National University of Singapore (NUS) College of Design & Engineering (CDE).

Brian received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Senior Vice President and General Manager, GlobalFoundries APAC Manufacturing & Singapore Site

Yew Kong Tan is Senior Vice President and General Manager, APAC Manufacturing and the GlobalFoundries (GF) Singapore site. In this role, he leads a workforce of almost 5,000 and he is responsible for overseeing GF’s business at the Singapore site and managing strategic manufacturing partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region.

He has been a driving force behind GF’s digital manufacturing transformation, leading the successful scale-up of Industry 4.0 solutions across the company, including GF’s 300mm Fab in Singapore which was named to the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network of advanced manufacturers in 2025.

A 30-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, Mr. Tan holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

President and Managing Director, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific

CS Chua is the President and Managing Director of Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, the regional headquarters of Infineon Technologies – a global leader in power systems and IoT solutions. Infineon drives decarbonization and digitalization with its products and solutions.

Based in Singapore, Mr. Chua oversees regional sales, marketing and distribution, supply chain, R&D, and manufacturing. He is also responsible for strategy, quality management, human resources, and communications for the Asia Pacific region with local presence in Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. He has held the current role since 2017.

Mr. Chua joined Infineon in 2000 and has taken on roles in product marketing for industrial microcontrollers and regional marketing covering Asia Pacific’s automotive electronics segment. Previously as the Vice President of Automotive Regional Centre with responsibilities for sales, marketing, OEM business development, concept engineering, and application engineering, He built a competent segment marketing and system application engineering team to serve the growing needs of Infineon’s automotive customers in Asia Pacific.

Mr. Chua has a Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering degree from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Manufacturing & Quality Vice President, Silicon labs International

Jennifer is a seasoned senior management executive with more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Her expertise spans multiple business functions, including process integration, customer engineering, quality assurance, eBusiness, alongside a robust engineering and project management background.

Currently, Jennifer serves as the Manufacturing Vice President at Silicon Labs International, overseeing the entire supply chain management and leading the Singapore site operations. Before her tenure at Silicon Labs International, she held various roles at K&S and Chartered Semiconductor.

Jennifer earned a First-Class Honors degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Managing Director, STATS ChipPac Singapore

LJ Chiou has more than 35 years of semiconductor experience. He is currently the Managing Director of STATS ChipPAC Singapore, (a subsidiary of JCET Group) for the past 5 years. Prior to that, he has spent his past 17 years working for ASE as General Manager for Singapore and various VP positions in ASE Penang and ASE Shanghai.

Before joining the OSAT industry, LJ Chiou spent several years in Chartered Semiconductor (now known as Global Foundries) in Operations and Corporate Planning. He started his career as a Process Engineer with Texas Instruments.

LJ Chiou graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and obtained his MBA at the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Vice President, Global Procurement and Supply Chain, Soitec Managing Director, Soitec Microelectronics Singapore

Jong Aik is the Vice President for Soitec in the role of Global Procurement and Supply Chain, he manages a global team worldwide addressing the purchasing needs of all the sites in the world. Apart from that, he also holds the role of Managing Director for Soitec manufacturing plant in Singapore which is currently running 300mm SOI serving the world with Soitec being the leader in Engineered Substrates.

Jong Aik has held various management roles in TECH Semiconductor (Micron) and ASML. During his employment with Soitec, he spent 2 years in China, Shanghai, working closely with a partner in developing their skills in SOI manufacturing in 200mm production.

Senior Vice President of Global Operations Engineering and Singapore Country Manager, NXP Semiconductors

Gary Eves is the Senior Vice President of Global Engineering Operations and Singapore Country Manager of NXP Semiconductors. In that role, he is responsible for all external wafer foundry and OSAT business supporting NXP in the automotive, industrial and commercial business segments. Additionally, he is responsible for Test Innovation at NXP along with enterprise data software tools.

Prior to this position, Gary held Operations Engineering roles within NXP in the Connectivity and Security business. Prior to joining NXP in 2016, Gary held engineering roles at Broadcom, Multilink Technology, Conexant System, Rockwell Semiconductor and Northern Telecom. Gary holds an MBA from Pepperdine University (USA) as well as a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Ottawa (Canada).

Senior Vice President and Head of Semiconductors, Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB)

Kai Onn is the Senior Vice President and Head of Semiconductors at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he oversees strategies to grow and strengthen Singapore’s semiconductor ecosystem.

Prior to his current role, he was Director of the Energy and Carbon cluster at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, leading policy development on carbon allocation, carbon tax, corporate climate disclosure, and mitigation frameworks, as well as contributing to national R&D priorities for industrial decarbonisation.

Kai Onn joined EDB in 2006 and has held various leadership roles, including Vice President and Head of Chemicals & Materials, Regional Vice President for Americas Operations, overseeing investment promotion in central US and Latin America and Centre Director for EDB’s Mumbai office.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.

Vice President and CEO Chief of Staff, Micron

Geok Hong is the Vice President and CEO Chief of Staff in Micron, which she focuses company-wide strategic and transformational initiatives, collaborate with external and internal stakeholders to provide thought leadership, understand industry trends and navigate opportunities, and serve as an integrator to connect workstreams, enhance operational efficiency, drive synergy, and promote excellence across the organization.

Prior this role, she was the Vice President of Frontend Strategic Program Office and the Central Process Integration Engineering team (cPIE) at Micron Global Front End Operation, responsible for yield, quality, output and strategic objective for manufacturing excellency.

Prior to her current role, she served as the Fab Director at Micron Taiwan (Fab11) during the Inotera acquisition in 2017.

Executive Director, A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME)

Mr Terence Gan is Executive Director of A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR IME). He leads the institute in conducting world-class semiconductor research, translating research into industry impact and building enduring partnerships that strengthen the competitiveness of our industry partners and Singapore.

Mr Gan also serves on the boards of the Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association and Republic Polytechnic. He is a member of the Regional Advisory Board of SEMI Southeast Asia, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee for Republic Polytechnic’s School of Engineering, and a member of the Industrial Advisory Committee for Nanyang Technological University’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Before joining A*STAR IME, Mr Gan spent 25 years at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he held leadership positions including Senior Vice President and Head of Semiconductors, and Regional President for Europe. He worked closely with leading Singapore-based and global semiconductor companies to develop and execute their regional and global strategies through Singapore.

Mr Gan holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.