Brian Tan is regional president of Southeast Asia at Applied Materials, Inc. In this role, he oversees the company’s operations and strategy in the region while helping to build strategic partnerships across the private and public sectors.
Concurrently, Brian is also corporate vice president and heads the Applied Global Services business in Asia where his strong product focus and customer relationships have built world class field service capabilities-infrastructure and enabled customer ramp-operations success.
Brian was previously chief strategy officer for worldwide operations, as well as head of operations & policy deployment for global continuous improvement. He was also deputy regional president for Southeast Asia and has progressed through multiple technical, operational and sales leadership roles.
Brian serves on the Future of Microelectronics Advisory Board since 2021 under Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025. Brian also serves on the Advisory Board of National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering (NUS CDE). Brian received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in mechanical engineering from the National University of Singapore.