SSIA launched the 5th Run of SSIA Singapore Semiconductor Leadership Accelerator (SSLA) Programme, in partnership with the Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) on 27 July 2020. Four years ago, our government and industry leaders from the semiconductor and electronics sector came together and decided to accelerate the development of a pool of leaders who would bring the semiconductor industry forward into the future. With that in mind, they launched the SSLA programme which is partially funded by the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore. SSIA so far successfully implemented 5...

Meet the Changemaker For Singapore’s rapidly-evolving semiconductor industry, change has been the only constant over the last five decades. Singapore Semiconductor Industry Association (SSIA) Executive Director Ang Wee Seng, who spent two decades in the sector before taking on the challenge of leading its transformation two years ago, talks about the impact of Covid-19, SSIA’s strategy going forward, and how he envisions the future of the manufacturing industry’s most promising sector. Covid-19 left a large number of sectors gasping for air. Semiconductors seem to have bucked the trend. Why...