Asian Business Series: The Innovation Ecosystem in Singapore

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Wednesday
10
March 2021

Time:

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Venue:

Zoom link will be provided upon successful registration

Dress Code:

Smart Casual

R&D and innovation is at the forefront of the post COVID-19 economic recovery. While our early investments have helped Singapore to gain international recognition as a leading innovation ecosystem, we must expand the base of enterprises with the means to exploit technology and innovate, to address new needs in the post COVID-19 world. How do we build a new generation of innovative companies in the fast changing global order?

Mr Philip Lim, Chief Risk Officer, Senior Director (Procurement), and Programme Director of Stronghold Diagnostics Lab at A*STAR, will discuss what it takes to grow Singapore’s innovation ecosystem, and the opportunities and challenges as Singapore’s RIE landscape continues to mature.

Ms Mosam Chokshi, MBA candidate of NUS Business School, will moderate the Q&A session.

Hosted by Strategic Relations X The NUS MBA

Speaker

Philip Lim

Mr Lim is currently the Chief Risk Officer, Senior Director Procurement and Programme Director of Stronghold Diagnostics Lab at A*STAR. He was formerly the Chief Executive Officer of Accelerate Technologies Pte Ltd (A*ccelerate), which managed all A*STAR intellectual properties through to commercialisation. He led A*ccelerate in performance outcomes that exceeded world benchmarks, especially in licensing agreements and spinoffs formed. He was also instrumental in introducing several innovation and productisation initiatives such as the Diagnostics Development Hub and the A*StartCentral. These brought new impact to the innovation and enterprise ecosystem.

Under his leadership, A*ccelerate concluded over 2,000 license agreements mostly with local companies. A*STAR’s spinoffs have raised over $300m collectively. There is also a good network of collaborators in Venture CoCreation of startups at the pre-seed stage, which attracted over $50m of publicprivate funds.

Mr Lim spent 20 years with the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF). In his last appointment as Brigadier General/Head Joint Logistics, he was the leading senior specialist on logistics and engineering matters to the Chief of Defence Force. Prior to this, he was Chief of Logistics in the Army, where he led the operations and development of Army logistics, engineering and maintenance functions.

In recognition of his significant contributions to the SAF, Mr Lim was awarded the Commendation Medal (Military) in 1995 and the Public Administration Medal, Silver (Military) in 2004.

Mr Lim received his MBA from the National University of Singapore in 2008 and was awarded the Chua Joon Eng Gold Medal for academic excellence. He also holds a Master of Science from Cranfield Institute of Technology in the UK.

Mr Lim graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Hons) from the National University of Singapore.

Enquiry:
Ms Joon Xin Ting , Strategic Relations | joon.xinting@nus.edu.sg | Tel: +65 6601 7504