Mr Chan Yeng Kit will be leaving the IMDA Board after nine years.
SINGAPORE - Mr Russell Tham, Temasek Holdings’ head of emerging technologies, will join the Infocomm Media Development Authority Board as its new chairman from March 15.Mr Tham, 56, is no stranger to the IMDA, having served as a board member since Oct 1, 2020. He has also chaired IMDA’s technology sub-committee since April 1, 2023.
He was the permanent secretary for defence from 2013 to 2019 and permanent secretary for defence development from 2012 to 2013. The ministry said IMDA has been rolling out future-ready digital infrastructure, digitalising enterprises at scale and anchoring a local core of globally competitive digital workforce with in-demand industry-relevant skills.
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