Suan Swee Tan

Biography

Suan Swee Tan joined the Calysta Board of Directors in 2017. He is Managing Director, Investments of Temasek International, overseeing the agribusiness and biosciences sectors. At Temasek, Mr. Tan has been involved in several investment deals in agribusiness, life sciences and energy. He is presently on the board of the Pavilion Energy group, which is importing and trading in natural gas; Cargill Tropical Palm, a joint venture with Cargill; and Jilin Food Zone which is developing an industrial park in China. Outside Singapore, Mr. Tan is on the board of companies which own stakes in Ceva Sante, an animal health products company based in France and Zuellig Pharma, the largest distributor of pharmaceutical products in Asia. Mr. Tan is also on the board of Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, an R&D institute focusing on research in plant and animal sciences. Prior to joining Temasek in 2003, Mr. Tan was Assistant Managing Director of Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB). In his 16 years at EDB, he headed the energy and chemical industry clusters, and biomedical sciences. He also led the board’s European Operations. He was a principal player in the development of Jurong Island as a hub for the chemical industry. Mr Tan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Adelaide, South Australia on a Colombo Plan Scholarship and an MBA from the National University of Singapore.

Research Interest

Informatics