Ms Tan Poh Hong is an Independent Non-Executive Director of VICOM Ltd. She is the Chairperson of the Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominating and Remuneration Committee.

She is an Independent Director on the Boards of Sheng Siong Group Limited, Centurion Corporation Limited, and AnnAik Limited, APAC Realty Ltd and OTS Holdings Limited. She is also a Board Member of Jilin Food Zone Pte Ltd and Vanguard Healthcare Pte Ltd. She is Singapore’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark.

Ms Tan was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore from 2009 to 2017. AVA was the national authority responsible for food security and safety. Ms Tan was instrumental in transforming and expanding the organization’s mandate to cater to new challenges facing the country’s food security. She initiated and led stakeholder engagement and partnership initiatives, and drove the push to transform the local farming sector.

Prior to her appointment at AVA, Ms Tan was the Deputy CEO of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) from 2004 to 2009. She played a key role in restructuring of HDB in 2003 and helped to stabilise the organisation after restructuring through various internal communications and engagement processes. She held various leadership positions in HDB which involved policy and strategy development, operations and sales as well as corporate development.

Ms Tan holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Estate Management from the National University of Singapore, and a Master of Business Administration (with distinction) from New York University, United States of America. She was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) in 2013, and the Public Service Medal in 1999 by the Singapore Government and the National Trades Union Congress Medal of Commendation in 2001.