Primary Job Title Director Primary Organization National Research Foundation
Location Singapore, Asia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Southeast Asia Gender Male
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Mr. S. Iswaran serves as the Managing Director of Temasek Capital and Merlion India Fund. Mr. Iswaran was the Managing Director of Investments at Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd. Mr. Iswaran was responsible for private equity investments, in particular the healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and technology sectors, for Temasek. He has held senior
civil service appointments in several Singaporean government Ministries including the Ministry of Trade and Industry where Mr. Iswaran had responsibility for policies and negotiations pertaining to multilateral trade in the context of ASEAN, APEC, and the World Trade Organization.
He is an elected Member of Parliament in the Singapore Government. Mr. Iswaran is a Member of Parliament of the West Coast GRC of Singapore. He has been a Director of Quintiles Transnational Corp. since November 2003. He served as a Director of Sunningdale Tech Ltd. from July 2005 to June 1, 2006 and Shin Corporation Public Company Limited until June 15, 2006. Mr. Iswaran served as a Non-Executive Director of Hyflux Ltd., from June 2, 2003 to June 30, 2006. He served as a Director of SciGen Ltd. until October 22, 2005. Mr. Iswaran served as a Director of SembCorp Industries Ltd. since January 13, 2003 and PSA International Pte Ltd. since July 1, 2005. He served as a Director of ORQIS Medical Corporation.
Mr. Iswaran served as a Non-Executive Director of Sunningdale Precision Industries Ltd. since December 3, 1999. Mr. Iswaran served as a Director of FHTK Holdings Ltd., Compass Technology Holdings Limited, and N.A.I. Ltd. He served as a Director (Strategic Development) at Singapore Technologies Pte Ltd. from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Iswaran joined the Singapore Administrative Service in 1987 and held various positions in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Education, National Trade Union Congress, and Singapore Indian Development Association.
He received a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University in 1995 and graduated with a Bachelor of Economics, First Class Honors, from the University of Adelaide, Australia, in 1986.
