Roy Chan to succeed Ng Chad-Son as DSTA chief executive

SINGAPORE: Mr Roy Chan will take over from Mr Ng Chad-Son as chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) from Sep 1, the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) said on Thursday (Jul 30).Mr Ng will be appointed as Permanent Secretary of National Research and Development and Public Sector Science and Technology Policy and Plans Office at the Prime Minister’s Office, and concurrently Permanent Secretary (Defence Development) at MINDEF from Sep 1.Mr Chan, 52, has been DSTA’s deputy chief executive of operations since Feb 15, 2021.He joined the Defence Technology Community in 1998 and has deep experience in systems engineering and architecting, large-scale programme management and systems interoperability, MINDEF said. Mr Chan was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) i