Dr Ming Tan is Managing Director of IPOS International (iposinternational.com), the expertise and engagement arm of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (ipos.gov.sg). She was previously Head of Stewardship of the COMO Group, a multi-disciplinary lifestyle portfolio of companies including fashion retailer Club 21 (club21global.org), COMO Hotels and Resorts (comohotels.com), food and restaurant group COMO Lifestyle (como-lifestyle.com) and the holistic wellness company COMO Shambhala (comoshambhala.com). As part of this position, she oversees the management of COMO Foundation, the Group’s philanthropy arm, as well as Sustainability, Brand Development and Corporate Affairs for the Group.

Dr Tan’s career has focused on fostering partnerships towards shared goals, in particular in developing cooperation between the public and private sectors. As Founding Director of the COMO Foundation, she translated vision to purpose by emphasizing donor stewardship and measurable outcomes. Over the last 15 years, the Foundation has fostered growth for 53 organizations in 22 countries, impacting over ten million women and girls.

Dr Tan is a director of the Foundation and COMO Hotels and Resorts (Asia). She was also a founding member of the Emerging Markets Standards Advisory Council for the development of the Global Impact Investment Ratings System by BLabs, a rating methodology to assess the environmental and social impact of social enterprises and impact investment funds.

Her commitment to holistic education includes serving on the Advisory Panel of the Centre for the Arts of the National University Singapore. She also serves on the boards of Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore’s national performing arts centre, and St. Joseph’s Institution International.

Dr Tan was educated in Singapore, the United States, and England. She obtained her bachelors and masters degrees from Stanford University and her doctorate from Oxford.