Innovation Advisors Programme

The Innovation Advisors Programme developed by Enterprise Singapore (ESG) supports small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their innovation efforts and accelerate their growth.

Enterprises that aspire to adopt innovation to improve their existing businesses or build new ones can engage and seek guidance from a pool of Innovation Advisors – experienced industry professionals with strong technology expertise and business acumen.

A subsidiary of ESG, IPI is supporting the roll-out of the Innovation Advisors Programme to help participating Singapore SMEs accelerate their innovation and product development journey.

BENEFITS TO SMEs

• Be guided by the Innovation Advisor with a proven track record of new product innovation and management expertise in growing businesses
• Tap on the Innovation Advisor’s knowledge on market opportunities, consumer trends and connections to new technologies and partners, and enable the development of new products and services through innovation
• Overcome innovation challenges of new product development like regulatory requirements, product development cycle, new manufacturing processes etc.

• Food Innovation
  Enterprising food companies can gain insights into market trends and access opportunities to innovate and commercialise new food products.
  
  
• Medtech
  Local medtech companies can get a boost in their commercialisation journey, bringing medical innovations from lab to market.
  
  
• Future Mobility
  Enterprises operating in the mobility space can learn how to capture growth areas in Connectivity, Autonomous vehicles and Electrification.

Alok Mishra CEO Value Addition Former Vice President, Strategic Capabilities Johnson & Johnson Medical Asia Pacific	Prof Ignatius Rasiah Professor Institute of Engineering Leadership Former Vice President for Breakthrough Research Medtronic	Dr Ong Mei Horng Adjunct Professor Food Science and Technology Programme Former Chief Scientific Officer F&N Ltd
Dr Rebecca Lian Head of Applied Food Research Centre C-SAW Former R&D Centre Head Nestle China	Derek Sharples Independent Non-Executive Director Avation Plc Former Chief Executive Officer Airbus Helicopters Southeast Asia	John Teo Former Managing Director Medisys Asia Pte Ltd Founder Medical Innovations Pte Ltd
Derek Tan Regional Lead, System Development & Integration, APAC Idemia  Former Executive Director SenseTime	Brigitte Zeller Former Category, Insight Innovation Director Nestle Greater China Former Marketing Director Danone Asia	Isabella Tan Board Member, Halogen Foundation Singapore Former Senior Vice President, Group Marketing Yeo Hiap Seng Limited
Benny Goh Founder and Managing Director Parami Solutions	Yap Chew Loong Former Country General Manager Becton Dickenson (BD) China/Hong Kong	Chia Wee Boon Former CEO NCS
Chok Yean Hung Board Member AEM Holdings Ltd	Phey Teck Moh Co-founder/Partner, AngelCentral Venture Partner, Entrepreneur First CEO, Xpanasia	Ramachandran Rajamanickam Former Vice President Science & Innovation, Asia Pacific DSM Nutritional Products
CK Tan Business Advisor Semiconductor/Electronics Industry Veteran