Four Leadership Appointments at A*STAR

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) announced four new leadership appointments that would take effect from April 1, 2009. With the new appointments, A*STAR will be well-poised to further strengthen its scientific capabilities and foster cross-council collaborative research to drive the transformation of Singapore into a knowledge-based innovation-driven economy:

• Professor Sir George Radda will become the Chairman of A*STAR’s Biomedical Research Council (BMRC). This will be on top of his responsibilities as Chairman of the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) and his role as the Chief Scientific Advisor to A*STAR’s Cross Council Office;
• Professor Low Teck Seng will become the Deputy Managing Director (Research) of A*STAR;
• Dr Alex Matter will become the Chief Executive Officer of the Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC); and
• Professor Sir David Lane will become the Chief Scientist of A*STAR.

  
  Professor Low Teck Seng

  
  Professor Sir David Lane