TLL Appoints Peter Chia as Chief Executive Officer

Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (TLL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Peter Chia as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TLL with effect from 1 st August 2017.

Mr Chia has been TLL’s Chief Operating Officer since 2008, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the entire institution, spanning various administrative services, research strategy and driving TLL’s commercialisation efforts. He has been instrumental in the establishment of many significant research collaboration with industry as well as the creation of various TLL spin-offs and research enterprises over the last decade. He is also concurrently the CEO of Temasek Lifesciences Accelerator Pte Ltd, a joint venture company established last year between TLL and Vertex Venture Holdings Ltd.

Mr Chia will succeed Prof Yu Hao who has been appointed as the new Head of the Department of Biological Sciences, NUS. While at TLL, Prof Yu provided significant corporate leadership and established linkages with many local and international academic institutions. Prof Yu will continue his appointment as Temasek Senior Investigator in TLL and concurrently serve as a Director on TLL Board as well as remain as a member of TLL’s Research Strategy Committee (RSC). TLL congratulates Prof Yu on his new appointment in NUS and look forward to working closely with him to strengthen the research and educational affiliation between TLL and NUS.