As Director for Trade at IMDA, Sin Yong is responsible for driving the digital transformation of Singapore’s trade and logistics sectors to help businesses maintain relevance and competitiveness by evolving ahead of the rapidly progressing digital economy. Sin Yong has over 30 years of professional IT and leadership experience in trade facilitation, logistics, maritime domains particularly in the China, South East Asia and South Asia markets. He represents Singapore as Head of Delegation at UNCEFACT.
Before joining IMDA, Sin Yong was the Senior Director, Asia, at CrimsonLogic, where he was responsible for creating and driving business strategies in the region. Prior to this, he spent more than 8 years with PSA Corporation (previously the Port of Singapore Authority), and 3 years at Exploit Technologies Pte Ltd, where he focused on intellectual property. Sin Yong holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer & Information Sciences, a Master’s degree in Management of Technology, and a Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law.