Mr Victor Tay
Chief Operating Officer
Singapore Business Federation


With the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), the APEX Business Chamber, Victor acts as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) overseeing enterprise capacity building (comprising of National Business Continuity Management, Business Intelligence, Financial Assistance, Credit Management, Sustainable Development Group), corporate communications, membership and research services.

Prior to joining SBF, Victor was a Director with SPRING Singapore looking after the development of key industries ranging from Transport, Logistics, Environmental and Engineering Services, Biomedical and Healthcare, Chemicals, Education and Business Services. He also assists in strengthening growth-oriented enterprises across the spectrum of finance, land, technology and management resource needs.

Before his stint with the public services, Victor had been a management consultant advising multinationals in the high-tech sector in Asia Pacific region. He was based in Greater China for 3 years and had worked with 3 of the big 5 management consultancy firms, namely PricewaterhouseCoopers, Coopers and Lybrand and KPMG Peat Marwick Management Consultants.

Victor is currently researching on the critical success factors of entrepreneurs of fast growing SMEs under a Doctorate programme with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has a Master degree from National University of Singapore, and a Bachelor degree from Curtin University of Technology, Australia.

Victor sits at the following industry associations, institutions and councils:

• Advisory Member, Manpower, Skills and Train Council, Workforce Development Authority
  
• Advisory Council, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore
  
• Advisory Council, Centre of Innovation (Marine and Offshore), Ngee Ann Polytechnic
  
• Advisory Council, Centre of Innovation (Environmental and Water Technologies), Ngee Ann Polytechnic
• Member, Mechanical Engineering Academic Advisory Board, Institute of Technical Education
  
• Chairman of Business Continuity Management and IT committee, Association of Persons with Special Needs (APSN)